Road Foreman Dennis Porter Fired, Arrested
Dennis Porter of Winsted, Supervisor of Norfolk’s road crew since 1999, was fired on July 2, 2008. On July 8, he was arrested on a charge of second-degree larceny. Allegedly, Porter had sold town-owned scrap metal and failed to turn over all the proceeds to the town. The criminal case against Porter is pending in […]
Self Awareness and Discipline
Leonore Alaniz leads Norfolk residents in Ananda Yoga By Colleen Gundlach With the bright colors of a Norfolk autumn outside the window, soft and regular breathing can be heard inside the Battell Chapel. Here is gathered a group of people interested in learning techniques to relax, socialize and increase their physical well-being. Led by yogini […]
Winchester Road Designated A Town Scenic Road
On October 14, the Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on an application to designate Winchester Road as a town “scenic road.” Under Norfolk’s scenic road ordinance, the owners of a majority of the frontage on a road may petition for scenic road designation. The road must possess at least one of a […]
Recycling
Following Our Trash Downstream By Linda Childs Recycling takes on new meaning when one dives deeper into the dumpster. Local curiosity about recyclable plastic collection uncovered a world of “resource recovery” in Connecticut. Norfolk is one of the towns participating in the Mid-Connecticut Project, a program of the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (CRRA). Like residents […]
Time Capsule Buried And Brown House Site Rededicated
By Bob Bumcrot On a sun-drenched October 12, in the closing acts celebrating Norfolk’s semiquincentennial, a time capsule was buried near the Revolutionary War monument and stone markers were placed both there and at the site of the Brown house. There are no visible remains of the house itself, which predates by eight years the […]
Peace at the Church of Christ
Promoting peace and making the world a better place has been the theme at the Church of Christ, where a giant peace dove and pinwheels with prayers for peace appeared one weekend in September. The work of the church youth group and Sunday School children, the dove and pinwheels are part of a global effort […]
Norfolk Outdoors
Orienteering Turns 30 By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Some may be surprised to learn that Norfolk’s Columbus Day Weekend Orienteering tradition just celebrated its 30th anniversary. Brought to town by Jean and Peter Thompson in 1978, Norfolk’s Orienteering event is modeled after the internationally practiced competition. The Thompson’s started orienteering themselves while living in London in […]
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Real Estate Brian and Jessica McCurdy sold property on Emerson Street to Benjamin and Kailin Nadeau for $190,000. Andy and Barbara Gomez sold property on Roughland Road to Roughland Road LLC for $1,037,500. Maple Avenue Residents Arrested Two men were arrested on September 27. Michael Chapell, age 21, was charged with first-degree unlawful restraint, third-degree sexual assault, […]
Norfolk Now Gets New Ad Manager
In a move to boost ad revenues in a down market, Theodore J. Marolda has joined the volunteer staff of Norfolk Now to manage advertising. Marolda, better known as “T.J.,” is a Norfolk native with a degree from Manhattanville who is an investment advisor with the brokerage firm of Brimberg & Co. Although he maintains […]
Zone 4
Reconsidering an old standby: Norway Maple By Susannah Wood Norway maple (Acer platanoides) has been growing in the United States since John Bartram brought it to Philadelphia in the mid-18th century. It grows all across Europe from France to Russia and south to Iran. Today, it grows all across the United States as well. The […]
