View From the Green
Fix It, Don’t Toss It By Ruth Melville It’s a long winter in Norfolk, and the sun goes down early. The lengthy evenings indoors can be tedious, even for the avid reader or TV watcher. The library does a lot to offer indoor activities for someone who wants to get out of the house, with […]
Keeping Town Roads Safe This Winter
How Much Damage Does Salt Cause to Cars and the Environment? By Ruth Melville Everyone knows that salt is bad for cars, roads, and the environment, but living in a northern state, we need our roads to be clear and safe to drive on despite our often severe winters. For the past six years, the […]
State Grant Aims at Revitalizing Town Centers in the Northwest Corner
New Economic Development Professional to Advise Local Businesses By Kurt Steele A promising new chapter in Norfolk’s planning and development is about to open. The Northwest Hills Council of Governments (NHCOG), through its Northwest Connecticut Regional Planning Collaborative, has recently received a $249,000 grant from the state to fund “village center vitality” initiatives in the […]
Property Transfers, September 2014
On September 15, Salisbury Bank & Trust to Babak LLC, 9.44 acres on Greenwoods Rd. West, $45,000. On September 15, Joel Pensley to Gregory J. Dunn, 211 Schoolhouse Rd., $750,000. On September 18, Colin and Deborah Tait to Susan N. Wagner, 41 Litchfield Rd., $250,000. On September 29, Leanne Walcott to Great Mountain Forest Corp., […]
New Director Appointed at Great Mountain Forest
Seeing the Forest and the Trees By Veronica Burns Newcomers to this rural town are often asked, “What brought you to Norfolk?” In the case of Hans Carlson, the recently appointed director of Great Mountain Forest (GMF), it was to work with local canoe builder Schuyler Thomson in 1987. Carlson, who was born and raised […]
Norfolk and Colebrook Selectmen Extend Life of Regionalization Study Group
State Department of Education to Propose Legislative Amendments By Wiley Wood The Norfolk-Colebrook Study Group, formed in the wake of town referendums in December 2012, is nearing its second anniversary. State statutes give the group two years to propose a plan for regionalizing the towns’ primary schools, renewable for a second two years. The boards […]
Colebrook Store to Reopen
By Ruth Melville Jodi Marinelli has signed a lease with the Colebrook Preservation Society to reopen the Colebrook Store, which closed last March. Marinelli, who has been working at the Riverton General Store, hopes to reopen the store in December. Marinelli has a lot of experience in the food business. Her family has run a […]
Center Cemetery: A Walk Through Time
New Columbarium Almost Finished By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo At the entrance to Center Cemetery off of Old Colony Road, a wood sign affixed to a towering maple tree invites “friends” to “take care how you walk and act, for you are walking on holy ground, the graves of beloved family and friends. Remember them, […]
Milestones
—Enrico Ferorelli (b. Aug. 29, 1941) died October 6 at home, surrounded by his loving wife, Martha, their children, Josephine and Francesco, and a cousin from Rome. Ferorelli loved Doolittle Lake and immortalized it in his photographs. A memorial service is being planned for late November or early December in New York City to recall […]
Amendment to State Constitution Goes Before Connecticut Voters
Norfolk residents will cast their ballots on election day, Tuesday, November 4, for state-wide positions including governor and attorney general, and for local ones including Norfolk’s representative in the U.S. Congress and its state senator and state representative. Also on the ballot is an amendment to the State of Connecticut’s constitution, which currently requires anyone […]
