Hardy Group Holds Outdoor Fitness Classes All Year
By David Beers A group of like-minded fitness and outdoor enthusiasts gets together twice a week in Norfolk to enjoy each other’s company and share in a healthy lifestyle. Their leader is Bill Couch. The Tuesday workout, called “Full Body Fitness,” takes place at the Congregational Church’s Battell Chapel from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. In […]
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 […]
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 […]