Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Preview
A summer of music, fun and social activity awaits Concert-goers By John G. Funchion The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, featuring a focus on the life and work of Virgil Thomson and a special fund raising gala staring acclaimed soprano Dawn Upshaw, kicked off its 68th season on June 20 with a performance by the internationally known […]
From the Assessor’s Office
Help available for elderly and totally disabled renters By Michele Sloane If you are a renter, over the age of 65 or totally disabled, are single and earned less than $30,500 or are married and earned less than $37,300 in 2008, you may be eligible for a partial reimbursement of your rental and utility expenses. […]
Conservation Commission Replaces Shrubs At Town Hall
Invasive alien plants removed and replaced by natives By Shelley Harms Normally quiet on weekends, Town Hall was a beehive of activity on Saturday, May 2. Those coming to appeal their assessments dodged grubby gardeners, as the new Conservation Commission ripped out four large winged euonymus (burning bush) and Japanese barberry, and replanted the bed […]
A Cold Wind Blows in Colebrook
Meteorology tower proves controversial By Veronica Burns A 180-foot tower stands on Flagg Hill Road in Colebrook, with the purpose of measuring wind speeds. The test tower was raised in December 2008, approved as a “temporary use” by the Colebrook Zoning Enforcement Officer (ZEO), Karen Nelson. Stephen King, an information technology manager who lives close […]
Home in Time for Memorial Day
Norfolk Soldier Returns from Iraq By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Every Memorial Day, several men in uniform march in Norfolk’s annual parade, but rarely do the bystanders know the details of their service. One of the soldiers in this year’s parade is Army Specialist (SPC) Stephen Whalen, who just returned home after a 12-month deployment to […]
Town Votes Funds to Keep Resident Trooper
Annual meeting also agrees to expedite affordable housing By Lloyd Garrison In a well-attended and often spirited annual town meeting on May 11, an attempt to end the tenure of Resident State Trooper Greg Naylor failed by a vote of 54 to 34. When moderator Colin Tait announced the tally, the audience in Botelle’s Hall […]
Norfolk Talent on Display at Sold-Out Lion’s Club Show
By Bridgette L. Rallo It was standing room only on Thursday night, May 21 at Infinity Hall, as Norfolk residents turned out in force to support local emergency services. The Lion’s Club, which raises money for the ambulance corps, staged only the second talent show in its history and sold all 303 tickets to the […]
Legal Notice
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE USERS OF THE PUBLIC SEWER The Norfolk Sewer District, Norfolk, CT. that the annual fee imposed upon every building and/or residence within the boundary of the Norfolk Sewer District which is connected or is eligible to be connected to the public sewer is due and payable in two installments […]
Fraiman Home Gutted by Fire
Cause of blaze still a mystery By Lloyd Garrison Fifty years ago, Arnold and Genevieve Fraiman built a small log cabin in Norfolk as a weekend retreat, later adding a large master bedroom, a study, a sunroom, a deck and a glass-enclosed porch. The Fraimans were New York City lawyers who took weekends and vacationed […]
