History at the Top of the Hill
Preserving Norfolk’s Center Cemetery By Michael CobbAnyone driving through Norfolk on the way to Canaan will notice major infrastructural work reinforcing the hillside above Route 44. Many trees have been cut just below the Norfolk Center Cemetery, which sits somewhat perilously atop the now-barren slope. Norfolk Historical Society Director Barry Webber, who also serves as vice president […]
Husky Meadows Is Growing in a New Direction
By Andra MossSpring is an exciting time on any farm, heralding fresh beginnings. Nowhere is the rising energy of new growth more in evidence than at Norfolk’s Husky Meadows Farm, where farm managers Rana Justice and Emily Perron are busy seeding ideas (as well as produce) throughout the property. Justice, who grew up in Kent […]
The 2025 Norfolk Chamber Music Festival: Where the Beauty of Music and Nature Meet
By Patricia PlattThe Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, running from June 27 until Aug. 16, will present an exciting season of classical, innovative and international music that even includes a night of silent film comedies shown with improvised piano scores. “This summer’s theme, ‘Dialogues,’ promises to explore the rich interplay of musical ideas,” said Melvin Chen, […]
Rural Resilience in Colebrook
By Andra Moss As the Northwest Corner continues to experience a distressing decline in local businesses, there is good news from the east. The Colebrook Store, recently closed, is not lost. Far from it, in fact. Listed on the National Register of Historical Places, the store has stood just off of the town’s village green […]
No Monkey Business in this Jungle
By Virginia Coleman-Prisco The Botelle Elementary School Theater Group performed Disney’s “Jungle Book Kids” based on Rudyard Kipling’s classic over three days in April to substantial audiences in the school gymnasium. The 18 students commanded the stage with energy and professionalism, supported by lively musical numbers, ingenious costumes and sets under direction from parents Becky Keyes […]
Norfolk Then…
With a new firehouse proposed for Norfolk, here’s a look back at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Shepard Road firehouse on June 6, 1970. Fire Chief Martin O’Connor takes the first dig. Also pictured are (from left): Peter Mulville (builder), Walter Allyn (Selectman), O’Connor, Robin Mead (Chairman of the Building Committee), and Russell Childs (architect). […]
Poolside Dispatch
Norfolk Teens on the Winning Team By Kailyn Patrick Nadeau Powered by six Norfolk athletes and 25 of their teammates, the Northwestern Regional 7 swim team held their own against Prospect’s Woodland High School in the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Class S State Tournament on March 18 in West Hartford—until the very last race […]
Norfolk Then…
This august group of gentlemen, heretofore identified as the original members of the Norfolk Culinary Institute, has recently been revealed to be a cadre of international spies. They operated out of a modest cabin in the Doolittle Woods, where they convene several times a year to exchange intelligence—anonymously, they thought. “Gentlemen, my a**! Buccaneers, they […]
Local Affordable Housing Groups Pioneer New Model
Bundling projects helps meet state minimums By Leila Javitch It’s an exciting spring for affordable homes in Northwest Connecticut. Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity (LCCHO) has fit together a program to build 10 new homes on scattered sites in five northwest towns via partnerships with each town’s volunteer affordable housing group. In Norfolk, the […]
Proposed Manor House Expansion Draws Large Crowd
Many differing views on effect of change in town center By Susan MacEachron Norfolk residents filled the Botelle School Hall of Flags on a very cold evening on Tuesday, Jan. 14, to attend the Planning & Zoning (P&Z) public hearing regarding a modification to the special permit granted in 1996 to the property known as […]
