Wind Turbines Loom over Route 44
The Flagg Hill wind turbines—the first to be erected in the State of Connecticut—seemed to rise up into the sky overnight. This picture was taken on Route 44 coming up the hill toward Norfolk from Winsted, on August 20. A small American flag on the turbine is just visible in the picture. Photos by Bruce […]
Family Donates Sign to Historical Society
Cathy Sacer and Howard Fields have donated this sign, which originally hung by the Norfolk Downs Golf Links, to the Norfolk Historical Society, in memory of their parents, Harold and Cay Fields. As a young boy in the 1920’s, Harold Fields worked as a caddy on the Downs. When the Downs closed in the 1940’s, […]
Milestones
Hugh deManbey July 13, 1959 – July 28, 2015 The deManbey family regretfully announces the passing of Hugh deManbey on July 28. He was born on July 13, 1959, and grew up with his parents, Lyndsay and Claire, and six siblings on Litchfield Road. He attended Botelle Elementary School, Indian Mountain School, Cranwell School, […]
Construction of Wind Turbines on Flagg Hill Site Is Underway
By Wiley Wood The noise of heavy equipment near Flagg Hill is constant. The access road has been widened, a three-phase power line installed, and a tall yellow crane pokes up above the treetops. Turbine parts have been trucked through Norfolk to a staging site in East Canaan, including giant rotor blades. The Flagg […]
State Board of Ed Approves Regionalization Plan
Towns to hold hearings and referendums At its regular meeting on July 1, the State Board of Education approved the Norfolk-Colebrook Study Group’s plan for consolidating the towns’ primary schools under one roof and one regional district. Official notification reached the town clerks’ offices in both Norfolk and Colebrook on July 29. In the […]
Selectmen’s Corner—August 2015
By Sue Dyer We hope everyone is enjoying their summer. Anyone who has recently climbed aboard the wooden train by Station Place will have noticed the fine shape it’s in. The town’s Public Works Department took on the project of refurbishing it during the wet weather this spring. They dismantled it in the back […]
New Rails to Trails Committee Formed
Proposed seven-mile trail to run the length of the town By Ruth Melville On July 9 an introductory meeting of a new Rails to Trails Committee was held at Town Hall. The primary goal of the meeting, convened by Dave Beers, was to gather together interested residents and to set up small work groups […]
Norfolk Land Trust Sponsors 2nd Annual 5K Trail Race
Barbour Woods will be alive with trail runners on Sunday, Sept. 27 at noon, when the Norfolk Land Trust hosts its second annual 5K Trail Race, a USATF-sanctioned event. The Barbour Woods trails feature a mixture of single and double track with an ascent up Beech Hill for a view of Haystack Mountain and a […]
Local Foundation Rewards Students
Six graduating high school seniors from Norfolk received $1,000 scholarship awards from the Norfolk Connecticut Children’s Foundation at a ceremony on the village green on June 28. On the left, with checks in hand, is Don Tobias, president of the foundation. The students are, from left to right, Winter Thorne-Kaunelis, Dylan Johnson, Xavier Rodriguez, Shane Cyr, […]
Berkshires Author Will Sign Books at Aija
The Tanglewood picnic has a long and notorious tradition. It can be sumptuous, with silver candelabra and linen place settings, or take simpler forms, but it always represents the height of taste and elegance. A new book, “The Tanglewood Picnic,” documents that tradition, using a profusion of illustrations, a sprinkling of recipes and a lively […]
