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 […]
Norfolk Weather
Second Warmest June on Record By Russell Russ Most of June had an abundance of beautiful summer weather and not much in the way of rain. It was hot and humid for several days mid-month, clearly telling us that summer was here. It was very dry for the first three weeks. Lawns were beginning to […]
The Body Scientific
Beech Leaf Disease and Nematodes By Richard Kessin I am used to studying diseases of animals. Like humans, vertebrates have immune systems and cells like macrophages that roam through the body to eat invaders. Trees are a whole other category: They do not make antibodies to protect themselves and they certainly cannot run away from a […]
Wetlands Reviews Applications
By Susan MacEachran The Inland Wetlands Agency (Wetlands) meeting on June 3 included discussion and approval of work at a residence on Mountain Road, review of Great Mountain Forest (GMF) work plans, a truck accident impacting a brook and concern about spraying the phragmites in City Meadow and the impact on local bee populations. Wetlands […]
Selectmen Focus on Project Funding
By Ruth Melville The main item of business at the June 5 meeting of the Board of Selectman was to approve several appointments to town positions. Jesse Warner was reappointed as animal control officer, Bill Millard was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Inland Wetlands Agency and Libby Borden and James Jasper were reappointed […]
$480K, by the Numbers
Norfolk’s debt service explained By Susan MacEachran Norfolk’s debt service for the fiscal year beginning July 1 is approximately $480,000, accounting for 11 percent of the town government portion of the budget. The total cost to run the town will exceed $9 million in 2024/25. Town government is 47 percent of the budget, and education costs […]
Cook, for Goodness Sake!
This is so cool By Linda Garrettson It’s July, and it’s hot. The thermometer hit 90 degrees in the Icebox of Connecticut the day I wrote this article. What can we do but spend our days at Tobey Pond (my idea of heaven) or sit in an air-conditioned home? In my world food solves many […]
