Musical Immersion in Norfolk
Friendships Bloom in a Culturally Diverse Arts Program By Leila Javitch If, as they say, the future lies in the hands of our children, music lovers in Connecticut just may be lucky. This August, youngsters from Norfolk and the Hartford Magnet Middle School spent two weeks living, eating and working together here in Norfolk. During […]
Norfolk Then…
The United States Men’s Gymnastics Team in training for the Olympics? Or a group of Norfolk men working out at the Eldridge Gymnasium (now Town Hall)? Any one of the men in this 1896 photograph might have participated in the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece in April of that year. There were […]
Community News
“Under the Greenwood Tree” Mary Tyrrell, Executive Director Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, will deliver a lecture on the history and future of Norfolk’s forests. The event is sponsored by the Norfolk-Colebrook Garden Club and the Norfolk Land Trust. Norfolk library September 13, 4 p.m. Energy Task Force […]
Norfolk celebrates its 250th Anniversary
What A Swell Party By Veronica Burns The verdict is in. The festivities that heralded the town’s anniversary were a resounding success. “I have never seen the center of town so crowded with people,” says First Selectman Sue Dyer, “every venue was well attended.” Sandy Evans and Beth Podajecki, co-chairs of the event, immodestly enthused […]
Bazzano Oil Back In Business
Local Businessmen Take Over By Bob Bumcrot Bazzano Oil, an institution in Norfolk for seventy years, has resumed business under a new name, A. B. Bazzano Fuel, Inc. On August 15, Company President Alan Boucher, Vice President Bob Peterson and Secretary Jim Peacock purchased the property and assets of John C. Bazzano & Son, Inc., but […]
