Wetlands Permit Approved for Proposed Haystack Woods Development
Eye on Town Government By Susan MacEachron The Inlands Wetlands Agency (Wetlands), in a continuing public hearing held on Sept. 13, gave its approval for proposed work for Haystack Woods, a planned affordable-housing project on Old Colony Road. Previously, at its Aug. 30 special meeting, questions raised by Wetlands members about potential wetlands disturbance at […]
New Space Telescope Made in America
The Celestial Sphere by Matthew Johnson The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch in December. The concept for the telescope was conceived in 1995, and construction started a decade later. Many of the components have been built using multiple technologies, with the work done by hundreds of engineering corporations in America, Canada and […]
New Year, New Protocols at Botelle
The Botelle Beat by Virgina Coleman-Prisco A year ago, the Botelle community was preparing to return to in-person learning for the first time since Covid-19 forced the school into remote instruction in March 2020. Two primary factors, the smaller population and the amount of available space for instruction and mask breaks, allowed Botelle to have […]
EDC Working on Revitalizing Town Website
By Ruth Melville Co-chair Libby Borden opened the Aug. 12 meeting of the Economic Development Commission with a quick review of the current state of the EDC’s budget. So far, the EDC has spent $3,100 out of its budget of $8,400: $500 on publicity for the “Fridays on the Green” events and $2,600 on the […]
Haystack Woods Road Planning Continues
by Susan MacEachron The Inlands Wetlands Agency meeting on August 2 was primarily devoted to a continuation of the public hearing regarding the proposed Haystack Woods development. The matters under discussion all related to the standards required to provide access to the development via a town road. Ken Hrica, an engineer and licensed land surveyor […]
At P&Z, Residents Show Support for Affordable Housing
by Susan MacEachron Norfolk residents turned out in numbers to fill the Town Hall meeting room for the Aug. 10 Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) meeting. The commission quickly dispensed with the first two matters on the agenda: applications for a special permit to install solar panels and for a home enterprise to sell baked […]
Wettest July on Record
By Russell Russ On average, July is Norfolk’s warmest month of the year. July of 2020 was both the warmest July and the warmest of any month on record for Norfolk. This July might technically end up being the warmest month of 2021, but it sure did not feel like it. The month started out […]
Looking Into Our Universe’s Past
The Celestial Sphere by Matthew Johnson The James Webb Space Telescope, weighing more than seven tons, is scheduled to be launched in late September or October by a European Ariane 5 rocket from the European spaceport located near Kourou, French Guiana, very close to the earth’s equator. The most important aspect in the telescope’s name […]
A Great Year for the Perseids
The Celestial Sphere By Matthew Johnson The upcoming Perseid meteor shower may prove to be one of the best meteor showers of the year. At its peak on the night of Aug. 11, it may display as many as 60 to 100 meteors per hour. Comets leave behind particles as they travel through our solar […]
July Meeting of Board of Selectman
Eye on Town Government by Ruth Melville First Selectman Matt Riiska began the July 7 meeting of the Board of Selectmen meeting with an update on three capital improvement projects that that the town will pay for with state LoCIP (Local Capital Improvement Program) funds: 1. Replacing the fuel tank at the Public Works building. […]
