Ain’t She Sweet!
The Classic Car Show, which is now in its fifth year, drew 72 entrants. The winner in the overall category, which is chosen by popular acclaim, was the mile-long, sky blue, two-door Cadillac pictured above with its proud owner in front of the Music Shed on the grounds of the Battell Stoeckel Estate. The event […]
Winsted Paper Folds, Merges With Lakeville Journal
News coverage for Norfolk to continue uninterrupted By Colleen Gundlach Before Lloyd Garrison and Rosanna Trestman breathed life into Norfolk Now 14 years ago, local news was circulated by out-of-town papers such as the Register-Citizen (formerly Winsted Evening Citizen) and The Lakeville Journal. The Register-Citizen has long since forgone any in-depth coverage of Norfolk, […]
View From the Green
Change: A Challenge And an Opportunity By Ruth Melville Norfolk Now is losing one of its longest-serving and most highly valued editors. After 10 years as an executive editor of the paper, Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo has decided to retire. Lindsey joined the paper in 2006 to take over distribution, but she was quickly writing […]
Earth Moving Equipment Enters City Meadow
An excavator was pawing at the ground on the morning of Wednesday, August 16, in the hollow below Station Place, and a line of erosion barriers stretched along the surrounding slopes—construction on the City Meadow park in downtown Norfolk has finally begun. Over the next 65 days, construction crews will dig a small pond near […]
Town to Propose Enforcement Authority for P & Z
Commission could impose fines for zoning violations By Wiley Wood If your neighbor starts renting out his house for all-night wedding celebrations or clogs up his driveway and front lawn with junked cars, your recourse—when a neighborly chat proves ineffective—is to file a complaint with the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission (P & Z). […]
Daimler Benz Comes to Berkshire Country Store
One of the many attractions at Norfolk’s Berkshire Country Store is the vintage vehicle on display inside. In August, the 1893 Duryea was removed from the building and delivered to a new owner. In its stead has been placed this reproduction of an 1886 Daimler Benz, the first four-wheeled automobile in the world. Photo by […]
Norfolk’s Much-Decorated Fire Engine 90 is Retiring
NVFD to bid farewell to state champion pumper truck By Sally Quale Engine 90, Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department’s (NVFD) award-winning, 30-year-old pumper truck, is scheduled to be retired and replaced this fall. It has served well as a highly versatile pumper, whose smaller size and four-wheel drive enables it to reach fires at the […]
Taconic Learning Center Begins Its Fall Semester
Something for everyone, from mistaken identity to Irving Berlin By Lyn Westsmith The Taconic Learning Center is beginning another year of engaging, enjoyable courses this month, beginning on September 11, with the following nine classes: Marel Rogers presents Mistaken Identity, with examples from the Bible, and Thomas Gruenewald explores the times and work of Irving Berlin on Mondays. Richard Reifsnyder offers The Civil War […]
HBH Band with Wanda Houston to Perform at Battell Chapel
Benefit Concert for Stained Glass Restoration By Nels White The HBH Band with Wanda Houston will appear in concert on Sunday, September 17 at 3 p.m. in Norfolk’s Battell Chapel. Scott Heth (piano), Jay Bradley (drums), & Wanda Houston (vocals) bring a musical legacy that spans the past 80 years, from 30s jazz and […]
A Line Up of Vintage Vehicles Like None Other
The Norfolk Classic Community Car Show will feature original and restored gems By Colleen Gundlach Have you ever seen a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow? What about a Mazda Miata or a Mercedes Benz 280SE? Would you like to view a Chevy 3100 that’s older than you are? Rumor has it that all of these […]
