Lone Oak Campsites: 50 Years
The Browns of East Canaan celebrate semicentennial of family farm turned campground By Colleen Gundlach There was an air of excitement, friendship and festivity on August 16 in East Canaan as Lone Oak Campsites celebrated its 50th anniversary by throwing an all-day party for the people who have been a part of the business over […]
Cadillacs Are Good For Norfolk Business
General Motors entourage drives into town By Jonathan Barbagallo “What are all of those Cadillacs doing on Station Place?” “Why are there a lot of executives walking around town?” These questions were heard during the last week of July throughout Norfolk as a fleet of brand new 2015 Cadillac ATS Coupes descended on Station Place […]
Yale Student Conducts Field Experiments in Norfolk
Does the presence of roads affect the plants in a field? By Wiley Wood On a hot morning in late June, Jeffrey Smith walks around in circles in a field in Norfolk, swatting at the grasses with a canvas net. He is sampling the insect population. At the end of a few minutes, the net […]
Building Inspector Watches Over Safety of Norfolk Homeowners
By Kurt Steele States legislate important issues affecting their citizens in different ways and have a wide variety of laws controlling how buildings are built or remodeled so they are safe. Some have statewide building codes based on a strong national model code. Others have weak codes or allow local counties to write their own. […]
Ukes Rule In Sheffield
By Bob Bumcrot For a delightful short summer break, take a spin up Route 7 to The Magic Fluke Company at 292 South Main Street in Sheffield, the largest maker of ukuleles in America. Walk through the museum-like displays showing the history of the instrument. Try strumming a few notes on the beautiful soprano, tenor, […]
Scavenger Hunt in Barbour Woods
Seven teams participated in the Norfolk Land Trust’s first-ever scavenger hunt on July 12 in Barbour Woods. Each team was given a map of the property and several items to find along the way to four checkpoints, where they were greeted by land trust volunteers and board members. Included in the tasks to complete was […]
Inside the Music Factory
Visiting With the Fellows at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival By Wiley Wood The campus of the Yale Summer School of Music in Norfolk is almost deserted on a sunny day in July, but fragments of music float in the air from all sides. A brass ensemble is rehearsing in a stone structure near Mountain […]
Jaguar Wins Norfolk Classic Car Show
The Best of Show Award went to a Jaguar XKC034 belonging to Tom Jaycox of Canaan. This model was built in the early 1950’s for owners who wanted to compete in the 24-hour race at Le Mans. This particular car ran only in the U.S., at venues such as Watkins Glen and Sebring. Photos by […]
Brass Quintet from Yale Plays Famers Market
The East Rock Brass Quintet performed at the Norfolk Farmers Market on Saturday. Its five members are graduate students at the Yale School of Music in New Haven during the year and have earned fellowships at the Norfolk Chamber Festival this summer. Next Saturday, Dark Horse will perform, and Ann Havemeyer will present her new […]
Lloyd Garrison, Founding Editor of Norfolk Now, Dies at 83
By Wiley Wood Lloyd Garrison, a journalist, editor and Norfolk presence for the past 18 years, who covered Europe and Africa for The New York Times in the 1960’s and in retirement founded this newspaper, died at his home in Norfolk on June 21. He was 83 years old. The cause was complications of prostate […]
