Norfolk Community News
BE AWARE, BE HEALTHY The PTO’s first Parent Education Night will be held on Thursday, February 21, at 7:00 p.m. in the Media Center at Botelle School. The focus of this evening will be wellness for families and will cover a wide range of topics from diet, to stress, to exercise. The one hour presentation […]
View From the Green
Housekeeping By Rosanna Trestman Norfolk Now is a work in progress. What you see on the pages each month is the result of long deliberation and experimentation, be it small tweaks in the layout or the addition of new content. Our growing staff has now lightened the load for the issue editor, who used to […]
All Wrapped Up
Norfolk Family Weathers Christmas Eve Break-In By Francesca Turchiano It was the day before Christmas, and sometime between 8:30 and 11 a.m., Gwen and Joe Green and their two young sons were victims of a brazen break-in at their home on Litchfield Road. The events of the day were dizzying. While Gwen Green was at […]
Town Plan Takes Shape
January meeting focuses on zoning and commercial development By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo A special meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission (P & Z) was held on January 17 at Town Hall to continue discussions on Norfolk’s town plan. The meeting, attended by over 30 people, was the fourth in a series addressing […]
All-Norfolk Crew To Construct Infinity Hall
Dan Hicks makes good on promise to hire locally By Lloyd Garrison When Dan Hincks bought Greenwoods Theater a year ago, he vowed to create enduring links to the community. “Once we decided to upgrade the music hall and create an upscale restaurant on the ground floor,” says Hincks, “I was determined to […]
Bequests Made to Several Town Organizations
Bequests of over $36,000 each to the Norfolk Library, the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department and the Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance have been made from the estate of Dorothy Ford Battistoni, who died in April, 2006. Born in 1918, she lived all her life at the former dairy farm on the corner of Doolittle and Loon […]
Norfolk’s Web
A Dream Weaves Into Reality By Colleen Gundlach What started as a wish list item to many townspeople has blossomed into a project that has pulled in the expertise of many talented Norfolkians. One look at the new town Web site will reveal the extent of the commitment and abilities of its creators. Led by […]
Make More Room in the Staff Box
New Photographer Joins the Norfolk Now Team By Rosanna Trestman Norfolk Now is pleased to announce the addition of the newest member to our all-volunteer staff. Carol Stein joins Adela Hubers as co-staff photographer with this issue of Norfolk Now. Stein began working in photography in the 1960s. She studied with luminaries such as Gary […]
Briefly…
More Photographers Step Up Those reply cards sent with Norfolk Now’s annual appeal produced several responses from photographers, including Michael Dobo, a recently retired photographer with an impressive string of assignments from Time, LIFE and People behind him, and Ben Nodeau, an amateur photographer who works weekdays at the Hotchkiss School… In Case You […]
