Town Center Rental Project Awarded $448,119 in Tax Credits
Thomas Dorsey of Eversource recently presented Foundation for Norfolk Living (FNL) volunteers with a check for $448,119 for Connecticut Tax Credits earned for FNL’s Town Center Rental Project.The foundation’s 12-unit town center renovation project was primarily funded by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Housing. All five buildings of the project qualified for the […]
Michele Sloane to Retire
Michele Sloane has served as tax assessor for the people of Norfolk and of Colebrook for many years, but now she is ready to step down and retire. To honor her decades of service, the people of both towns are planning a retirement party in her honor. It will be held on September 8 from […]
Makerspace to Hold Open House
All are welcome to the August Open House of Norfolk’s Makerspace on Saturday, August 17 from 2 to 4 p.m.at its new home in Battell Chapel. The featured maker at the open house will be Doreen Breen and her Trash to Treasure Upcylced Garment Design. Other artists and makers will also be participating and the […]
A Provençal Summer Evening With Friends
Notes From a French Kitchen By Marie-Christine Perry The farmers market beckons, full of this summer’s bounty, and conjures Provence, France, where every small village market on the hills offers an abundance of the local favorites – shiny purple eggplants, large juicy tomatoes, pale green and yellow zucchini, and sweet peppers in a variety of shapes […]
Selectman’s Corner
The Cemetery Committee Is Alive and Well By Matt Riiska This is a late invitation, but on August 1 at 5:30 p.m. at the Botelle School Hall of Flags Representative Maria Horn will be fielding questions in regard to school funding. The conversation will focus on State Education Cost Sharing (ECS), Minimum Budget Requirement (MBR) […]
Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation
The Norfolk Food Pantry Is Running Low on Supplies According to Lynn Deasy, one of the volunteers who manages the Norfolk Food Pantry, more than 40 million Americans live in households that don’t have the resources to buy good, nutritious food. Even in Norfolk, 20 to 30 percent of the children at Botelle Elementary School […]
Norfolk Land Trust to Host Sixth Annual Trail Race
The Norfolk Land Trust will host its 5K- and 10K-trail race on Sunday, Sept. 22, with the start and finish for both of these USATF certified races at the Barbour Woods trailhead at 75 Lovers Lane. The 10K race kicks off at noon. Runners will follow the classic 5K route for a mile and then […]
The Flood of ‘55 at Colebrook Historical Society
The Colebrook Historical Society (CHS) invites you to a social gathering on Friday, August 9, at 7 p.m. Highlighting the evening will be a presentation by special guest, Milly Hudak, “The Flood of ’55, Before and After.” In mid-August of 1955, back-to-back hurricanes, Connie and Diane, brushed southern New England. They brought tropical storm-force winds to the […]
Norfolk’s June 2019 Weather
Town’s Tenth Driest June on Record By Russell Russ June ended Norfolk’s string of seemingly constant wet weather that dates back to April. Overall, June was a fairly pleasant summer month with near normal temperatures. It was, however, quite dry. After a very wet April and wet May it was not all that bad to […]
Discussion of Fiber Optics at Noble Horizon
On August 3 at 11 a.m., Noble Horizons will welcome former Stanford University professor, Kim Maxwell, Ph.D., and founder of the companies that invented the modern dial-up modem and the worldwide standard for DSL. Invoking the words of James Madison, “In a free society, the people must have a say in the laws that govern them,” […]
