Proposed Manor House Expansion Draws Large Crowd
Many differing views on effect of change in town center By Susan MacEachron Norfolk residents filled the Botelle School Hall of Flags on a very cold evening on Tuesday, Jan. 14, to attend the Planning & Zoning (P&Z) public hearing regarding a modification to the special permit granted in 1996 to the property known as […]
What a Year It Has Been
A successful year for GMF’s executive director By David Beers It has been almost a year since Mike Zarfos started his new position as executive director of Great Mountain Forest (GMF). He is now back working full time after recently taking some time off to care for his newborn daughter, Eila (meaning oak in Hebrew). […]
Listen Up: Libraries Reveal What’s Going On “Between the Stacks”
By Andra Moss Sometimes the most mundane exercises can lead to innovative outcomes. Take, for instance, the prosaic activity of small-town budgeting. As the board of the Falls Village David M. Hunt Library prepared to approach their town selectmen for additional funding last year, they asked residents for letters of support. The board hoped that […]
A Look Back at Norfolk’s 2024 Weather
By Russell Russ With an average yearly mean temperature of 48.6 degrees, 3.6 degrees above normal, 2024 was Norfolk’s warmest year (by a hair) over the last 93 years. The second warmest was 2012 with 48.5, followed by 1998 and 2023 coming in as tied for third warmest. The coldest year was 1940 at 41.9 […]
City Meadow Update
Friends Group Readies Spring Plans By Avice Meehan The seeds of City Meadow’s spring renewal are already visible beneath the coating of snow that covers the 400 woody shrubs and trees planted by the team working for Beth Roemaker of Meadowscapes. From button bush and winterberry, to sycamores and a single black tupelo, the plantings […]
Letters
Don’t Kill Botelle School I’ve been a homeowner in Norfolk for 35 years and have never spoken out publicly before; but I am outraged by the current proposal to combine the Norfolk and Colebrook schools. This idiotic idea gets kicked around every time someone is annoyed by taxes and thinks they can save $1 by […]
Selectman’s Corner
Pondering the Town’s Financial Future By Matt Riiska It is budget time again, and for the next few months the selectmen and the Board of Finance will be drafting the budget for fiscal year 2025-26. There are many components of the budget, but the main items are the General Government, Botelle School, and Regional 7. […]
Norfolk Remembers: Ed George
Edward R. George, 86, of Norfolk, Conn. and Key West, Fla. passed peacefully away, Dec. 20,2024, at Wolcott Hall, with his wife Mary by his side. He was the beloved husband of Mary (Welch) George. Ed was born on September 17,1938,in Torrington during the Hurricane of ‘38. He was the youngest of six born to […]
The Celestial Sphere
The Days Are Growing Longer By Matthew M. Johnson We have progressed deeper into winter, transitioned into a new White House administration and into a new year since my December/January column for Norfolk Now. And since the Winter Solstice of last December, our days have continued to grow longer if only by a few minutes. […]
Cook for Goodness Sake!
An Apple A Day By Linda Garrettson The best part of writing this food column is finding new inspirations for recipes. There are two months between my issues. Sometimes I get close to the deadline without an epiphany, other times I might have several ideas. For this issue my inspiration came early. The unlikely source […]
