Save the Date
Weekend in Norfolk On August 5, 6, and 7, come celebrate Norfolk’s many natural and cultural offerings. Events will include a fire department open house, Battell Arts ice cream social and games, Land Trust six-peak climb fora free t-shirt, Artisans Guild demonstrations & discounts, U.S. Coast Guard concert at the Yale Music Shed, After School […]
Taconic Learning Center Spring Courses Taught by Expert Teachers
The Taconic Learning Center (TLC) is a non-profit membership organization providing the opportunity for lifelong learning to area residents. TLC’s courses cover a wide variety of academic subjects, taught by volunteers who are all experts in their fields, with courses such as The Civil War in Fiction and Creation of the Modern Middle East, just […]
Book and Exhibition to Showcase Work of Norfolk Photographers
By Ruth Melville Residents of Norfolk are well aware, thanks to the Norfolk Artists & Friends annual exhibition and shows at the Norfolk Library, Infinity Bistro and Aija, that their town is home to many excellent photographers. A new book featuring the work of 10 local photographers will be published later this year, and this […]
Passport to Connecticut Libraries Program Begins April 1
Your library card opens the world to you through books, audio books, music CDs and DVDs. Now let your library card open the doors of Connecticut libraries by participating in the Passport to Connecticut Libraries Program! To celebrate National Library Week during April, the Connecticut Library Association’s Passport to Connecticut Libraries Program invites you to […]
Norfolk Lions Club Offers Scholarships
The Norfolk Lions Club is accepting scholarship applications from graduating high school seniors and also, new this year, one scholarship is available for a returning college student. Applications are available at the National Iron Bank and at Northwestern Regional. For additional information, please call Jan Graham-Jones at 860-542-6977.
And The Rest is History
It was September 2006 when Libby Borden and Sue Frisch received a two-year grant to test a Farmers Market in Norfolk, and the rest is history. In this photo, First Selectman Sue Dyer and Agriculture Commissioner Phil Prelli cut the ribbon on the very first Norfolk Farmers Market, which was located on the corner […]
Religious Compound on West Side Road Changes Hands
Loss of tax-exempt status to be appealed By Wiley Wood The Hutterian Brethren used to be seen along West Side Road, the women in head scarves and long skirts, the children in straw hats, taking their Sunday walk or going to look for berries in the neighboring woods. Then, in the fall of 1999, the Hutterites sold […]
Senator Witkos Hosts Coffee Hour at Haystack Pizza
Criticizes state budget and defends closure of UConn Torrington By Wiley Wood At 10 a.m. on a recent Saturday morning, cars were parked along Route 44 west of town and filled the lot at Haystack Pizza. Inside the restaurant, getting coffee from the counter and helping themselves to doughnuts and Danish pastries, were about two […]
From Loon Meadow Farm to Barn and Breakfast
Beth and Steve Podhajecki look toward new business in New York state By Kit O’Brien As Spring, 2016 comes to a start, Beth and Steve Podhajecki’s business of horse-drawn carriage services in Norfolk comes to an end. Loon Meadow Farm itself is not at an end, though, as Beth and Steve Podhajecki will be moving […]
Special Town Meeting
A Special Town Meeting of the electors and citizens qualified to vote in town meetings of the Town of Norfolk will be held at Town Hall on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 7 p.m. Votes will be held on resolutions concerning pension benefits and the building code. A full text of the resolutions can be […]
