Garden in a Jar
By Susannah Wood A cold spring and pandemic woes have had many of us hankering for fresh greens. Of course, we’ve been cutting down on trips to the store, and so it was a lucky day when I noticed an unopened package of organic sprouting seeds on our pantry shelves. Since then we have been […]
Many Went Bunny Hunting Through Town over Easter Weekend
Norfolk Bunny Hunt By Dave Beers Photos by Dave Beers This past Easter weekend (April 10-12) there was a bunny hunt in Norfolk. Residences and businesses set up Easter holiday displays both inside and outside as part of a town-wide socially-distant scavenger hunt for all ages. Over 60 addresses were listed on both a check-off […]
Cleanup Day is Now Cleanup Month
Month-long individual effort replaces one-day gathering By Doreen Kelly The Norfolk Community Association (NCA) was looking forward to another rousing success for Clean Up Day 2020, which was scheduled for this April 25th. They had good reason to be so optimistic after the event participants last year collectively retrieved over 100 bags of trash from […]
Dorothea (Dede) Alford, 1949-2019
Alford Dorothea Blakeslee Alford (Dede) passed away on Dec. 5, 2019, in Cambridge, Mass., after a series of illnesses. She was born on Nov. 9, 1949, in Winsted, Conn., and had a lifelong love for Norfolk, spending many months and years on Doolittle Lake and in Norfolk itself. She also traveled widely, living in Tokyo […]
Five Trailheads Get Informational Kiosks
Text and photo by June Peterson The Norfolk Land Trust was able to build and install kiosks at five trailheads in 2019 thanks to assistance from the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, Inc. The foundation gave the Land Trust a $2,500 grant from its Keroden Endowed Fund to build the kiosks. The final step this year […]
UConn Professor to Discuss Insect Decline at Land Trust Annual Meeting
Dr. David L. Wagner, author, teacher and entomologist, will be the guest speaker at the Norfolk Land Trust’s annual meeting on Feb. 22 at the Norfolk Library. The talk will follow the Land Trust’s annual meeting at 3:30 p.m. Wagner is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut. Wagner began […]
Food Pantry Refilled
The Norfolk Food Pantry is fully stocked thanks to the generosity of those who attended the George Winston concert at Infinity Hall on Thursday, Nov. 16. In addition to several bags of nonperishable food items, $749 was raised for the pantry. Winston donated 100 percent of the proceeds from his CD sales that evening.
Breathing New Life into an Historical Landmark
Crissey Place has a new owner By Doug McDevitt Sometimes a good thing just can’t be kept down, even in the form of a house. A very old house. It’s located just inside the village green as you travel north towards Maple Street. It’s the first house you see on your right and it is […]
Michele Sloane Retiring as Tax Assessor
By Colleen GundlachPhoto by Bruce Frisch An era will come to an end when Norfolk’s long-term and well-respected tax assessor retires next month. Michele Sloane, who also serves as chairman of the town’s Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z), recently took some time from organizing her move to Florida to reminisce about her years in Norfolk […]
Carriage Rides, Anyone?
Steve Podhajecki and Sarah, a Percheron mare, wait for guests at Blantyre in Lenox. Loon Meadow Farm gives carriage rides in Norfolk, as well as the state area by appointment. Just call 860-542-6085, or visit their Web site at www.loonmeadowfarm.com Photo By Beth Podhajecki
