Eye on Town Government
Marginally Higher Budget and Mill Rate Approved at Annual Town Meeting By Wiley Wood The citizens of Norfolk approved a budget at the annual town meeting on May 13. Total spending on education and general government is to rise by 1.2 percent. The mill rate is rising four hundredths of a mill to 20.22, adding […]
It’s Only Natural
Connecticut Biologists Create Habitat for the Endangered New England Cottontail By Wiley Wood “You can’t miss it. It’s a 57-acre hole in the forest,” says Paul Rothbart, a project manager with the Connecticut State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. He is giving directions to a tract of state land in Goshen that, with the […]
Norfolk’s April Weather
Transition into Springtime Complete By Russell Russ Our April began with cool temperatures, ice on many ponds, snow on the ground and maple sap continuing to flow. Things changed quickly. By the second week of the month, the maple syrup season came to a close, the ice went out on the local lakes and ponds […]
Gourmet Meets Homestyle in Goshen
Not Just Another Roadhouse By Rosanna Trestman Lucky for us, Norfolk now has a choice of four local dining establishments. But it may come as a surprise that a fifth restaurant has been quietly tucked behind the scene all along. Located in Goshen, just a quarter of a mile west of the rotary, A.J.’s Steak […]
Norfolk’s March Weather
Still felt like winter By Russell Russ Did you think March was cold this year? Many people did. Where were all those 70 degree days? Well, it was the coldest March since 2005, beaten only by 2001 and 1996. You have to go back to the early 1990’s to find a few in a row […]
It’s Only Natural — May 2013
By Star Childs A good old-fashioned winter has come and gone here in the Icebox of Connecticut. Asked to comment on how our local forest ecosystem fared in a winter like this, I would simply have to say “quite well.” The forests throughout the state entered the dormancy of winter with more than enough precipitation […]
Eye On Town Government — May 2013
By Wiley Wood Budget discussions this past month were led off by the Board of Selectmen, which presented its preliminary budget to the Board of Finance on April 2. Total expenditures for the town, exclusive of education, were set at $3,371,800, an increase of 4-percent or $131,550 over last year. A number of […]
Norfolk’s February Weather
Winter is Back By Russell Russ Old Man Winter has not forgotten Norfolk after all. February turned out to be a more normal winter month than what we have seen lately. It was just a little warmer than usual, but snowfall was nearly six inches above normal. The clincher was the blizzard that hit on […]
The Town Budget May Not Go Up, But It Is Still a Guessing Game
By Wiley Wood At three separate meetings in March. Norfolk’s Board of Selectmen worked on a budget for presentation to the Board of Finance in early April. As a result, the proposed total expenditures for the town will go up but only slightly. Education is still the major expense, followed by roads. State funding levels […]
Norfolk’s January Weather
The New Normal? By Russell Russ The first month of 2013 picked up right where 2012 left off. It was another warmer than average month. January on average is our coldest and snowiest month of the year. Our winter did finally seem to begin with some colder temperatures this month, but the typical Norfolk snowfall […]
