great blue heron rookeries
working together to provide sustainable breeding habitats By Jude Mead Great Blue Herons are a familiar sight in Norfolk and are one of the largest of all North American herons, standing up to four feet tall with a wingspan of close to six feet. They are most noticeable in flight as they soar across the […]
Prospect of Proposed Tower Alarms South Norfolk
Residents search for answers and alternatives By Avice Meehan The letters arrived in March and residents of Old Goshen Road, Smith Road and the surrounding area thought nothing would happen. A representative of Smartlink, a company working on behalf of Verizon, was looking for a location for a new cell tower. Surely, they thought, no […]
Norfolk’s Firefighters get $186K in federal grant money
New air packs on the way By Joe Kelly Norfolk’s volunteer firefighters are getting state-of-the-art air packs thanks to a federal grant the department won by teaming up with Winsted. The air packs—officially referred to as self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)— supply clean air so firefighters can breathe inside a building or in an area with […]
Eye on Town Goverment
Board of Finance discusses investment options By Susan MacEachron The Board of Finance (BoF), at its meeting on July 9, approved investing most of the approximately $1.2 million which reverted to the town from the terminated defined benefit pension plan (DB), in a one-year Treasury Bill (T-bill), and a small amount in a five-month Certificate […]
Eye on Town Government
Selectmen: Reappointments, Updates By Ruth Melville At a short, preholiday meeting on July 3, First Selectman Matt Riiska proposed several reappointments to town positions: Tom Strumolo, Paul Madore, Hartley Mead and Susannah Wood to the Energy Advisory Committee; Kathleen Lippincott to the Retirement Plan Committee; and Matthew Klimkosky as the town tree warden, with Starling […]
Eye on Town Goverment
Manor House tub draws comment at P&Z Meeting By Susan MacEachron The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) reviewed plans for an extension of the Rails to Trails network, heard concerns about a zoning permit granted for a new garage and hot tub at the Manor House and accepted two applications for matters that require a […]
Eye on Town Goverment
Wetlands considers new trail request By Susan MacEachron The primary matter before the Inland Wetlands Agency (Wetlands) at the July 1 meeting was a presentation by George Johannesen from Allied Engineering describing the Rails to Trails Committee’s plan to create a new trail. The North Brook trail will begin at the trail head on North […]
Selectman’s Corner
Considering the question of school consolidation… again By Matt Riiska For several years there have been discussions regarding the consolidation of school resources with our neighboring towns and member towns of Regional 7. In the early 1990s the member towns of Regional 7 studied and developed a plan to combine grades pre-K to 12 into […]
Haystack woods inches forward
If all goes well, construction could begin in the fall. By Avice Meehan The Foundation for Norfolk Living has submitted a consolidated application to Connecticut’s Department of Housing for the Haystack Woods development off Old Colony Road, an important milestone before construction can begin. “Fingers crossed that construction could happen this fall,” said Kate Briggs […]
Questions raised about the new firehouse
Could costs be cut by sharing with EMS? Other towns? By Joe Kelly While plans are being developed for Norfolk to replace its current firehouse on Sheperd Road with a new building, Norfolk Now has invited readers to submit questions about this very significant project. Questions that have come up have revolved around cost savings […]
