Retirement Party for Anne Moses
On November 29, Ann Moses, soon to retire after forty-two years as Norfolk’s Town Clerk, was honored by her colleagues and friends with a gala celebration at Ye Olde Newgate Coon Club. First Selectman Sue Dyer presented official commendations from the Board of Selectmen, Congressman Chris Murphy and Governor M. Jodi Rell. Further recognition, from […]
West Lowe to Perform at Infinity Hall
A “Much Talked-Of Event” By Colleen Gundlach “Any strange and much-talked-of event is always followed by imitation, the world being so well supplied with excitable people who only need a little stirring up to make them lose what is left of their heads and do mad things which they would not have thought of ordinarily.” […]
Documentary Film Series Continues at the Norfolk Library
Hippies grow up in opening presentation of winter series By Leila Javitch The fall series of documentaries presented by the Documentary Film Committee on Monday evenings at the Norfolk Library was a great success. The final film, “American Meat,” shown on November 23, drew a large crowd who got to munch on locally grown sausages […]
Bridgette and Harry Rallo are a Multi-Talented Pair
Two People, Many Talents By Bob Bumcrot For the past eleven years the old parsonage at 47 Greenwoods Road East has housed two multi-talented, hardworking artists. Bridgette Rallo, came to Norfolk from Pelham Manor, NY, just north of the Bronx, and her husband Harry, from Arthur Avenue, right in the North Bronx. “For years I […]
Norfolk Lost & Found
This 18th century house is still standing in Norfolk, although in a very different guise. Built in 1764, it was the home of a hatmaker and has since been enlarged. Can you identify this house? (Hint: The mountain behind it now has a tower.) Photo Copyright Norfolk Historical Society
Norfolk Students Win Superintendents’ Awards
The Litchfield County Superintendents’ Association presented two Norfolk students with the Superintendent’s Award recently. Sixth grader Elias Olsen and eighth grader Gabriell Nelson were recognized for “serving their schools and communities while maintaining good scholastic progress and exhibiting leadership qualities.” George Counter and Clint Montgomery, Superintendents of Botelle School and Northwestern Regional 7 respectively, presented […]
Norfolk’s November Weather
Third Warmest November on Record By Russell Russ The month’s low temperature of 23 degrees was observed on November 7 and the high temperature of 66 degrees was observed on November 9. The average mean temperature was 42.5 degrees, which was 5.6 degrees above normal, making it the third warmest November over the last 78 […]
Northwestern Regional’s Campus is Getting Greener and Greener
A solar installation is up and running and wind is on the way By Veronica Burns Last month, Northwestern Regional 7 School in Winsted took a big step into the future. The school’s electrical power system was shut down, and power, generated from more than 2,000 solar panels installed on the high school roof, was […]
Larry Leifert on Paul Newman: He Was Really One of Us
Norfolk native part of a new book featuring Newman the car racer By Lloyd Garrison There is a side of Paul Newman that most fans of his many films don’t know – the accomplished race car driver and team owner who raced into his eighties before dying of cancer 16 months ago. It is a […]
