Letters—June 2017
To the Editor: Toward the end of her article in the May issue about local street and road names, Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo wonders whether anyone in town knows anything of “the Windrows,” who might have given their name to Windrow Road. I think the name actually comes not from a family but from a physical […]
Letters—May 2017
Keep Norfolk Safe and Clean In the April 2017 edition of Norfolk Now, a letter appeared explaining that the Economic Development Commission was considering the development of a neighborhood cleanup and watch program. I am pleased to announce that many residents have already responded in a positive way. Some of you have already been picking […]
Norfolk Speaks
Letters Consumption Encouraged Let’s eat! Let’s drink! And buy stuff. We are now blessed with a quintessential general store we hardly deserve in our quintessential little town. We need to put on a few pounds and spend a few dollars. Jettison that Kindle for a moment and buy an actual newspaper before they join the […]
Letters—November 2016
Trail of Thanks On behalf of the Norfolk Land Trust’s Trail Race Committee, we would like to thank everyone who made our 5K/10K race on Sept. 25 a huge success. We had more than 100 runners register for the races and everyone was impressed, not only with land trust trails, but also with the organization […]
Letters—October 2016
Cost Is Not the Whole Story Who isn’t glad to hear that a new general store is coming to Station Place? The news reminded me of a time, many years ago, when I was living in Tokyo and a man named Edward Luttwak published an essay about gasoline. He had just traveled from Japan to […]
Letters
Thank You The Norfolk Rails to Trails Committee thanks Chris Little, National Iron Bank, Norfolk Land Trust, Great Mountain Forest, Norfolk Historical Society, M.I. Integrated Media and the many other friends who helped make our booth and video such a success over the WIN weekend. We also send another special thank-you to Chris Little for […]
Letters—August 2016
The Convenience Store and Deli: Passionately Objecting To the editor: I am currently the operator of the Station Place Café, located adjacent to the proposed new restaurant/convenience store. I have spoken at the last two public hearings, passionately objecting to the current proposal. I do not object to a convenience store/deli, I even would welcome such a […]
Letter to the Editor—July 2016
To the Editor, I enjoyed the article “The Challenges, and Joys, of Owning and Operating a Small Farm” in the June issue. There is some erroneous information therein that I would like to correct. The article states, “Husky Meadows made the decision to become a state-certified farm.” The State of CT has never been in […]
Regional 7 Budget is Months-Long Process
By Don Torrant Hats off to those Norfolk voters who turned out on May 3 to support Northwestern Regional 7’s budget for the 2016-17 school year. The public approval, as evidenced by the majority of “yes” votes across all four Regional towns reaffirms our commitment to maintaining a cost-effective, high quality education. It means […]
Norfolk Speaks
April Fools! Somewhere in this issue of Norfolk Now there is a story that may or may not be true. If you can locate it, write to editor@nornow.org to identify it. Your prize will be townwide bragging rights. Letters AgEd is a Vital Program I have been attending recent Regional 7 Board of Education meetings […]
