New Town Plan Imagines Downtown as ‘Campus’
Takes hard look at parking and pedestrian access By Wiley Wood With little fanfare and to sparse public attention, the Planning and Zoning Commission adopted a new town plan on Sept. 9. The document, which builds on earlier plans and a community input process that started eighteen months ago, is intended to guide growth and […]
A Good Month for Meteors
October 2019 by Matthew Johnson The Orionid meteor shower, which occurs every year in October, will reach its peak on the nights of Oct. 21 and 22. The debris that streaks through the night sky as the Orionid meteors was left in the trail of Halley’s Comet, whose path earth will start to cross in […]
Marty the Robot Arrives at Stop & Shop
Technology Report By Jude Mead If you shop at Stop and Shop in Canaan you might encounter Marty, an autonomous robot that roams throughout the store using image technology to notify store employees of any spills, debris or other potential hazards that may impede the safety of the customer. Stefanie Shuman, the communications manager for […]
New Program to Bring a Little Wild Into Your Life
By Ruth Melville For the past few years, Norfolk resident Angela Luna Grano, a federally licensed wildlife rehabilitator, has been offering presentations on nature and animals for children at local schools and libraries. But recognizing that adults, too, might need a little wildness in their lives, she developed a new program, called “Wild Magic,” that […]
Learning a Craft
Kholey Chausse practices weaving in the Loom Room during the September 21 Makerspace Open House. Makerspace open houses take place on the third Saturday of every month, from 2 to 4 p.m. in Battell Chapel, and feature a variety of crafts. Photo by Kelly Kandra Hughes
Great Mountain Forest Hires New Executive Director
The Board of Trustees of Great Mountain Forest has announced that the trustees have selected Tamara Muruetagoiena as the a new executive director of GMF. Muruetagoiena first became acquainted with GMF as a student in the Yale School of Forestry, where she got a master’s degree in forest science. She also earned a master’s degree […]
Fun With Bugs
Moth Night on the Village Green Cosponsored by the Norfolk Land Trust, the Historical Society, the Community Association and the Conservation Commission, the entomologist and science teacher Brigette Zacharczenko returned to Norfolk on the evening of Aug. 19 to share her knowledge about and passion for moths. About 35 people crowded into the ground floor […]
Battell Arts Foundation Looking for a Few Young Artists
Since 2010, the Battell Arts Foundation has awarded scholarships twice yearly to local young artists involved in pursuing their creative dreams. These scholarships have been used to pay for private lessons, attendance at specialized workshops, tuition at summer arts camps and even the purchase of art or music supplies. The goal of the scholarships is […]
The Political Winds Start to Swirl
Norfolk Chooses Its Candidates for November By Colleen Gundlach On July 18, Town Hall was filled with politics from each end of the spectrum, when members of both political parties met on the same night – in separate rooms, of course – to decide on a slate of candidates to run for local office in […]
Town Center Rental Project Awarded $448,119 in Tax Credits
Thomas Dorsey of Eversource recently presented Foundation for Norfolk Living (FNL) volunteers with a check for $448,119 for Connecticut Tax Credits earned for FNL’s Town Center Rental Project.The foundation’s 12-unit town center renovation project was primarily funded by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Housing. All five buildings of the project qualified for the […]
