Arethusa Farm Serves Up Fresh From Barn to Bistro
Wholesome and natural are its bywords By Colleen Gundlach In Greek mythology, Arethusa was a nymph whom the goddess Artemis transformed into a spring to save her virginity when she was being pursued by the river god Alpheus. It is an apt name, then, for Arethusa Farm in Litchfield, because the land it is built […]
Question: What Makes Tuesdays at the Wood Creek Bar & Grill Consequential?
Local Event Gains Regional Following By Barbara Perkins What is a female rabbit called? St. Patrick is said to have cast what out of Ireland? What is the name of the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean? Krusty the Clown is featured on what TV show? Brotherhood, Revelations, Black Flag […]
Restoration Work Begins on Norfolk’s Music Shed
Historic Building 108 Years Old by Kurt Steele Some time during the 1930s or 1940s—decades when the Music Shed saw very little use—the building lost its cupola. “No one really knows how, ” says Samuel A. (Pete) Anderson, a trustee of the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate. “The story is that it blew off during a […]
Regionalization Committee Meets With State Legislators
Possibility of Legislative Relief Discussed By Wiley Wood When it became clear in April that the regionalization plan for Norfolk and Colebrook’s elementary schools faced a legislative roadblock , the study committee invited the state legislators representing the two towns to its May meeting. All three complied. Roberta Willis (D), state representative for the 64th […]
Yale Summer School of Art Celebrates Its 65th Anniversary
Director Sam Messer is making plans for the future By Ruth Melville This summer marked the 65th year of the Yale Summer School of Art and Music. The art program, though less visible to the public than the music school with its popular and well-regarded Norfolk Chamber Music series, has an equally impressive track record […]
Warm Sand and Cool Water at Tobey
With the sun shining and warm sand on the beach, Tobey Pond had its official opening on June 20. Many parents and children spent a relaxing afternoon enjoying the weather and cool Tobey water. That afternoon, the recently graduated Botelle sixth graders celebrated by having a picnic for students and parents. Get your stickers now […]
Local Foundation Supports Botelle Technology Program
The Norfolk Connecticut Children’s Foundation, represented by its president, Don Tobias, right, presented a check for $10,000 to the Botelle School. The money will help buy tablet computers for K–3 students. Peter Michelson, outgoing principal of Botelle, accepted the gift. Earlier in the week, the foundation distributed $11,000 in grants to graduating Norfolk seniors at […]
Regionalization Committee Issues Draft Proposal
Consolidation not expected before 2016-2017 at earliest By Wiley Wood No regional school district has been created in Connecticut since the 1970s, but the Norfolk-Colebrook Regionalization Study Committee, formed in the wake of town referendums in 2012, has made a stab at it. The group presented its proposal on May 20 to an occasionally rowdy […]
Food Network Champion to Head Farmers Market
Winsted Resident Brings Hefty Resume By Colleen Gundlach When the new manager of the Norfolk Farmers Market, Theresa Cannavo, came to town, she brought along a plate full of experience and immeasurable enthusiasm for food, art and people in general. Cannavo has been gardening, cooking and eating organically for as long as she can remember. […]
