It Takes a Lot of Dedicated People to Care for a Village
Jonathan Barbagallo wears a lot of hats in emergency services By Colleen Gundlach The fire at the Norfolk Curling Club on December 18, 2011, was devastating for Norfolk as a whole, but was beyond description for the first responders that night. Since Norfolk’s volunteer base is a small group of people who wear many hats, […]
Botelle School’s Annual Drama Production
Bruce Connelly Enters His 13th Year as Writer and Director By Anne Frieze On March 27, the Botelle School’s fourth, fifth and sixth graders put on two performances of their annual drama production, “The Wind in the Willows.” Each year the New York-based actor and director Bruce Connelly writes an original script based on a […]
Haystack Pizza Is Now Open
Pizza lovers, the wait is over! Haystack Pizza & Restaurant officially opened for business on March 24. They’re open Tuesday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. In addition to pizza, the restaurant offers sandwiches, grinders, calzones and a large selection of entrees. Telephone: 860-542-5990 or 5991. No personal checks accepted. Photo by Bruce […]
Open Mic Night at Infinity Hall
Open Mic Night at Infinity Hall celebrated its two-year anniversary last month. Held every Thursday night at 8 p.m. in the Bistro, the brainchild of longtime Infinity Hall employee Jon Riedeman continues to be quite a hit with locals, as well as those from far away. Pictured above are the easily recognizable faces of Nancy […]
Land Trust Hosts Campfire Gathering at Dennis Hill Gazebo
For its winter outing and jamboree, the Norfolk Land Trust drew a cold, gray, windy day with snow flurries. The hardy souls who ventured to the gazebo on Dennis Hill on February 21 found a well-packed pair of trails leading into the woods (snowshoe and ski), and a glowing fire, a hot cup of cocoa […]
Canaan Resident’s Salon Helps Women With Hair Loss
Lori Ustico Never Gives Up By Ruth Melville It is a cliché to say that someone “lives her life for others,” but in the case of Canaan resident Lori Ustico, it is the simple truth. Ustico owns Dignity with Style, a salon on Railroad Street in Canaan that specializes in providing wigs and accessories for […]
The Wheels On Whalen’s Buses Will Come to a Stop
Bill Whalen to continue with moving and storage business By Colleen Gundlach An agreement dated “this 14th day of August 1924 by and between J. A. Maloney…and the Town School Committee of said Town of Norfolk” inaugurated a partnership between a family and the town that has endured for more than 90 years. The partnership […]
Landowners Make Clear-Cuts to Benefit Rare Cottontail Rabbit
Norfolk area to create 28 acres of new “rabittat” By Wiley Wood This winter, two separate tracts of forest are being clear-cut in the Norfolk area to make habitat for the rare New England Cottontail. At the corner of Wangum and Canaan Mountain roads, an 18-acre parcel belonging to Great Mountain Forest (GMF), is being […]
News From the Sugarbush
Family Maple Syrup Operation Gears Up for Unpredictable Season By Jude Mead It is maple syrup season again, and people always ask what type of year we are expecting. They believe that a heavy snowfall in winter must mean lots of maple sap in the trees, while a dry winter means less sap. But for […]
Aton Forest Monitors Beaver Population
As part of its ongoing porcupine and beaver studies, Aton Forest has enlisted citizen scientists this year to help monitor beaver lodges and porcupine dens. Here, John Anderson, executive director of Aton Forest, standing, invites a participant to sniff the vent at the top of the lodge for the odor of castoreum, the beaver’s scent […]
