Super Spooktacular at Botelle School
Children of all ages gathered in the Hall of Flags at Botelle School on Friday, Oct. 26, for the annual Halloween celebration. Circulating through the crowd were scarecrows, witches, masked marauders, walking skeletons, a playful raccoon, a bevy of princesses, squads of superheroes and a solitary blue crayon. Standing guard at the entrance to the […]
Foxtail Café in Winsted Closes Unexpectedly
Foxtail Fine Catering and Café, which opened only a year and a half ago in the old Cackleberries site on Main Street in Winsted, has closed its doors for good. On Oct. 7, only hours after serving brunch, owners Jason Plourde and Armand Lattizori posted a notice on Facebook announcing that “it is with deep […]
At Budget Meeting, Parents Debate Botelle’s Future Direction
By Wiley Wood The tone was confrontational. “I really don’t care about that,” said Heather Adams, a parent. The superintendent was saying that each student at Botelle Elementary School gets a computer tablet. “The amount the school spends on technology,” said Adams, “is a concern for me.” The meeting was intended to give parents […]
Lions Club Talent Show a Five-Star Hit
There were jokes, a fractured fairy tale, showtunes and original songs, a mimed performance, a memorable lip synch, a pre-teen dance troupe, Celtic pipes and much, much more at the annual Norfolk Lions Club talent show on the mainstage at Infinity Hall on Oct. 24. The acts included a rousing sing-along of “When the Saints […]
Haystack Book Talks Visits WAMC Radio
Early one morning in September, Steve Melville (left, above) and Eliza Little (center) traveled to Albany with Dawn Whalen, executive director of the Norfolk Foundation, to take part in The Roundtable, WAMC radio’s weekday morning talk show. The three chatted with host Joe Donahue (right) about the first annual Haystack Book Talks festival, taking place on […]
View From The Green
Happy Anniversary to Us By Colleen Gundlach The year was 2003. The Yale Farm Golf Club controversy was in full swing and the Coalition for Sound Growth was in its infancy. It was the year Erick Olsen was called as pastor to the Norfolk Church of Christ, and the same year that the land […]
USDA Awards Grant to Norfolk Sewer District
Work expected to begin in the spring On May 16, 2018, members of the Norfolk Sewer District voted unanimously to apply for a grant to repair the infrastructure of the aging pipe system in town. In August, the district received word from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that the grant has been approved through […]
Town’s Annual Car Show Was a Huge Benefit and a Day of Fun
Norfolk’s emergency services groups drive away with $6,700 By Colleen Gundlach The weather cooperated beautifully for the sixth annual Norfolk Classic Car Show and the grounds of the Yale Music Shed were filled with exhibitors and more than 200 spectators. There were food vendors, raffle prizes and live music all afternoon provided by Andy […]
Temporary Repair Approved For Congregational Church Steeple
By Clinton J. Sosna Norfolk’s landmark and iconic Congregational Church steeple is still in jeopardy. Poor seals have allowed rainwater access to the bell deck which has over the years deteriorated two chestnut support beams and several of the columns that pillar the steeple. Elements essential to the support of the structure have severe wood […]
Someone’s Got to Do It
The conglomeration of signs of different sizes and styles that were once strewn about on the corner of Maple Avenue and Greenwoods Road has been eliminated. In an effort to tidy up the look of that area, the selectmen decided to move the Maple Avenue street sign to the opposite side of the street to […]
