Selectman’s Corner
Roadside Tree Pruning to Start; Message From Anthem Blue Cross By Sue Dyer These past six weeks have been a nuisance, and we’ve certainly appreciated your patience as these storms descended on us. The calendar says that spring is around the corner. Let’s hope so—it’ll be something to look forward to. Eversource (as Connecticut Light […]
Norfolk’s Weather, January 2015
Winter Is Here By Russell Russ January 2015 marks the start of the Norfolk station’s 84th year of continuous weather observations. This month, like January of last year, winter set in hard. Snow cover was scarce for the first week, but after that there was a continuous snow cover. The month ended with a snow […]
Landowners Make Clear-Cuts to Benefit Rare Cottontail Rabbit
Norfolk area to create 28 acres of new “rabittat” By Wiley Wood This winter, two separate tracts of forest are being clear-cut in the Norfolk area to make habitat for the rare New England Cottontail. At the corner of Wangum and Canaan Mountain roads, an 18-acre parcel belonging to Great Mountain Forest (GMF), is being […]
News From the Sugarbush
Family Maple Syrup Operation Gears Up for Unpredictable Season By Jude Mead It is maple syrup season again, and people always ask what type of year we are expecting. They believe that a heavy snowfall in winter must mean lots of maple sap in the trees, while a dry winter means less sap. But for […]
February Journal
By Brett Hellerman February is my favorite month. Sunsets throw their long light into our eyes, later and later with each passing week. Following are excerpts from my February weather log. I hope you will find this a good complement to the “fact-based” summary put out by the official Norfolk weather station. February 1. A […]
It’s All About the Data
Consultant takes hard look at Norfolk market area By Wiley Wood No one opens a business these days—no bank will lend money to start a business—without taking a hard look at the existing demand. “The days of ‘build it and they will come’ are long gone,” says Michael Goman. Which is where the firm of […]
The Botelle Beat, March 2015
School Celebrates Its 100th Day By Matthew O’Connell Botelle School recently hosted a read-aloud, where an invited guest came to each classroom to read a children’s book. Many thanks to the Northwest Connecticut Chamber of Commerce and to all of our readers: in pre-K, Ben Nadeau; kindergarten, Holly Casey; first grade, Roselee Fanelli; second grade, […]
Real Estate Transfers, January 2014
On January 21, 2015, from Jean Patterson to Richard E. and Sylvia Patterson, 284 Greenwoods Rd. W., for $0. On January 21, 2015, from US Bank NA to Southern Specialty Properties LLC, 144 Litchfield Rd., for $186,375.
Norfolk Church Receives Grant
The Congregational Church of Christ in Norfolk has received a $1,500 grant from the Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut. The money will go into a discretionary fund, according to the Rev. Erick Olsen, the church’s pastor, and be used to restock the shelves of the Norfolk Food Pantry, housed in Battell Chapel. The grant will […]
Aton Forest Monitors Beaver Population
As part of its ongoing porcupine and beaver studies, Aton Forest has enlisted citizen scientists this year to help monitor beaver lodges and porcupine dens. Here, John Anderson, executive director of Aton Forest, standing, invites a participant to sniff the vent at the top of the lodge for the odor of castoreum, the beaver’s scent […]
