Organizers of Farmers Market Announce Possible Shutdown This Summer

As old guard prepares to retire, no one steps up to replace them   By Wiley Wood Three key players in the Norfolk Farmers Market organization announced in an interview that they are considering the possibility of closing down the market after this winter’s season for lack of manpower to keep it running. “We would […]

Fighting Back the Tide: Connecticut Takes On the Opioid Epidemic

  By Susannah Wood The frightening rise in overdose deaths from opioids and rates of opioid addiction has been the subject of many news stories in the last few years. All of New England, including Connecticut, has been very hard hit. In 2015 there were about 700 deaths in the state due to accidental overdoses, […]

Norfolk’s October 2016 Weather

Drought Conditions Intensify   By Russell Russ It’s all about the numbers. As we get closer to year’s end all eyes will be on the year’s weather statistics. The year of 2016 has a very good chance of ranking very high in two weather categories. Unless weather patterns change drastically before the end of the […]

Hans Carlson Heads North

Ex-GMF director to take over Blue Hill Heritage Trust in Maine   By Ruth Melville Hans Carlson may be leaving Great Mountain Forest, but he is not leaving the New England woods. After four years at GMF, Carlson has resigned from his position as director there and is moving to Maine to become the executive […]

Community Conversations at Northwestern Regional

Public forums offer insight to the school and its students   By Colleen Gundlach An opportunity to view the inner mechanisms of Regional School District No.7 was offered to the public when the district’s Board of Education sponsored a Community Conversation evening. The event, held on November 2, was the third of a series that […]

Land Trust Clears 18 Acres in Barbour Woods

Many wildlife species need young forest habitat By Wiley Wood Photographs by Bruce Frisch The silence in Barbour Woods has been broken in recent weeks by the sound of heavy machinery. Its broad public paths and mature forest of mixed hardwoods have made Barbour Woods a favorite of birders, dog walkers and Sunday strollers. But […]

Botelle Beat

Newly Formed Student Council Decides to Work on Kindness   By Lauren Valentino A nine-member Student Council was formed at Botelle School this fall. Fifth- and sixth-grade students were given the opportunity of joining. Interested students were asked to complete a five-question application. The questions included “What is your vision for how kindness can be […]

Connecticut Faces Severe Drought

Groundwater reserves in Norfolk appear ample   By Janet G. Mead On Nov. 15, after two years of scant rainfall and snow, one of the hottest summers on record and a warm fall, the U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) reported that almost half of Connecticut (44.5 percent), including the Northwest Corner, is in a condition of […]

Selectmen’s Corner

By Sue Dyer The Town of Norfolk has a new animal control officer, Lauren Foley. We are sharing her with North Canaan. She can be reached by calling 860-824-7796 or 860-921-1372. A reminder that there is no parking on the street during a snowstorm. Please park your vehicles out of the way of the snowplows. […]

Berkshire Country Store Plans Late December Opening

The Berkshire Country Store is scheduled to open at 6 Station Place in late December, according to a press release by Norfolk’s Economic Development Commission (EDC). The work of converting the generic retail space into a functioning food service and grocery store has been assisted, under the direction of store owner Ryan Craig, by many […]