Norfolk News

The Summer of the Flood was one in which the Gilbert School Band gave a couple of evening concerts in the Band Stand located across the street from the school.

There's only so much our nation's politicians can do in their limited time in Washington, D.C., and only so many issues they can tackle.

TALK about being the center of attention: The monumental shingled Victorian building that houses the new Infinity Music Hall and Bistro has been a Norfolk landmark since it opened in 1883.

It might be hard to convince people who live in a medieval city in England that a 350th anniversary is something to celebrate, but organizers of the Norwich-Norfolk World Family Gathering will try this weekend.

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A man who implied he had a weapon robbed the Farmington Saving Bank, 32 Main St., at about 3:30 p.m. today, state police said.

Native strawberry season is all too short, a perfectly reasonable excuse to eat as much shortcake as possible.

The Infinity Bistro is an extension of the Infinity Music Hall in Norfolk, a place to eat whether you are going to the show or not.

The Blackberry River Inn inA Norfolk Connecticut knows mom's apple pieA is one of those details that make guests feel right at home.

Connecticut state police are trying to find out who stole 92 street signs for a charity bike ride in Griswold and North Stonington last month.

As they have for more than 30 years, Morris dancers will dance to banish winter and welcome spring to northwest Connecticut and southern Berkshire county on Saturday.

He may be a member of some half dozen of the area's more high-profile bands and a contributor/collaborator to virtually all of the others in varying ways.

WHY? The highest town in the state, reaching a lofty 1,770 feet above sea level, Norfolk is a living museum of New England tradition.

It was the tree of choice in the eastern United States. Whole communities depended upon it.

Forty years later, the words still echo for Rod Carew . "Don't be afraid," Billy Martin told him.

ROGER MCGUINN, former Byrds leader and now a folk music chronicler extraordinaire, plays in Norfolk Wednesday.

The seven-year battle over a proposed golf course in North Canaan and Norfolk is over -- at least for now.

Teenage legal eagles from across the state are sharpening their skills in competition and turning the classroom into the courtroom.

"FOGO." Some enigmatic expletive? Actually, fogo is the Portuguese word for fire.

Gina McCarthy could do Connecticut a big favor before she leaves the state for a high-level job in the Obama administration.