Eversource to Sell Aquarion, Alter Ownership Structure
Will ending PURA oversight mean higher water rates? By Joe Kelly Aquarion Water Company—and by extension Norfolk’s public water system—may be about to undergo a massive shift in ownership. Eversource Energy, which purchased Aquarion in 2017 but put it up for sale a year ago amid regulatory tensions and reversals in its wind energy investments, […]
Local Affordable Housing Groups Pioneer New Model
Bundling projects helps meet state minimums By Leila Javitch It’s an exciting spring for affordable homes in Northwest Connecticut. Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity (LCCHO) has fit together a program to build 10 new homes on scattered sites in five northwest towns via partnerships with each town’s volunteer affordable housing group. In Norfolk, the […]
Draft School Budget Shows Modest Increase
Annual cost for Botelle School is $2.7 million By Avice Meehan The Board of Education (BOE) is considering a budget of $2,762,690 for the upcoming fiscal year, which represents an increase of 4.29 percent over this year’s adopted budget of $2,649,086. The draft budget was presented at the Feb. 11 board meeting and will be […]
Norfolk’s Superintendent to Retire
Colebrook principal also stepping down By Avice Meehan Changes in school leadership are afoot in both Norfolk and Colebrook with the nearly simultaneous but unrelated retirement announcements by the school superintendent in Norfolk and the principal of the Colebrook Consolidated School. Mary Beth Iacobelli, who became Norfolk’s superintendent in 2014, shared her decision with the […]
Future Proofing
Norfolk, Colebrook Hold Joint Meeting About Schools By Avice Meehan The Hall of Flags at Botelle Elementary School has been the scene of many important Norfolk meetings, but few have carried as much significance as the Feb. 20 joint session with Colebrook to explore how the towns might work together to address declining school enrollments. […]
New Cell Tower Location Proposed
Informational meeting to be held March 26 By Avice Meehan Verizon Wireless has dropped plans to erect a cell tower off Old Goshen Road and is now seeking to locate the 186-foot tower on part of a 40-acre parcel off Estey Road in South Norfolk. An informational meeting about the proposed tower has been scheduled […]
The Manor House and a Tiny House- Two Public Hearings at P&Z
By Susan MacEachron The application by the owners of the Manor House to build a day spa generated a significant number of letters and emails to the Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z). P&Z decided that the Feb. 11 continuation of the public hearing would be limited to reading all such correspondence into the record with […]
Budget, Road Projects, School Topics for Selectmen
By Ruth Melville The 2025/26 budget season is here, and at the Feb. 5 meeting of the Board of Selectmen First Selectman Matt Riiska reported that about half the departmental budgets have been received, along with several requests from outside organizations that the town supports. The next meeting of the Board of Selectmen,March 5, will […]
The Sky’s the Limit on WIN Weekend
Astronomer Matthew Johnson brought his solar telescope to let WIN visitors observe sunspots and other phenomena. He also showed how he uses a portable photon meter to measure how dark the sky is in Norfolk and Colebrook.
Summer Favorites Return for Winter WIN Weekend
Last summer’s Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Wind Quintet was warmly welcomed back to town by a full house at the Norfolk Library for WIN weekend. The players—Michael Huerta, flute; Annie Winkelman, oboe; Nicole Martin, clarinet; Darius Farhoumand, bassoon; and Gretchen Berendt, horn—presented a lively program enjoyed by all ages.
