$10K Grant Awarded to Help Extend Norfolk Rails to Trails
The Norfolk Rails to Trails Committee announced that it has been selected as an Athletic Brewing Two for the Trails grantee winner. Athletic, a nonalcoholic craft brewer, allocates 2 percent of its sales to support active and healthy lifestyles. Their outdoors program is one of the largest of its kind, and Norfolk Rails to Trails […]
Winter WIN Is Coming Up Soon
by Michael Cobb Winter WIN (Weekend In Norfolk) will take place again this month, Feb. 25-27, with a wintery mix of in-person and virtual events happening around town. The goal of WIN weekends is to showcase the creative talent in Norfolk and help build community. The WIN team is still planning events as of this […]
Norfolk Foundation Purchases Royal Arcanum Building
No major changes planned for this town landmark Text By Ruth MelvillePhoto Courtesy of the Norfolk Historical Society On Nov. 1, the Norfolk Foundation (NF) announced its purchase of the Royal Arcanum building on Station Place. The William and Mary Greve Foundation of New York, under its president, Tony Kiser, gave the foundation the money […]
Recap of November 2021 Elections
By Andra MossPhoto by Kelly Kandra Hughes The results of Norfolk’s 2021 municipal elections were officially released by Town Clerk Linda Perkins on Thursday, Nov. 4. Although local turnout for the election was not high, with 469 votes cast out of an electorate of 1,162, Norfolk’s voting rate of 44 percent still topped many Connecticut […]
Norfolk NET Wants to Give You $100 to Enrich the Town
New grant program will support projects that grow community by Kelly Kandra Hughes In Jan. 2020, Reverend Erick Olsen of the Church of Christ Congregational pitched an idea at a Norfolk NET (Networking Everyone Together) meeting: a community contest with the goals of building new relationships, invigorating the town and, hopefully, encouraging more people to […]
Honoring Norfolk’s Veterans
On Friday, Nov.12, Botelle students and staff paid tribute to veterans at the annual Veterans Day assembly. K-2 students (above) sang three songs; the school band and chorus were also featured. The 5th and 6th graders led the assembly, highlighting the history of Veterans Day, the Armed Forces and Norfolk’s Veterans Memorial. Because local veterans couldn’t […]
Covid-19 Outbreak at Geer Nursing Home
The Hartford Courant has reported that at least eight residents at the nursing home at Geer Village Senior Community in North Canaan have died of Covid-19 during an outbreak of the virus at the facility over the last eight weeks. According to Geer, 89 people were infected during October, including 67 residents and 22 staff. […]
Norfolk Library Awarded $15,000 in ARPA Funds
Buying hotspots, laptops, and iPads for patron use By Kelly Kandra Hughes Thanks to the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, the Norfolk Library is now the recipient of over $15,000 in grant money. ARPA is the $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package designed to facilitate the United States’ recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Libraries […]
Infinity Hall Is Building Back With a New Menu and Improved Sound
By Michael Cobb After more than a year of being shut down, Infinity Hall reopened its doors to the public last summer. But managing lost revenue and surviving with the help of governmental assistance were only part of the equation. Infinity Hall had plenty of behind-the-scenes work to do in preparation for reopening, including maintenance […]
Haystack Author Nominated for Book Award
Photo by Dawn Whalen An audience of 75 people—in person and on Zoom—were on hand to listen to Robert Jones Jr. deliver the Brendan Gill lecture, the inaugural event of last month’s Haystack Book Festival. Jones read from his critically acclaimed first novel, The Prophets, and talked about his background and the life experiences that […]
