Miss Eileen’s Twenty-five Years
Eileen Fitzgibbons was recognized for her twenty-five years as head of children’s services at the Norfolk Library, at the August 23 event Under the Tent – the Twenty-Five Years of Summer Reading Extravaganza. Photo by Bruce Frisch.
Mushroom Foray at Aton Forest
Eugene Luby Dolan holds a giant edible mushroom—a grifola frondosa or “hen of the woods”—found at Aton Forest’s workshop on September 14. If you missed it, another Wild Mushroom Workshop led by Andrew Janjigian will be held on October 5, 2-6 p.m. See Community News for details. Photo by Andrew Janjigian.
We Are Getting Closer!
The Norfolk Curling Club reached a milestone earlier this month with an important step in the ice-making process. Cement was poured in the new building and once it is cured, the boardwalk will be constructed and the rink flooded. “If all goes as planned,” says club president Mary Fanette, “we will be curling again in […]
Northwestern Regional Robotics Team Gears Up For 3rd Season
By Megan Llewellyn Each member of the Northwestern Robotics Gearheads, NRG, started 2013 with one goal in mind: to build a robot capable of shooting Frisbees and climbing pyramids. To accomplish their goal, NRG spent six intense weeks designing, building, wiring, and programming a robot. The result was an eighty pound robot capable of shooting […]
Agricultural Fair a Success
By Sally Quale Norfolk’s first Agricultural Fair, which took place on August 24 at the weekly farmer’s market on Maple Avenue, was “a huge success and will be repeated next year on Saturday, August 14, 2014,” reports market manager Lisa Auclair. It ran an hour longer than the usual market – 4 rather than 3 […]
Plans For New Firehouse Go To Finance Board
Town Would Borrow Money Through a Bond Issue/ By Wiley Wood Plans for a new firehouse were presented to the Board of Finance on August 13. The design, which incorporates and expands the existing building on Shepard Rd., was described by architect Michael Fortuna as “pretty bare bones.” Total costs are budgeted at $2.7 million. […]
Heavy Rainfall Breaks Beaver Dam
A Road Is Damaged And A Pond Ecosystem Lost: by John Anderson Early on the stormy night of August 10th a catastrophic event occurred: after nearly six inches of rainfall, a beaver dam impounding 20 acres of water in Aton Forest broke. One person living nearby heard what she thought was a falling tree during […]
Connecticut Public Radio Host to Moderate Norfolk 2023!
By Rosanna Trestman John Dankosky, host of the NPR morning radio show Where We Live, happens to live just next door in Winsted. From 9 to 10 a.m. each weekday morning he takes his listeners through the ins and outs of Connecticut’s communities, ranging from New Haven to Norfolk and beyond. Dankosky will bring this […]
Oh, Noooooooo!
Farmer’s Market Stages Summer Fun: Mud wrestling and a pie-eating contest are still in Norfolk’s future, apparently, but the farmer’s market held an agricultural fair on Saturday, August 24 that incorporated many of the traditional elements of a county fair. There were music, fast food, large vegetables, and guess-the-weight contests. There was a juried bake-off […]
Memorial Day Race Marks Third Successive Win for Local Woman Runner
By Kurt Steele Little did eight-year-old Caitlin Alexson know that her mother’s protective jog by her side while she learned to ride a bicycle would lead to her mother becoming a competitive runner. Four short years after that initial jog, Norfolk resident Margaret Alexson progressed from being a non-runner to having the fastest woman’s time […]
