Winsted Health Center Changes Management
If Anita Holmes seems even busier than usual, it’s because she is running the Winsted Health Center. The officers of the Winsted Health Center Board of Trustees have taken over the management of the Center upon the resignation of its executive director, Carey W. Plummer. Plummer, who had been at the Center for only five […]
Town to Upgrade Its Web Site
Dyer gives go-ahead for prototype By Lloyd Garrison First Selectman Sue Dyer has endorsed a move by three members of the Coalition for Sound Growth to revamp the town’s Web site. In a meeting at Town Hall on May 8, Mary Fanette, Jon Riedeman and Daryl Eaton showed Dyer a mock-up of a new […]
Norfolk’s April 2007 Weather
Fourth wettest April on record By Russell Russ Here are the weather highlights from April as recorded at Norfolk’s National Weather Service Cooperative Weather Observer Station, Norfolk 2 SW, by the Great Mountain Forest Corporation. Norfolk 2 SW has recorded weather observations since January 1, 1932. The month’s high temperature of 82 degrees was […]
Norfolk Gets Traffic Lights, Temporarily
By Bob Bumcrot On May 14 a series of ten traffic signals began to operate near the intersection of Ashpohtag Road and Greenwoods Road West (Route 44), as bridge #2309 across Norfolk Brook is completely replaced. Inspectors for District Four of the Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT), of whom some are DOT employees and some […]
Town Hires Planning consultant
Choice goes to Glenn Chalder of Planimetrics, an Avon-based company By Veronica Burns Norfolk’s Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) held a special public meeting on May 15 to introduce a planning consultant to assist in the development of a new Plan of Conservation and Development. Glenn Chalder of Avon-based Planimetric, gave a succinct outline […]
Starling Lawrence’s “The Lightning Keeper”
By Ray Palmer (reprinted from The Noble House Owl) After reading Starling Lawrence’s substantive and entertaining historical novel, one must ask why schools don’t teach more about the importance of electric grids to modern societies. We do get taught about the steam engine, the cotton gin – even Edison’s electric light bulb. But […]
Talented Kids
May 11’s talent show to benefit the Catholic youth group was a sensation, featuring singing, acting, jokes and instrumental music from the Norfolk children pictured here.
New Granite Sidewalks For the Green
By Bob Bumcrot Shortly after Memorial Day, work is expected to begin on replacing the slate sidewalks on the Green with Georgia granite. A contract to install a new sidewalk along the Town Green has been awarded to Pilbin-Jones of Norfolk. According to First Selectman Susan Dyer, the amount allocated for the installation is […]
Selectman’s Corner
Just a reminder that there will be a electronics collection at the Torrington Water Pollution Control Plant on Bogue Road, Saturday, June 2 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Household Hazardous Waste Day is Saturday, June 9, 9 a.m. to noon at the Public Works Garage in Falls Village. In order to participate, you must […]
Fifth Grade Releases Salmon Fry in Sandy Brook
On May 4, the Botelle Fifth Grade went to People’s State Forest to release the salmon fry they have raised from eggs and nurtured all winter. This science project is designed to teach students about this endangered fish and help restore it to Connecticut’s waters. The egg-to-fry stage is where most salmon mortality occurs in […]
