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 […]
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 […]
