Looking at Fixes for the Regional Economy
Conference brings resource providers and town representatives together By Stephen Melville We were, Jocelyn Ayer explained as she opened the Northwest Connecticut Development Summit 2016, going to be speed-dating. Seated at tables that ran down both sides of the White Barn at South Farms in Morris, we were more than a hundred selectmen, local […]
January 2016 Real Estate Transactions
January 11, Phyllis R. & Paul D. Wagner to Quentin Chiappetta & Benjamin Sosland, 188 Old Goshen Rd., $270,000. January 20, FNMA to Jennifer Hoyer, 17 River Place, $18,750. January 25, Mary S. Bower to Kathleen Connolly, 23 Laurel Way, $196,500. January 26, Ellen O. Hubbard to Elizabeth Reilly & David Morgan Sollors, 82 Laurel […]
Local Youth Group Hosts Conversation on Access to Healthy Foods
State legislators join in voicing concern By Julie Scharnberg The Norfolk Church of Christ Youth Group is determined to do something about food insecurity and food deserts. On the afternoon of January 31, 2016, the youth group hosted a community conversation at Battell Chapel to gather ideas. Special guests included State Representative Roberta Willis […]
Town Waits on State DEEP for City Meadow Approval
Window to spend grant money to close in September The City Meadow Committee met on February 8 to chart its course of action in the year ahead. Plans for a storm-water park in the phragmites-filled wetland below Station Place stalled in May 2015 when the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection rejected the […]
Selectman’s Corner
Assessment Appeals, Vehicle Registration, and Public Forums on Transportation By Sue Dyer The deadline for the Board of Assessment Appeals is March 20, 2016. Contact the assessor at 860-542-5287 for applications and further information. If you are experiencing problems registering your vehicles, please contact the tax collector at 860-542-5140 for assistance. The Northwest Hills […]
Fire Department Seeks Funding for New Pumper Truck
At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen on January 5, Matthew Ludwig, chief of the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department, petitioned the Board of Selectmen to support the purchase of a new pumper truck in the upcoming budget. The new truck would replace a 1985 GMC Pierce pumper truck known as Engine 90. A compact […]
After Paris and Sandisfield, a Novelist Comes to Norfolk
By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo “It’s like living on a campus,” novelist Courtney Maum says of her new house on the village green. “With the church bells ringing… and being able to walk to the library… it’s pretty great.” The library, and the hidden wet bar in their new home, actually were the greatest […]
Town Committee Meets to Plan New Trail
The Rails to Trails Committee, recently formed as a subcommittee of the town’s Economic Development Commission, is focusing its initial efforts on a two-mile section of the former rail bed lying north of Haystack Mountain, between Route 272 and the North Canaan line. This portion of the abandoned rail bed, which lies on land belonging […]
Norfolk’s Schoolchildren Learn to Curl
The school bus pulls up, seven schoolchildren pour out, huddle briefly with their coach, David Beers, in the foyer of the Norfolk Curling Club, then fan out over the ice, broom in hand, gliding over the pebbled surface of the curling sheets. This is the Norfolk After School Program in action. The curling class, […]
Norfolk’s January 2016 Weather
Winter Weather Still on Hold By Russell Russ Unlike our previous two Januarys, January 2016 came and went without much in the way of winter weather. It was warmer than normal and snowfall was well below normal. It just seemed that winter was on hold. Our last two Januarys had above average snowfall and […]
