Selectman’s Corner
Thank You to All Our Emergency Services Volunteers By Matt Riiska Norfolk’s tranquillity was completely upended on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 5:45 a.m. We have all heard most of the details of the accident and the resultant aftermath that will take months to clean up and years of monitoring. If there was ever a doubt […]
New Town Projects Underway and Others Almost Completed
By Matt Riiska Fall is here and there has been no let-up in projects in Norfolk. Trying to get everything done before the snow flies has been keeping us busy and other than a few rainy days, Mother Nature has more than cooperated. The bridge on Mountain Road is almost complete. Watching the Mountain Road […]
How to Cure the Need for Speed
Selectman’s Corner By Matt Riiska The downside of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on road repair is that everyone seems to think it’s so that you can increase your speed. You might even think that we repair the roads strictly for your benefit so you can leave your house later than you should and […]
Summer’s Coming to a Close
Selectman’s Corner By Matt Riiska It seems like things should slow down in the summer, but unfortunately, they do not. The Friday Nights on the Green have been a great success. Thanks to Jenna Brown, the Norfolk Foundation and all the volunteers and performers for making this a great event throughout the summer. WIN Weekend […]
Things Like This Don’t Happen in Norfolk – Or Do They
Selectman’s Corner By Matt Riiska Summer is here and so are kids on bicycles, walkers and unfortunately speeders. Please slow down. The next time you think you need to get to somewhere in a hurry, slow down and think about others who are on the roads. We have finally received more moveable speed bumps that […]
Town Meeting on July 18, Robertson Plaza Soon to Open
Selectman’s Corner By Matt Riiska In my May column I wondered where April went, but really what happened to June? Suddenly, it’s summer. The projects in Town are progressing as planned, with the exception of River Place Bridge. Reviewing the River Place Bridge project with the engineers, we knew this was not going to be […]
Solar Field, Recycling, Increased Fees and More
Selectman’s Corner By Matt Riiska Solar In August 2019, the Norfolk Energy Committee started discussing plans to install solar panels at the transfer station, our former landfill site. We then met with Kirt Mayland, a solar consultant and solar developer who is also a lawyer and a faculty member at UCONN Law School teaching renewable […]
What Happened to April?
Selectman’s Corner By Matt Riiska Last month I discussed all the projects about to start. Here we are a month later and Norfolk is a construction site again. Thank you for your patience. Mountain Road bridge is well under way with most of the old bridge gone and the new sewer and water lines are […]
Bridge Repair, Waste Disposal, City Meadow
Selectmen’s Corner By Matt Riiska We are finally starting the reconstruction of two bridges, the Mountain Road bridge over Norfolk Brook and the River Place bridge over the Blackberry River. The Mountain Road bridge work will have started by the time you read this article. Mountain Road will be closed from Route 272 to the […]
American Recovery Act Funds and the 2022/23 Budget
Selectman’s Corner by Matt Riiska The Town of Norfolk has received $241,199.72 as part of the American Recovery Act Plan funding. We will receive another $241,199.72 next fiscal year. When the federal government first introduced the funding package, there were 66 expenditure categories for which these funds could be used. The main categories were public […]
