Library Card Unlocks Digital Trove
At a training session for staff and the general public, Director Luisa Sabin-Kildiss demonstrated how an ordinary 14-digit Norfolk Library card can be used to borrow any of several thousand electronic books through the library website. These can be downloaded, usually for a period of two weeks, onto a variety of devices, including but not […]
New Firehouse in Planning Stage
After starting and stopping repeatedly, plans for a new fire station are once again moving ahead. The board of finance has provisionally approved a budget of $2 million for design and construction of the new building. Michael Fortuna of TLB Architecture has presented concept drawings to the Emergency Services Building Committee that reflect the current […]
Eye On Town Government — May 2013
By Wiley Wood Budget discussions this past month were led off by the Board of Selectmen, which presented its preliminary budget to the Board of Finance on April 2. Total expenditures for the town, exclusive of education, were set at $3,371,800, an increase of 4-percent or $131,550 over last year. A number of […]
Community News
Connecticut Trails Day Hike The Norfolk Land Trust will sponsor a hike on Dennis Hill on Saturday, June 1 as part of Connecticut Trails Day. Dennis Collins will lead an easy loop hike to the gazebo. Meet at the trailhead off of Route 272 south 9:30 a.m. Rain date will be June 2. Please email […]
Norfolk Then
Royal Arcanum Tenants Dedicated to Insuring Lives Once there was a tower in Norfolk from which Rapunzel could have let down her hair. Rising from the east end of the Royal Arcanum building (built in 1904), it served as a hose tower for the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department (NVFD). The Royal Arcanum was a joint […]
