Inn Owner Withdraws Zoning Request for Bakery and Cafe
Bows to neighbors’ objections Text and Photo by Colleen Gundlach The Gilded Age home located just south of the Norfolk’s Village Green has been a local landmark, where patrons have been served food for more than 60 years. When Felix and Clara Klauer purchased it from Erastus Johnson in 1951, the Mountain View Inn welcomed […]
Tree Cutting at Haystack Mountain State Park
Text and Photo by David Beers A century ago, the Stoeckel family’s generosity provided to the state both the land and the tower that now make Haystack Mountain State Park the icon of Norfolk. Back then, most of the forest on the lower slopes of the mountain was young saplings. That fledgling forest is now […]
French Choir Joins Salisbury Sinfonietta for Norfolk Performance
by Marie-Christine Perry The weekend of April 26 will see the return of what might well become a tradition, the joint concert of a Parisian choir with the regional Salisbury Sinfonietta Festival Choir. Two years ago, the collaboration of Jack Bowman, the Salisbury choir director, and Dominique Fanal, the conductor of the Sinfonietta de Paris, […]
Turning Garbage Into Electricity Gets More Expensive
State reaches a decision point on funding MIRA by Wiley Wood “Shipping our garbage out to Pennsylvania, Ohio, or West Virginia is not an option,” says Matt Riiska, Norfolk’s first selectman. “It’s our problem, we should be taking care of it.” Right now, Norfolk’s garbage, about 800 tons of it a year, is hauled by […]
The Wuhan Coronavirus
by Richard Kessin Of the scourges that the natural world can throw at us, a new and lethal virus is one of the most frightening. At first we don’t know where the virus came from, what proportion of victims it will kill, how to treat it, or how far and fast it will spread. Viral […]
What’s New on the Books in Connecticut in the New Year
Laws enacted in 2019 and now in effect By Susannah Wood A number of newly minted laws that may be important to Norfolk residents came into effect in 2019 or on Jan. 1 of this year. The following list is by no means exhaustive, however. Also, since space does not allow for an in-depth discussion […]
Welcome to Store24
Ryan Craig at the Berkshire Country Store has now opened Store24, a members-only program that offers 24-hour access to groceries, coffee, baked goods, beverages, sandwiches and last-minute dinners. Members are entitled to call-ahead concierge service and self-checkout (skipping the line), and they also receive 5% off regularly stocked goods if purchased in Store24, an incentive […]
BNE Energy Seeks to Expand Its Footprint in Colebrook
Third turbine, bigger and more powerful, planned for new parcel of land By Wiley Wood The two giant turbines along Route 44 East have become familiar landmarks to drivers entering and leaving Norfolk since their erection in 2015. They are about to be joined by a third turbine that will overtop them by 10 stories, […]
Five Trailheads Get Informational Kiosks
Text and photo by June Peterson The Norfolk Land Trust was able to build and install kiosks at five trailheads in 2019 thanks to assistance from the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, Inc. The foundation gave the Land Trust a $2,500 grant from its Keroden Endowed Fund to build the kiosks. The final step this year […]
Learn to Curl This Month
The Learn to Curl session scheduled for February 8 is already full, but there are two additional sessions scheduled in February. One is on Feb. 15, from 5:15 to 7:30 p.m., and the other one is Feb. 29, from 6:00 to 8:15 p.m. To sign up, go to norfolkcurlingclub.org/index.php/events/event-listings. The cost is $35 per person. […]
