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
School Regionalization Revisited
Forum raises questions, but answers few By Bridgette L. Rallo The question for Norfolk residents with school-age children, as well as for members of the town Board of Education (BOE) is, to merge or not to merge. The subject has been aired before, once in the late 1980s, once in 1993 and again in 2006. […]
Correction The June/July edition of Norfolk Now contained several errors regarding the death announcement of Rosemary Shiras. She passed away on June 6 and four days shy of the 58th, not 50th, anniversary of her marriage with Peter Shiras. We have since learned that she was a resident of Norfolk for 16 winters and tutored […]
