Bridge Repair and the Town Budget
Selectman’s Corner by Matt Riiska Two projects that we are working on are the Mountain Road Bridge and the River Place Bridge. Cardinal Engineering, who is doing the design and engineering work on the Mountain Road Bridge, held a public information meeting on Jan. 6, followed by a meeting with the Inland Wetlands Agency. On […]
Celebrating WINter in Norfolk
Two-Day Winter Festival Returns for Third Year Text by Doug McDevittPhoto by Bruce Frisch Fall has a bittersweet flavor to it. It’s beautiful, the weather is perfect, but we know that cold days with fewer hours of daylight will soon be upon us. Once the holidays are over, our lives settle down, and after a […]
The Norfolk Community Association, 125 Years Old and Going Strong
By Ruth Melville In 1895, the Norfolk Village Improvement Association was organized with the goal of preserving and enhancing the town’s beauty. Their first project was to lay a flagstone walk from the library to the railroad bridge. The association went on to put in further sidewalks and, in 1911, to restore the Village Green […]
Norfolk’s November and December Weather and a Yearly Summary for 2019
A cool and wet conclusion to 2019 By Russell Russ The year of 2019 came to a close with winter conditions making the headlines. November was considerably colder than normal, and December had an above-normal snowfall total. Unlike some recent years when winter seemed to be delayed until January, the close of 2019 saw winter […]
Welcome to Store24
Ryan Craig at the Berkshire Country Store has now opened Store24, a members-only program that offers 24-hour access to groceries, coffee, baked goods, beverages, sandwiches and last-minute dinners. Members are entitled to call-ahead concierge service and self-checkout (skipping the line), and they also receive 5% off regularly stocked goods if purchased in Store24, an incentive […]
BNE Energy Seeks to Expand Its Footprint in Colebrook
Third turbine, bigger and more powerful, planned for new parcel of land By Wiley Wood The two giant turbines along Route 44 East have become familiar landmarks to drivers entering and leaving Norfolk since their erection in 2015. They are about to be joined by a third turbine that will overtop them by 10 stories, […]
Five Trailheads Get Informational Kiosks
Text and photo by June Peterson The Norfolk Land Trust was able to build and install kiosks at five trailheads in 2019 thanks to assistance from the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, Inc. The foundation gave the Land Trust a $2,500 grant from its Keroden Endowed Fund to build the kiosks. The final step this year […]
Learn to Curl This Month
The Learn to Curl session scheduled for February 8 is already full, but there are two additional sessions scheduled in February. One is on Feb. 15, from 5:15 to 7:30 p.m., and the other one is Feb. 29, from 6:00 to 8:15 p.m. To sign up, go to norfolkcurlingclub.org/index.php/events/event-listings. The cost is $35 per person. […]
Ice Storm Hits Norfolk in December
Text by Russell RussPhoto by Bruce Frisch During the final days of 2019, Norfolk experienced one of the most notable weather events of the year. With temperatures above freezing, rain began falling during the afternoon of Dec. 29. The rain continued into the evening, and by then temperatures were hovering around 32 degrees. Freezing rain […]
