Norfolk Students Win Superintendents’ Awards
The Litchfield County Superintendents’ Association presented two Norfolk students with the Superintendent’s Award recently. Sixth grader Elias Olsen and eighth grader Gabriell Nelson were recognized for “serving their schools and communities while maintaining good scholastic progress and exhibiting leadership qualities.” George Counter and Clint Montgomery, Superintendents of Botelle School and Northwestern Regional 7 respectively, presented […]
Norfolk’s November Weather
Third Warmest November on Record By Russell Russ The month’s low temperature of 23 degrees was observed on November 7 and the high temperature of 66 degrees was observed on November 9. The average mean temperature was 42.5 degrees, which was 5.6 degrees above normal, making it the third warmest November over the last 78 […]
Northwestern Regional’s Campus is Getting Greener and Greener
A solar installation is up and running and wind is on the way By Veronica Burns Last month, Northwestern Regional 7 School in Winsted took a big step into the future. The school’s electrical power system was shut down, and power, generated from more than 2,000 solar panels installed on the high school roof, was […]
Larry Leifert on Paul Newman: He Was Really One of Us
Norfolk native part of a new book featuring Newman the car racer By Lloyd Garrison There is a side of Paul Newman that most fans of his many films don’t know – the accomplished race car driver and team owner who raced into his eighties before dying of cancer 16 months ago. It is a […]
Ed Kelley is Honored By Fire Department
Townspeople gather to celebrate 60 years of service By Joel Howard Interviewing Ed Kelley is akin to a roller coaster ride into Norfolk’s past. On the occasion of 60 years of service with the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department, memories came fast and sharp. Under the guise of a holiday party, the department lured Kelley to […]
A Passion for Music
Matt Papanek to perform at the Norfolk Library By Joel Howard Fresh from several hours of in-studio recording, Matt Papanek rushed into the Norfolk Library on a recent afternoon. Excited to have the rough cuts wrapped up for his soon-to-be-released CD, he was ready to get to work at one of his three jobs. Aside […]
Norfolk Library Gets Five Stars
A sparkler among the best of the best By Colleen Gundlach Everyone who has ever set foot in the Norfolk Library knows it is a shining star among libraries. From its friendly, welcoming staff to its understated sophistication, it is a center of activity in town. Now the library has been recognized officially, having been […]
Norfolk Then Comes to an End
Ann Havemeyer, curator of the Norfolk Historical Society, has decided to end her series, Norfolk Then with this issue, and even though she says she does not “need any recognition,” we at Norfolk Now would like to take a moment to salute the amount of work that she has put into producing our end page […]
History
A Perilous Flight Yale students discover debris in Great Mountain Forest By Jody Bronson On March 31, 1943 a P-40 military fighter plane left Mitchel Field on Long Island (now the Nassau Coliseum) at 3:30 p.m. en route to Bradley Field in Connecticut. The pilot, Daniel Thorson, was a young lieutenant from Great Falls, Montana. […]
