Norfolk Library Offering Documentary Film Fest
Monday Night Series Offers Provocative Films and Film Talk By Francesca Turchiano The third season of documentary films at the Norfolk Library kicked off at 7 p.m. on September 27, when Sam Messer, artist and Associate Dean of the Yale School of Art, introduced “Dead Birds,” a groundbreaking 1965 portrait of the Dani people of […]
The City Meadow is Once Again Ruled A Wetland, Barring Future Development
By Bridgette L. Rallo Northwest Conservation District soil scientist Sean Hayden has determined, yet again, that City Meadow is a wetland. That’s the verdict Hayden delivered to the Conservation Committee on September 1, and the committee forwarded the report to First Selectman Sue Dyer. The small piece of undeveloped land in the middle of the […]
Wheels for Meals at the Farmers Market
Farmers Market Rolls Out the Wagons The Norfolk Farmers Market has just started a new service to help its customers put their meals on wheels. Shoppers who suddenly find their arms too full can borrow one of two shiny red wagons to wheel around the market and back to their cars. “One of our farmers, […]
Changing of the Guard
Members and friends of the Norfolk Connecticut Children’s Foundation (NCCF) gathered recently to honor Rod Perkins for his twenty-five years of service to the group. Perkins officially retired from his position earlier this year, and Donald Tobias, who has also served on the NCCF board since its inception, is the new foundation president. The NCCF […]
P&Z Votes to Change Code Regulating Home Offices
Most will be unaffected By Bridgette L. Rallo On September 14, Norfolk Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members voted to change one section out of three that regulate the use of a private home for business purposes. The section in question, 180-34.1, deals with residents who provide professional service from an office in the home […]
Rolling Out the Welcome Mat
By Colleen Gundlach This past summer has been an unprecedented one for Norfolk in terms of vitality, excitement and community involvement. The Artswave! event created a groundswell of community pride, and opened the town’s borders to visitors who may never have experienced the scenic beauty nor been cognizant of the cultural vistas Norfolk has to […]
Norfolk Lost & Found
What is it? Where is it? This object was donated to a group of volunteers in town, in the early part of the 20th century. The photo holds some helpful (and maybe too easy?) clues as to its location. Photo By Bruce Frisch
A Norfolk Settlement in the Great Greenwoods
Pond Town: A farming and industrial community By Barbara Perkins Before Alfredo Taylor was commissioned to design the boat and club houses, before two now well-known bodies of water were dubbed Doolittle and Benedict, even before the first of the magnificent Battells, moved to town, Captain Isaac Holt, one of Norfolk’s earliest settlers, chose land […]
Help is Available
Selectman’s Corner Applications for this year’s heating assistance are now available in the Selectman’s office. For further information, please contact 860-542-5829. Please make a note that applications for Renter’s Assistance are due on September 15. The applications for the Town’s Local Option for Veterans are due no later than October 1. Please contact the Assessor’s […]
Letters
Regional Study Clarification I think that some of the wording in Bridgette Rallo’s article in the July/August issue requires clarification. The article states, “Instead, Board of Education members will support a proposed Regional 7 study which considers whether it is financially feasible to assume the education of all children in grades K-12. BOS members agreed […]
