The Big-Top Circus Makes a Whistle Stop in Norfolk
Jugglers, a lion tamer, a sword swallower and an assortment of sideshow freaks occupied the stage at Battell Chapel on February 12 and paraded through the aisles while a top-hatted P. T. Barnum (Louise Davis) directed traffic with his riding crop. This visit from the Greatest Show on Earth was masterminded by the Isabella Eldridge […]
Icebox Games
Bounty of Snow and Cold Brings Wide Choice of Winter Activities By Janet Gokay Too bad about Sochi. While Olympic athletes and spectators alike were sunning themselves in 64-degree weather there on Valentine’s Day, the real winter sports were in full swing here in Norfolk. True, the spectacular snowfalls of the past few weeks […]
Norfolk Then . . .
From Mother Goose to Ogden Nash, March winds have been the poet’s muse. In the familiar nursery rhyme, they bring April showers and May flowers. In 1888, however, March winds brought in the biggest blizzard to hit the Northeast in recorded history. Beginning on March 12, the storm lasted three days and crippled the region […]
Face Plant!
The wing span of 36 inches and the absence of ear tufts suggest that the owl that made this impression in the snow was a barred owl (Strix varia). They feed on rodents, which they take from the air, mostly at night, seizing them with their powerful talons. The photograph was taken with an iPhone […]
A Long-Winded Affair
Despite challenges, BNE gets approval for a larger wind turbine installation By Veronica Burns Work is slowly proceeding at the Flagg Hill sites of the BNE Energy wind farm. A recent monitoring report on Wind Colebrook South states that “some work has resumed on site, they are clearing and grubbing for the revised road alignment […]
Work on Regionalization Study Advances
Botelle Building Judged Big Enough for Both Towns By Wiley Wood As members of the citizens’ group studying regionalization examined the floor plan of the Botelle School during a public meeting in mid-December, they quickly reached the conclusion that there would be enough room in the building for all Norfolk and Colebrook primary-schoolers. The combined […]
Cabinetmaker and Potter Team Up for Exhibit at Norfolk Library
The wood of Chris Peterson’s pieces is buttery, tactile and often marked with the natural features of the growing tree. The hanging shelves in the current show come from a single butternut felled on a neighbor’s land. Peterson has collaborated with potter Joey Sage Jablonski, owner-operator of North Canaan’s Funkware, to make candle stands and […]
Grants Awarded to Two Norfolk Organizations
The Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance (NLCA) received a generous anonymous donation of $5,000 via the Local Area Fund held at the Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut, Inc. One of the few emergency medical services organizations in Connecticut that remains 100 percent volunteer and does not charge for its services, the NLCA depends on the generosity […]
Copper Downspout Thefts Solved With Two Arrests
One of the accused was from Winsted, the other from Norfolk By Lloyd Garrison It was nine months ago in January that John Hester, who oversees the Battell Stoeckel estate and the Yale summer music and arts campus, phoned Barracks B in Canaan after fresh tire tracks in the snow led him to spot missing […]
