Making Fiber Optics Affordable
I read with interest about the possible plan to bring high-speed internet via fiber optic transmission lines. However, unless the plan includes no-cost wiring to connect to users’ homes and businesses, many could find themselves priced out. We inquired to Frontier Communications earlier this year about installing high-speed cable to our house. Since the cable […]
Follow the Rules of the Road
Lots more people are out and about on Norfolk roads, and it’s become apparent that many don’t know the rules of the road. People walk on the wrong side, split up parties when cars approach so that people are on both sides of the road, and so on. This can be dangerous and reflects many […]
Thank you!
I want to send a big coronavirus pot-banging, bell-ringing shout-out to all the people who are keeping things going in Norfolk during these scary times. Here’s to the Road Crew and the Sewer District team and the Town Hall brigade; here’s to our great first responders of the ambulance and the fire department; here’s to […]
Open to Change
I read with some dismay the “No NIMBYism Here” letter in the April Issue of Norfolk Now. I had planned to send in my thoughts after seeing the March article about the Mountain Inn’s zoning request for a bakery cafe, but never got around to it. I grew up in Norfolk in the 1950s and […]
No NIMBYism Here
We are concerned that the March 2020 Norfolk Now article, Inn Owner Withdraws Zoning Request for Bakery and Cafe, regarding the Mountain View Green Retreat’s application for a special use permit, has several inaccuracies and omits key points, thus obscuring the nature of the issues raised by the application. Mountain View neighbors want to foster and continue good relations, […]
First, Do No Harm
In discussions about exploitation of Norfolk’s natural resources, we need a deeper understanding and relevant context rather than a focus on short-term profits from beaver pelts or timber. Cutting all the ash trees in Haystack Mountain State Park in an attempt to stop the emerald ash borer (EAB), as reported in the March issue of […]
Beaver Liberation?
I’d like to offer a few points related to last month’s front-page beaver story. By law all pets (except hunting dogs) must be on a leash on state land. Trappers avoid public trails and well-used areas. Seeing as the two beaver liberationists went well over 100 yards off the trail to a place they had […]
Letters
Where All the Socks Go Thank you so much for participating in the Botelle School 5th grade’s Socktober sock drive. With your help, we were able to collect a total of 958 pairs of socks! After a class vote, we have decided to donate the socks to Hands of Grace Emergency Assistance in New Hartford […]
Letters to the Editor
Connecticut Coverts Cooperators In the United States, 36 percent of forestland is privately owned by families or individuals. In southern New England this percentage rises to 74 percent—the majority of which is in parcels under 50 acres. Most woodland owners own their land because they value it as forest and aim to be good stewards. […]
Letter to the Editor
No Asphalt Plant We appreciate Colleen Gundlach’s coming out to talk to us. We need all the help we can get to save our town from a future of more heavy truck traffic, loss of property value and the polluting of our neighborhood. We are up against a ruthless, very wealthy businessman. Our town Planning […]
