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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]