Omicron, That’s Enough
The Body Scientific By Richard Kessin What have the scientific, pharmaceutical and medical communities done to stifle SARS-CoV-2 infections? There are currently 18 advanced trials of different vaccines, 64 possible new treatments and 23 potential or approved antiviral drugs. The mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna provide robust protection, but they are expensive and need […]
Morning Coffee and Cake with Friends
Notes From a Franco-American Kitchen By Marie-Christine Perry There are few American culinary customs I like as much as I do a morning coffee meeting, where friends gather around the accoutrements of a well-made cup, and the table is laden with morning pastries, often brought along by the participants. This is very different from the […]
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) […]
A Wet Month With Below-Normal Snowfall
By Russell Russ February was a wet month. There was some snowfall, but it was mostly rain and freezing rain for precipitation this month. It was not ideal for wintertime weather in Norfolk. Last February was a snow lover’s paradise with 35 inches of snowfall. That was not the case this February, with not even […]
Craters and Rays Mark the Battered Surface of the Moon
The Celestial Sphere By Matthew Johnson Looking up at the moon, one will notice that it has a battered surface, created both by lava flows and quakes and by colliding asteroids and comets. Impacts from asteroids and comets shattered the young moon’s crust, forming deep circular craters surrounded by high-rising crater rims with long ejected […]
Big Changes Ahead for Maple Avenue
The Inland Wetlands Agency (Wetlands) meeting held on Feb. 7 focused primarily on the proposed reconstruction of Maple Avenue, which provides an opportunity to correct storm drainage issues. Roy Seelye, a senior project engineer with Cardinal Engineering, presented the plans for the project at a town information meeting held before the Wetlands meeting. Many residents […]
