Colebrook-Norfolk School Merger Gets a Fresh Look
Joint Study Committee Holds First Meeting By Bob Bumcrot With primary-school enrollments projected to decline and per-student costs expected to rise over the next decade, a study committee has been formed to examine the possibility of a merger between the Norfolk and Colebrook schools. A first public meeting was held on April 10 at […]
D is for Duvet
Local author writes and illustrates reader for babies of the wealthiest Americans By Wiley Wood In these years of a Democratic presidency, with tax breaks for the wealthiest once more under threat and the Occupy Wall Street movement catching fire in every city, the privileged are having a rough time of it. Thank heaven for […]
Slip Sliding Away
Norfolk Community Playground to be Replaced By Jill Hall The Norfolk Community Playground, located at Botelle Elementary School was installed in 1993, and its playscape and trademark 80 feet long hillside slide remain popular with both children and adults today. The playground was the result of much community involvement, by raising money through a series […]
On Time and Below Budget
Emergency Services Building Opened By Bob Bumcrot On September 20 the new Emergency Services Building was inaugurated with a gala afternoon open house attended by well over one hundred Norfolkians. The relaxed and happy crowd sipped punch and enjoyed a variety of hors d’oeuvres contributed by chef-owner Heidi Dinsmore of Wood Creek Bar & Grill, […]
Seeing Red
Do what Mary is doing! Take OUT your ornamental winged euonymus. These ornamental shrubs, popularly known as “burning bush,” are flaming red at this time of year, and it […]
Fish Grow On Trees
Paul Barten (left), of Great Mountain Forest and the University of Massachusetts, shown here with Starling W. Childs II, led a seminar titled “Fish Grow on Trees–How Forests Influence Stream Ecosystems.” The presentation was part of Open Forest Day held on September 25 at Great Mountain Forest. Other highlights of the day included workshops for […]
Taxes, Garbage and Rebates
The Hazardous Household Collection day will be Saturday, October 16, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Torrington Waste Water Treatment Plant on Bogue Road. To sign up, please contact the Selectmen’s Office at 860-542-5829. This is great time to get rid of those items that cannot be thrown into the waste stream. E-Collection […]
Local Woman Involved with Quilts of Valor Project
Sewing to Show Support By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo South Norfolk resident Donna Thomes has sewn seven quilts for wounded or afflicted United States soldiers in the past year as part of a world-wide project called Quilts of Valor. Thomes heard about the group while attending the Winchester Center Congregational Church’s quilt show in 2009. The […]
ArtsWave! – The Little Town That Could
Norfolk is “Epitome of Rural Intelligence” By Joel Howard When Norfolk resident Francesca Turchiano approached the Economic Development Commission (EDC) last fall with the thought of exposing more outsiders to the unique offerings of Norfolk, she came armed with several ideas. After a review, the commission expressed the greatest interest in the idea of an […]
Bad and Beautiful, Purple Loosestrife Threatens Norfolk’s Wetlands
By Shelley Harms Purple loosestrife has been spotted this summer in wet spots along Norfolk roadsides. A showy plant with spikes of magenta flowers, it spreads very rapidly. It can take over large areas, suppressing native plant communities and actually altering a wetland’s structure and function. Purple loosestrife (lythrum salicaria) is a perennial that can […]
