Board of Selectman May Meeting
By Ruth Melville Richard Byrne, the town’s emergency management director, came to the May 4 Board of Selectmen (BoS) meeting to present a memorandum of understanding, proposed by the Red Cross, that needed an official signature from the town. Byrne suggested one change to the proposed document: the Red Cross wanted Norfolk to promise to […]
Yale Student Housing and Renewable Energy Plans Before P&Z
By Susan MacEachron The Planning & Zoning Commission (“P&Z”), at its meeting on April 12, heard about plans for two projects to renovate facilities owned by the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Trust (Trust) and used by the Yale School of Music for its summer programs. Ken Hrica, a civil engineer and owner of Hrica Associates LLC, […]
Board of Finance Approves Budget
By Susan MacEachron The Board of Finance (BoF) approved a town budget of $7.7 million for the fiscal year beginning on July 1 at its meeting on April 19. The budget total represents an annual increase of approximately four percent. However, the tax increase will be 3.55 percent because the grand list, which represents the […]
Board of Finance Approves Budget
By Susan MacEachron The Board of Finance (BoF) approved a town budget of $7.7 million for the fiscal year beginning on July 1 at its meeting on April 19. The budget total represents an annual increase of approximately four percent. However, the tax increase will be 3.55 percent because the grand list, which represents the […]
Yale Student Housing and Renewable Energy Plans Before P&Z
By Susan MacEachron The Planning & Zoning Commission (“P&Z”), at its meeting on April 12, heard about plans for two projects to renovate facilities owned by the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Trust (Trust) and used by the Yale School of Music for its summer programs. Ken Hrica, a civil engineer and owner of Hrica Associates LLC, […]
P&Z: New Storage Garage Approved
By Susan MacEachron The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) held a public hearing to discuss the new storage garage George Auclair wants to build on Greenwoods Road East/Route 44 across the street from his existing Gulf service station. Ron Wolff of Wolff Engineering, which is overseeing the site development, described the plans for a 50 […]
$78,800 Approved for New Botelle Slide
By Susan MacEachron The big slide at Botelle School will be replaced with the expenditure of $78,800 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds which was approved by the Board of Finance (BoF) at its meeting on March 8. It is the second expenditure approved under the ARPA program. A new $74,000 generator for the […]
Wetlands Approves Maple Avenue Project
By Susan MacEachron The Inlands Wetlands Agency held a public hearing on March 7 to address the aspects of the Maple Avenue reconstruction proposal that involve correcting drainage issues. Roy Seelye. representing Cardinal Engineering, presented plans to improve the existing drainage, including increasing the size of the pipes along Pettibone Lane and providing two drainage […]
EDC March Meeting
By Ruth Melville Weekend in Norfolk (WIN) was added as a separate line item in the Economic Development Commission’s 2022/23 budget at the March 10 EDC meeting. The two-day winter festival features art tours, talks on Norfolk history, winter sports and children’s activities. Jenna Brown reported that the Friday Nights on the Green schedule is […]
Board of Selectmen: It’s Budget Time
By Ruth Melville What would the town want with a 1.4-acre parcel of land on Greenwoods Road East across from the transfer station? The parcel was offered to the town by the State of Connecticut for $12,000, and the offer was the first item on the agenda at the March 2 Board of Selectmen (BoS) […]
