Norfolk Elects Riiska in a Landslide
By Wiley Wood In a municipal election that drew 53 percent of Norfolk’s voters to the polls, Matthew Riiska (D)…
2017
Northwest Connect Hopes to Build Regional Fiber-Optic Network by 2021
Dropped cell phone calls and slow downloads would be distant memories By Ruth Melville If the efforts of a…
Great Mountain Forest Makes Long-Term Deal to Sell Carbon Credits
Planning for the Future By Tom Vorenberg Early one morning last month a young man and his girlfriend, visiting…
First Selectman Candidates Square Off at Infinity Hall
By Wiley Wood In a conversation that touched on a familiar range of topics—taxes, education, infrastructure—the two candidates for…
September 2017 Real Estate Transfers
On Sept. 28, Lora Jean Bresson to Brian Vigliotti, 319 Greenwoods Rd. W., $142,000. On Sept. 29, Frank and Caryn…
Steeple of Congregational Church Needs Urgent Repair
Congregation will look to community for help in restoration By Wiley Wood From the vantage of one of the…
Through the Garden Gate: November, Revelations
By Leslie Watkins After autumn’s chilly winds and drenching rains have knocked down the asters and goldenrods and the…
City Meadow Park Nears Completion
Construction of City Meadow, which was stopped by a cease-and-desist order when a path was determined to encroach on…
Retirement Party Honors First Selectman Dyer
Counting the achievements of nearly two decades By Wiley Wood The tables and chairs were pushed back in the…
Norfolk Food Pantry Is Open to All, All Year Round
By Chris Sinclair As the cornstalks mysteriously migrate from the now flattened fields into people’s front yards, and eggnog…