Winter Weekend Was Wonderful
Letter to the Editor Thank you, Norfolk, for a wonderful weekend. You pitched in with events, you welcomed neighbors and visitors with a smile, you dealt with the weather and above all you showed everyone who came what a great place Norfolk is. From all of us to all of you, thank you from the […]
Crowd Turns Out to Debate Merits of Norfolk Dog Park
Location and parking issues discussed at P&Z Meeting By Susan MacEachron The proposal to create a private dog park, open to all dog owners, on Westside Road south of Mountain Road generated a large turnout at the Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) public hearing on Feb. 14. The Friends of the Norfolk Community Dog Park […]
Giving Honor Where Honor Is Due
View From the Green By Colleen Gundlach Jim Harrington, Mary Fanette, Libby Bordon, Jim Hotchkiss, Barbara Tracey, Ann DeCerbo, Sid Toomey and Sandy Evans are just a few of the townspeople who had received the Norfolk Community Service Award, better known as the Volunteer of the Year Award in years past. In the late 90s […]
Town Garage Crew Has Its Act Together
A Well-Oiled Team By David Beers Tucked away between Haystack Mountain and Center Cemetery is our town garage at 36 Old Colony Road. It is from this base of operations that the town’s six-person crew maintains our town’s public infrastructure. Troy LaMere is the supervisor. Tommy Gorski has been the crew foreman for over 20 […]
Planning & Zoning: Crushing Rocks and Special Permits
By Susan MacEachron At its four-hour meeting on Feb. 14, the Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) devoted almost three hours to discussions on the proposed dog park (see page one article), but also addressed the Foundation for Norfolk Living’s request to crush rock at its Haystack Woods development site and individual homeowner special permits. Kate […]
Board of Finance Proposes School Cooperation
By Susan MacEachron At the February 14 meeting of the Board of Finance (BoF), First Selectman Matt Riiska reported on the current year’s budget and the bridge reconstruction projects. BoF Chair, Michael Sconyers described a virtual meeting with the Connecticut Department of Education. Riiska said the lack of snow has been a boon to the […]
Great Mountain Forest Moves Into Town
New offices to open March 1 By Andra Moss The Board of Trustees of Great Mountain Forest (GMF) has announced that it will move its headquarters to offices in downtown Norfolk’s Station Place as of March 1. GMF is a privately-operated foundation utilizing its 6,300 acres of land straddling Norfolk and Falls Village for forestry […]
Unacceptable Response Time by Eversource to Car Accident
Power not shut off for over an hour By Jonathan Barbagallo On a quiet Tuesday afternoon on Jan. 17 at 2:45 p.m., a local Norfolk husband and wife were headed back to town after grocery shopping and lunch. The rest of their day was shattered when their car struck a telephone pole at the driveway […]
Selectman’s Corner
A Tale of Two Norfolk Schools By Matt Riiska Perhaps it’s the number of times they had to stay after school to clean the chalk board or got caught snoozing in class, but whatever their motivation, I have to thank Jeff Torrant and Dan Green for organizing the replacement of the roof of the “little […]
Real Estate Sales
On Jan. 18 from Thomas Edward Garrepy and Jo-Ann P. Garrepy to Margaret E. Burnett, 473 Ashpohtag Rd. for $402,500. On Jan. 23 from Janina Gibilisco Trustee, Maggi Raimonda Revocable Trust to Colin Paul Burn and Beverley Dorothy Burn, 72 Shepard Rd. for $950,000.
