First Selectman Debate at Infinity Hall
Matt Riiska, left above, and Sue Dyer, second from left, answered questions from a panel of Norfolk Now journalists before an audience at Infinity Hall on October 24. Both are running for the position of first selectman in the election this month. Sue Dyer, a Democrat, is the incumbent and has held the post for 16 […]
Legendary Sound Man at Infinity Steps Down
Concert venue celebrates its seventh year By Michael Kelly Shortly before Infinity Hall opened in October 2008, newly-hired sound engineer Fred Schane climbed the stairs to the long dormant hall for the first time. Entranced by the look and feel of the vintage theater, he was more interested in how the mellowed wood and […]
Bevan Ramsay’s Sculptures on the Move
After giving plenty of people pause at the Norfolk Artists & Friends exhibit this summer, Bevan Ramsay’s haunting sculptures of homeless people in New York City moved on to Canada in September. Dramatically presented in a gallery at Art Mur in Montreal, the exhibition, entitled “Lesser Gods,” was on view from September 10 to October […]
Going Electric in Colebrook
A Carbon Negative Family By David Beers The Eckert family in Colebrook is more than just carbon neutral, they are carbon negative. Instead of paying for energy, they are making money from the energy that they produce at their home. Bill Eckert, a C.P.A. and retired software company executive, has been keeping detailed records […]
Documentary Film Describes Norfolk
Local photographer premiers film at Norfolk Library By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo The prolific photographer and writer Christopher Little delighted hundreds of Norfolkians last month with his 40-minute documentary chronicling a year in the life of our town. Showings at the Norfolk Country Club and the Norfolk Library packed the respective houses. Over 400 people […]
New Resident Brings Age-Old Craft to Town
Carving Stone: Adam Paul Heller By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo “I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade…” begins “Down in the Valley”, a song by the indie folk band The Head & the Heart. The song expresses a deep yearning to get back to your roots, and lead a more primitive existence. In […]
Norfolk’s Multi-Generational Business
MI Integrated Media By Christina Vanderlip MI Integrated Media (MI) specializes in direct response advertising, meaning ads with a ‘call to action’. While they are known for creative small space sections in the back of national magazines, they also run full-page advertising campaigns for clients. MI partners advertisers with publications that best fit their […]
The Winsted Diner, Where the Food Is Finer
By Colleen Gundlach Tucked sideways next to the Odd Fellows Building, two doors up from the YMCA in Winsted, is a piece of local history that is often overlooked. The hand-carved wooden hot dog man in front is the only reason that a driver traveling through town would have reason to give it a […]
New Innkeepers at the Manor House
The Power of Intention By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Three years ago, the new Manor House Innkeeper Sheila Blanchette was spending her days in a cubicle crunching numbers for EBSCO Publishing in Ipswich, Mass., and writing a novel at night about an accountant who daydreamed of becoming an innkeeper. Her protagonist’s lifelong dream soon became […]
Rare Visitor Summers in Norfolk
A pair of sandhill cranes spent the summer in Norfolk, according to reports that have filtered in over the past months. On September 22, photographer Savage Frieze captured this one on film on private land in Norfolk’s northwest quadrant. It is an adult Lesser sandhill crane in summer plumage. The birds are famous for the elaborate dancing […]
