Housing Project Underway
Foundation For Norfolk Living Plans To Build First House This Year By Barbara Gridley & Elizabeth Potter Thanks to the generosity of the Norfolk Land Group, Inc. and its partners, The Foundation for Norfolk Living is soon to start building the first home in support of its mission to create housing opportunities in Norfolk for […]
Dianna Christinat to Coordinate Race for the Cure
Former Norfolk resident is team captain By Leila Javitch Anyone searching for a pleasant and helpful way to spend a June day should consider participating in the Race for the Cure, a five-kilometer (5k) walk/run for breast cancer research. The race will take place in Hartford on Saturday, June 5, in conjunction with similar races […]
Yale To Serve as a Trustee for the Battell Stoeckel Estate
University will succeed the Bank of America By Veronica Burns Following the resignation, two years ago, of the Bank of America as corporate trustee of the Ellen Battell Stoeckel estate, it has recently been announced that Yale University will step into that role. “We needed to find a good, reliable corporate trustee,” says Bill Gridley, […]
Norfolk Board of Selectmen Meeting: Notes from March 2, 2010
Eye on Town Government By Bridgette L. Rallo The agenda for Norfolk’s Board of Selectmen (BOS) March 2 meeting included several issues that could have a substantial impact on town residents in the near and not-so-near future. Of most interest to residents with younger children is the ongoing discussion about a merger between Botelle Elementary […]
Peter Ketchum’s Art on Display at Norfolk Library
Of Pickles and Tweets By Colleen Gundlach Peter Ketchum likens the penny postcard at the turn of the 20th century to the social networking system, Twitter, today. The exhibit of his paintings this month at the Norfolk Library centers on this premise and on the sometimes subliminal and often glaringly conscious messages disseminated on postcards […]
Reading, Writing and Texting
View from the Green By Colleen Gundlach Developing and editing an issue of Norfolk Now always has its rewards and challenges. Editing this month’s issue was an especially thought provoking process in many ways. From seeing first hand the dedication of a group of townspeople working to provide affordable housing to people less fortunate than […]
Reptiles at the Library
Around 40 adults and over 40 kids gathered in the Great Hall of the Library on February 20 to hear Brian Kleinman’s presentation on reptiles and amphibians in conjunction with the Norfolk Land Trust annual meeting. Kleinman owns Riverside Reptiles, a live animal education program, and […]
Norfolk resident reminisces about his basketball career
Profile: Donald Rhynhart By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., a national outplacement firm, estimated that American companies lost as much as $3.8 billion dollars in worker productivity last March due to the NCAA playoffs, or March Madness, as it is commonly referred to. Perhaps one reason for the high level of intrigue […]
New Mexican Restaurants
Out and About By Barbara Perkins The number of dining options in town may be on the decline, but several surrounding towns have recently added to their number. Over the last eight months, three new Mexican restaurants have popped up, upping the ethnic options available in the Northwest corner. Thanks to very different menu offerings […]
Letters
Re: What Happened? Following on Rosanna Trestman’s piece on Norfolk’s retail struggles in last month’s “View from the Green”, I want to let the town know that I have recently made the difficult decision to put the Norfolk Corner up for sale. As Rosanna accurately observes, it is extremely difficult, for a number of reasons, […]
