Selectman’s Corner
Don’t Forget These Important Dates By: Sue Dyer A reminder to Norfolk Elderly or Totally Disabled Renters, the application period for the state’s renter’s rebate program ends September 15. If you are single and your income is less than $30,500 or if you are married and your income is less than $37,500, you may qualify […]
Park It Right Here
There’s a new map and signs are on the way By Bridgette L. Rallo After nearly two months of studying the problem, Norfolk town officials have issued a new color-coded parking map that they hope will ease parking congestion in Norfolk Village Center. The town has also ordered additional “No Parking” and “Limited Parking” signs, […]
Read All About It
Norfolk’s Natural Resources Inventory makes its appearance By Veronica Burns It’s back to school time, and a good book to go back there with is the new Natural Resources Inventory, which is now available and is a valuable research tool. This 126-page scientific, but readable, document boasts 11 chapters, 10 appendices, lots of GIS maps […]
All In A Day’s Work
State Trooper Greg Naylor gives a status report By Bob Bumcrot Resident State Trooper Greg Naylor spends little time in his cramped office in the ambulance building. He much prefers to circulate around town, on foot, in the patrol car and, soon to be seen, on a mountain bike. The bike will be purchased, along […]
A Quiet Celebrity
Sam Messer, Yale Summer School of Art Director By Bridgette L. Rallo Sam Messer is a superstar in the rarified world of contemporary art. He has the kind of resume that most artists can only dream of: Director of the Yale Summer School of Art in Norfolk, Associate Dean of the Yale School of Art […]
There’s No Place Like Home
Affordable housing possible on Old Country Road By Leila Javitch In an effort to bring attention to the need for affordable housing in town, a community picnic party was held recently at the Norfolk Shelter on Golf Drive. The event, appropriately titled ‘Gimme Shelter’, was to benefit the Foundation for Norfolk Living (FNL), a nonprofit […]
Out With the Old, In With the New
Engine 40 arrives, Engine 60 is donated By Bob Bunmcrot The Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department (NVFD) is proceeding smoothly with training on its new Engine 40. The Seagrave engine was delivered in early July, having been inspected and tested at its manufacturing site in Wisconsin by Chief Daryl Byrne, Matt Ludwig, Matthew Bell and […]
From China to Norfolk
Exchange Student Yini (Claire) Wu joins The Menard family for a year By Colleen Gundlach Celeste Menard is a ninth-grader who has studied the Mandarin language for the past two years and is “interested in all things Chinese,” according to her mother, Sharon. That helps to explain why, when the Menards saw an advertisement in […]
Recent Groundbreaking at Shepard Road
New emergency services building is now underway By Bob Bumcrot After a protracted period of time, the bids are now in and accepted and contracts have gone out for the town’s new emergency services building to be erected on the present site of the Farmers Market at Shepard Road and Route 44. “Everything looks very […]
Dental care for your pet
What Big Shiny Teeth You Have By Kim Maynard, DVM Who can resist the kisses from a happy pup or the contented purr of your feline friend curled up on your chest? If your pet has dental disease, however, this affection may be less than pleasant. Strong breath odors may be a warning sign of […]
