$78,800 Approved for New Botelle Slide
By Susan MacEachron The big slide at Botelle School will be replaced with the expenditure of $78,800 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds which was approved by the Board of Finance (BoF) at its meeting on March 8. It is the second expenditure approved under the ARPA program. A new $74,000 generator for the […]
Wetlands Approves Maple Avenue Project
By Susan MacEachron The Inlands Wetlands Agency held a public hearing on March 7 to address the aspects of the Maple Avenue reconstruction proposal that involve correcting drainage issues. Roy Seelye. representing Cardinal Engineering, presented plans to improve the existing drainage, including increasing the size of the pipes along Pettibone Lane and providing two drainage […]
EDC March Meeting
By Ruth Melville Weekend in Norfolk (WIN) was added as a separate line item in the Economic Development Commission’s 2022/23 budget at the March 10 EDC meeting. The two-day winter festival features art tours, talks on Norfolk history, winter sports and children’s activities. Jenna Brown reported that the Friday Nights on the Green schedule is […]
Board of Selectmen: It’s Budget Time
By Ruth Melville What would the town want with a 1.4-acre parcel of land on Greenwoods Road East across from the transfer station? The parcel was offered to the town by the State of Connecticut for $12,000, and the offer was the first item on the agenda at the March 2 Board of Selectmen (BoS) […]
The Wilcox Tavern House
This Old Norfolk House Text By Michael SelleckPhoto Courtesy of the Norfolk Historical Society It’s probably not a good idea to fall in love with a house, but that’s exactly what I did when I first visited the Wilcox Tavern in 2016. I was searching for an 18th-century house because I was looking for a […]
Norfolk Child Care Celebrates a Decade of Learning and Fun
Caring for Our Most Precious Assets By Colleen Gundlach A lot has changed since Donna Adams opened her Norfolk Child Care (NCC) nine years ago, but the basic tenets on which the center was built have remained consistent. Adams says the main focus of guiding each child toward independence and preparing them for preschool will […]
A Wet Month With Below-Normal Snowfall
By Russell Russ February was a wet month. There was some snowfall, but it was mostly rain and freezing rain for precipitation this month. It was not ideal for wintertime weather in Norfolk. Last February was a snow lover’s paradise with 35 inches of snowfall. That was not the case this February, with not even […]
Real Estate Sales
On March 1, from Bruce J. Benedetto and Diane E. Benedetto to Heather M. MacShane, 508 Litchfield Rd., for $1,130,000. On March 2, from Elizabeth Ann Vandeventer to Hoagie Hero Grinder Sub LLC, 943 Route 183, for $525,000. On March 7, from Susan Lundebjerg, Patrician G. Hubbard and David N. Hubbard to Elizabeth B. Borden, […]
WIN’s YouTube Channel Brings the World to Norfolk
By Ruth Melville When the Covid pandemic hit in 2020, Sue Frisch and the rest of the Weekend in Norfolk (WIN) team were, like so many other art and cultural organizers, faced with a tough question: How can we keep going without an audience? Since its inaugural session in 2016, WIN, a weekend-long festival designed […]
Thank You to NN
Letter to the Editor I’m writing in appreciation for all you do to help those of us who grew up in Norfolk see how wonderfully the town is growing for and for keeping us in touch with our beloved town. I am the third generation of the John Woods family that lived on Litchfield Road […]
