Board of Finance Approves Distribution of ARPA Funds
Eye on Town Government By Susan MacEachron The Board of Finance (BoF), at its meeting on Aug. 16, reviewed and approved the distribution of the remaining funds the Town of Norfolk received from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The single largest grant, $212,000, went to the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department (NVFD) to pay for […]
August Planning & Zoning MEeting
Eye on Town Government By Susan MacEachron The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) met on Aug. 9. Public Works Supervisor Troy LaMere addressed the commission to ask for a modification of the peninsulas in front of the Berkshire County Store, where new trees have recently been planted. LaMere stated that the current configuration of the […]
Wetlands Agency Reviews Two Requests
Eye on Town Government By Susan MacEachron At its meeting on Aug. 1, the Inland Wetlands Agency (Wetlands) discussed two requests, one for work directly in wetlands and the second for work that would cross wetlands. At 280 Westside Road, Ginger Creek Nursery applied for a permit to remove invasive plants from the edge of […]
Presto Pesto Magic
Cook! For Goodness’ Sake By Linda Garretson It’s September and harvest season. In full force are the cucumbers, beets, squashes, tomatoes, greens and herbs. Like almost everything in the vegetable garden, it all comes at once. Then the question becomes, what to do with it? That’s why I like pesto. Who doesn’t love the intoxicating […]
Getting Ready for the New School Year at Botelle
The Botelle Beat By Virginia Coleman-Prisco As the days get shorter and fall approaches, Botelle Elementary School has been busy preparing for a new school year. Principal Lauren Valentino is excited that “Botelle School is fully staffed and ready to welcome back students and families.” Three new staff members have been hired to replace teachers […]
Summertime Heat and Humidity
Norfolk’s July Weather By Russell Russ July is typically Norfolk’s warmest month of the year, when summer heat and humidity really kick in. This year was true to form. June was about average for temperature, and while there was some rainfall, there strangely were no thunderstorms. July came in hot and with numerous thunderstorms. Unfortunately, […]
Breaking News …
Eye on Town Government On the evening of July 26, about 150 Norfolk residents assembled in front of Town Hall for a special town meeting to vote on whether Norfolk should enter into an agreement with Lodestar Energy to develop a solar array at the transfer station site. First Selectman Matt Riiska and representatives from […]
Selectmen Discuss Hazardous Mitigation Plan and Tree Removal
Eye on Town Government By Ruth Melville With the beginning of the fiscal year on July 1, the town website is now under the supervision of Town Hall, with an annual budget of $15,000. At their July 6 meeting, the Board of Selectmen voted to appoint to the new town Website Committee Sue Frisch, Kathryn […]
EDC to Support Self-Defense Class
Eye on Town Government By Ruth Melville South Norfolk resident Adair Mali attended the July 14 meeting of the Economic Development Commission (EDC) to ask for the commission’s support of her plan to hold a one-day workshop for women on self-defense, to be held in September in Battell Chapel. Mali was inspired to organize the […]
Politics in Space and an August Supermoon
By Matthew Johnson Russia’s war in the Ukraine has extended beyond Ukraine’s borders. It has entered our celestial sphere. In early July, NASA issued a statement condemning images displayed by the cosmonauts from the International Space Station (ISS) by Russia’s space agency “Roscosmos.” Images were displayed in space, circling the Earth every 90 minutes. The […]
