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The Norfolk Sewer District: Past & Present  On Thursday, Nov. 17, at 6 p.m., Norfolk Sewer District Superintendent Bill Hester will give a presentation at the Norfolk Hub on the sewer district’s history, provide an update on the two-year relining project and explain how we can all keep the sewer district operating most  efficiently. Register […]

Norfolk Then …

In the fall of 1953, Norfolk was grappling with school regionalization. Planning for a regional high school had begun in 1951, after the Gilbert School in Winsted announced that it could no longer educate high school students from neighboring towns. Voters from each of the six towns involved—Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Hartland, Harwinton, New Hartford, and Norfolk—had […]

Correction to Print Article: Constitutional: Amendment Question is Two-Pronged

Norfolk Now regrets that its fron-tpage article on the proposed amendment to permit early voting suggested that a yes vote would allow new procedures that would diminish the security of the voting process.  There is only one question at issue: whether or not Connecticut should permit in-person voting prior to the actual election day.  Authorization […]