Whiting Mills: An Old Sock Factory Stuffed With Surprises
By Sally Quale Inside a former mill building tucked behind the community college in Winsted there is a warren of artists’ spaces, craftsmen’s workshops and miscellaneous businesses. This is Whiting Mills. On any given day, a ceramicist might be glazing her pots for the kiln, a painter scrubbing his canvases, a weaver laying out […]
Super Spooktacular at Botelle School
Children of all ages gathered in the Hall of Flags at Botelle School on Friday, Oct. 26, for the annual Halloween celebration. Circulating through the crowd were scarecrows, witches, masked marauders, walking skeletons, a playful raccoon, a bevy of princesses, squads of superheroes and a solitary blue crayon. Standing guard at the entrance to the […]
At Budget Meeting, Parents Debate Botelle’s Future Direction
By Wiley Wood The tone was confrontational. “I really don’t care about that,” said Heather Adams, a parent. The superintendent was saying that each student at Botelle Elementary School gets a computer tablet. “The amount the school spends on technology,” said Adams, “is a concern for me.” The meeting was intended to give parents […]
Shrinking Our Water Footprint on ‘The Blue Marble’
How Norfolk measures up By Kathy Robb We connect with water, and our lives depend on it. The quality and availability of unpolluted drinking water has topped our environmental concerns in polls for a quarter of a century. In 2017, Americans expressed more concern about water pollution than they had since 2001. Low-income and […]
Lions Club Talent Show a Five-Star Hit
There were jokes, a fractured fairy tale, showtunes and original songs, a mimed performance, a memorable lip synch, a pre-teen dance troupe, Celtic pipes and much, much more at the annual Norfolk Lions Club talent show on the mainstage at Infinity Hall on Oct. 24. The acts included a rousing sing-along of “When the Saints […]
Instrumental Education Hits the Right Note at Northwestern Regional
Program attracts budding musicians By Charlotte McDevitt Music is very significant part of a child’s education, but music education is often one of the first academic areas cut during budget negotiations. Botelle School was recently forced to eliminate their stringed instrument program, but band class at the school is still ongoing. A very encouraging […]
Norfolk’s Club Activities: The Shooting Sports
By David Beers If you head past the Norfolk landfill toward Winsted on Route 44, you may have noticed a few red buildings, a gated gravel road and some archery targets in the woods across from the Rock Pile Driving Range. What you are seeing as you whiz by is just the tip of […]
The Paperback Revolution That Started in Norfolk
How Modern Age Books changed the way Americans read By Lucy Mookerjee Modern Age Books, Inc., founded by Norfolk’s Richard S. Childs in 1936, was the first large-scale publisher to produce paperback books in the United States. Modern Age released progressive paperbacks that were inexpensive and accessible to the general public. On display at the […]
Restaurant Roundup: New and Ethnic Eateries
The Norfolk area offers a wide array of choices By Ruth Melville Although I love the many advantages of living in such a beautiful place as Norfolk, one thing I miss about city life is the wide choice of foreign cuisines on offer. So I was delighted to discover that there are several new […]
For Those With Eyes As Big As Moons, Botelle Adds A Rainbow
Artist and children together make a winning combination By Clinton J. Sosna Botelle School’s littlest academic achievers were often denied the pleasures of artistic appreciation while navigating the halls of the school, simply because the display cases holding the artistic works of the school’s students were set too high for even the most excellently […]
