Farmers’ Market To Be Open Weekly
New regulations cause little concern By Barbara Perkins The days are longer, the weather has definitely turned and even though the almanac won’t officially reflect it, summer is truly upon us. With the flip of the most recent calendar page, more and more farmers’ markets are starting their season, and Norfolk is no different. In […]
Station Place Cafe Opening Soon
By Bob Bumcrot In an exciting addition to Norfolk’s growing fleet of restaurants, Station Place Cafe will open soon in the spot formerly occupied by Whole Latte Love. “We want to create a warm, friendly atmosphere where everyone is welcome to grab a coffee or to hang out and chat,” said owner Stefanie Gouey as […]
Zone 4
Going Native By Susannah Wood After a long cold winter and a reluctant spring, many of us relish the thought of warm dirt and blooming flowers. Nurseries and garden centers burst with an array of enticing choices, but few of them are native to our part of the world. Choosing native species for your garden […]
Town Plan Close To Wrapping Up
Plan calls for half-acre zoning in town’s center By Lloyd Garrison After 18 months of hearings and numerous rewrites, the town plan’s calculated vision of Norfolk’s future for the next ten years is finally nearing the finish line. The closest to a radical change in direction is a recommendation to spur both residential and commercial growth […]
Kim Scharnberg Meets Obama
By Sally Quale Norfolk resident Kim Scharberg has enjoyed success in multiple fields of music, as a composer, arranger, orchestrator, record producer and trombonist. Recently, chance catapulted him into the limelight with an invitation to share an on-stage curtain call with a cast of show business glitterati and President Obama. The venue was Ford’s Theatre, […]
Norfolk’s Memorial Day Road Race: 30 Years Running
By Barbara Perkins It’s hard to believe the Memorial Day Road Race turns 30 this year. We all know it now as a well run annual event sponsored by the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department with its proceeds benefitting the William F. Kelley Memorial Scholarship. Over the years, it has truly become part of the fabric […]
Consider Your Blessings Counted
Norfolk natural resource inventory due May 16 By Bruce Frisch After three and a half years of work, the Conservation Commission will deliver its “Natural Resource Inventory” in mid-month. Consisting of 125 pages, most in color, 16 maps, many photos and nine appendices stuffed with tables and lists, the report will be given to town […]
Legal Notice
To the inhabitants of the Norfolk Sewer District in the Town of Norfolk, Connecticut, legally qualified to vote in said District. You are hereby notified and warned that the Annual Meeting of the Norfolk Sewer District in the Town of Norfolk will be held at the Town Hall, 19 Maple Avenue, Norfolk, CT on Wednesday, […]
Betts Pulls Plug on Yale Farm
The collapse in investor interest blamed on the ailing economy By Lloyd Garrison The decision by the three principal partners of the Yale Farm Golf Club to pull their application seeking state and local approval answers one question but raises many more about the property’s uncertain future. The decision to withdraw was e-mailed to the state […]
Norfolk Food Pantry Receives $1,000 Grant
Church of Christ Congregational (United Church of Christ) is pleased to announce that the Norfolk Food Pantry recently received a grant of $1,000 from The Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut. “We are delighted to have been selected as one of ten critical-needs grants,” says Church of Christ’s Reverend Erick R. Olsen. “This type of support goes […]
