Estimates Rise on Two Bridge Projects
By Susan MacEachron First Selectman Matt Riiska provided details on the bids for the Mountain Road and River Place bridges at the Board of Finance (BoF) meeting on Feb. 8. River Place bridge will cost approximately $3 million, a 40 percent increase over the initial estimate in September 2020. In a follow up conversation, Riiska […]
P&Z Talks ADUs and Solar
By Susan MacEachron At its meeting on Feb. 8, the Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) discussed George Auclair’s proposal to build a new storage garage on land he owns across from his Gulf service station on Greenwoods Road East/Route 44. The plan for the site was approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals on Jan. […]
A Cold Start to the New Year
Norfolk’s January 2022 Weather By Russell Russ The year 2021 was Norfolk’s eighth warmest ever, and December 2021 was its seventh warmest December on record. Winter season snowfall was considerably below normal through December. Would we simply skip winter this year? Or was it just a little slow to appear? Based on January’s weather, it […]
Oh My, Lentil Pie
Cook! For Goodness Sake By Linda Garrettson It’s March—the month that supposedly comes in like a lion and leaves with a lamb’s fresh breath of spring. By March we have grown tired of eating all those yummy, warming root vegetables that sustained us all winter; our taste buds yearn for fresh asparagus, peas and fresh […]
March Viewing
The Celestial Sphere by Matthew Johnson With temperatures hovering between zero and 15 degrees for most of our Norfolk winter days and nights, the warmer weather that springtime brings will be a welcome event. The transition from winter to spring begins on March 20 at 11:33 a.m. with the long-awaited vernal equinox. On the equinox […]
ZBA Approves Storage Garage on Route 44
Eye on Town Government by Susan MacEachron A proposed new storage garage across Route 44 from George’s Norfolk Garage was approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) meeting on Jan. 20. George Auclair owns four acres across from his existing garage, and the land is zoned for commercial development. However, the zoning setback requirements […]
Wetlands Considers Above-Ground Pipe at Spaulding Brook
Eye on Town Government by Susan MacEachron At its Jan. 3 meeting, the Inlands Wetlands Agency (Wetlands) continued its public hearing to discuss the application by First Selectman Matt Riiska to allow use of the town farm by third parties for processing material. The town farm is an area of approximately 180 acres owned by […]
Omicron Rates Starting to Come Down
The Body Scientific by Richard Kessin A few months ago, we were anticipating the reopening of public life. But events intervened. First, the protection of the two-dose vaccines started to subside. Second, unvaccinated patients, including children, were sickened by the furiously infectious Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. More patients survive the Omicron virus than Delta, many […]
Crêpes for Mardi Gras
Notes From a French Kitchen by Marie-Christine Perry The holidays are behind us, and after Epiphany and its traditional cake, galette des rois (cake of the kings), the next festive celebration on the French calendar is Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. This is an important day for the French, who make crêpes and beignets that […]
Norfolk’s 2021 November and December Weather
A slow start for wintertime weather by Russell Russ The final two months of 2021 brought Norfolk closer to wintertime. There were glimpses of winter weather in November and December, but for the most part winter held off until after the ball dropped on the new year. What was very notable was the drop in […]
