Seventh Warmest October on Record
Norfolk’s October 2021 Weather By Russell Russ October was another above normal month for both temperature and precipitation. The fall foliage season this year, for the most part, was not all that fantastic. There was some colorful foliage, especially early in the season in the swampy areas, but with many maples having issues with the […]
October EDC Meeting
Eye on Town Government By Ruth Melville Economic Development Commission co-chairs Libby Borden and Michael Selleck reported on suggestions from small business outreach consultant Betsy Paynter at the Oct. 14 meeting of the commission. Paynter, a consultant for the Northwest Connecticut Economic Development Corporation, had several suggestions for the Norfolk EDC, including renaming it the […]
Oct. 12 P&Z Meeting
Eye on Town Government By Susan MacEachron The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) continued deliberations at its Oct. 12 meeting on the application for a new town road to access the proposed Haystack Woods development. The commissioners discussed and agreed upon a number of changes to the text amendment for the Haystack Woods development and […]
Board of Selectmen Meeting
Eye on Town Government In their only official business at their Oct. 6 meeting, the Board of Selectmen voted to appoint Sandy Evans to the Norfolk Cemetery Committee. The other members of the committee are the first selectman, Matt Riiska, Phylis Bernard, Stan Civco and JoAnn Gundlach. The Cemetery Committee oversees the town’s three municipal […]
Artificial Intelligence Takes to the Ice
The Body Scientific By Richard Kessin My wife does not like clutter. When she sees 50 issues of Nature, the British science magazine piled on my desk, she gets a little peremptory. “Out!” she said. I decided on the dignity of an orderly retreat. I had been looking for subjects to write about in what […]
Warm and Wet — Again
by Russell Russ September was yet another nontypical weather month for Norfolk. It did not feel that warm or wet all month, but the final monthly totals told a different story. In a period of just about three days, remnants of a hurricane that landed on the Gulf Coast and then three weeks later a […]
Over Half a Century of Spaceflight
The Celestial Sphere by Matthew Johnson Sixty years ago, in 1961, the Russian Yuri Gagarin and the American Alan Shepard rocketed into space, beginning a competition between their two nations and an adventure in space that continues today. Gagarin was born in 1934 in the Russian village of Klushino, a peasant village that suffered severely […]
Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce, a Perfect Holiday Dessert
Notes from a French Kitchen by Marie-Christine Perry Summer has ended and with it the garden’s abundance. The dehydrator has been working full-time, drying the last of the summer bounty: thyme, marjoram, basil, sage and tarragon take turns scenting the air, and I have filled countless recycled Bonne Maman jam jars with their fragrant leaves. […]
P&Z Requires Special Permit Application for Town Farm Project
Eye on Town Government by Susan MacEachron The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) agenda on Sept. 14 included two new public hearings and a continuation of the public hearing for the proposed Haystack Woods development. First on the docket was an application for ground-mounted solar panels at Ginger Creek Nursery. A neighbor had sent a […]
Board of Finance Explores Potential Sources of Funding for Fire Truck
Eye on Town Government By Susan MacEachron The purchase of a new tanker truck for the Norfolk Fire Department was the primary topic discussed during the Sept. 14 Board of Finance meeting. First Selectman Matt Riiska said the existing 1999 Freightliner truck has been leaking for two years and attempts to have it repaired have […]
