Norfolk’s October Weather
A calm weather month By Russell Russ With little rain, no big storms and just a touch of cold air it was rather warm and mostly dry this month. After last October’s effects from Hurricane Sandy and nearly two feet of snow the October before that, it was a nice to be treated gently by […]
Norfolk’s September Weather
A Beautiful Autumn By Russell Russ Autumn treated us well this year. After a wet start it turned quite warm, then transitioned into a two-week stretch of nice fall weather. There were three, maybe four or five, scattered frosts in the area this month, but none were observed at the weather station. The growing season […]
Eye On Town Government
Pension Plans, Affordable Housing Addressed At Town Hall By Wiley Wood Changing the pension plan for town employees from a “defined benefit plan” to a “defined contribution plan” sounds like a subject for serious policy wonks. But First Selectman Sue Dyer is, in fact, a serious policy wonk, and she has pursued the issue through […]
Norfolk’s August Weather
Summer Ends On The Cool Side By Russell Russ The summer season came to a close with August’s exit. It was not the greatest summer month on record by far and not as nice as August 2012, but all in all you could not call it too bad. It was cooler than normal and nearly […]
Zone 4
Seasonal Care For The Cultivated Landscape By Martha Klein Gardeners talk about “putting the garden to bed” for winter, an apt metaphor for the living yet subdued garden tucked under its winter blanket of straw and mulch. Autumn is the time to foster soil conditions that lead to healthy spring plants. Fall yard and garden […]
It’s Only Natural
I Break For Insects By Shelley Harms October is the time when woolly bears cross the road. I mean the caterpillars (though a large actual bear was killed on Route 44 this summer). And yes, I watch for the little crawly bugs and, if I don’t brake, I at least try to steer so the […]
Eye On Town Government
Grants, Road Maintenance, Land Use, and Fiber-Optics Discussed By Wiley Wood At a selectmen’s meeting on August 6, First Selectman Sue Dyer reported that two grants the town had recently applied for had been denied: a Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) grant from the state to renovate downtown sidewalks and a Main Street grant […]
Norfolk’s July Weather
Warmest Month on Record By Russell Russ July 2013 was a record breaker across New England. Many locations experienced their warmest month ever. The same was said after July 2012, but that month came in at only Norfolk’s seventh warmest. This year, however, Norfolk was not to be left out. Monthly averages for Stamford, Bridgeport, […]
Community Talent Provides After-School Program for Botelle Students
By Janet Gokay Life in Norfolk is greatly enriched by the work of volunteers—and the Norfolk After School Program (NASP) is no exception. Coordinated by two parent volunteers, Kim Crone and Kathy Yelsits, the program offers a potpourri of classes to any grade-school-aged child in Norfolk, not just those attending Botelle. Many of those classes […]
Norfolk’s June Weather
Wettest June and Fifth Wettest Month on Record By Russell Russ We all thought May was a wet month. Then June came in and nearly doubled May’s rainfall total. It was the wettest June and the fifth wettest month in the last 82 years here in Norfolk. The previous June record was topped by June […]
