A Slick Start To The New Year
Oil overflow at Botelle Elementary School By Veronica Burns Cleanup work was still ongoing at Botelle Elementary School following an oil spill, which occurred in the early hours of December 13, just before a major snow storm was due to hit Norfolk. In early January, Environmental Services of Watertown, hired by the oil company responsible […]
Avid Birders Flock to Norfolk
Pine Grosbeaks Attract Eco-Tourists By Shelley Harms A rare incursion of northern birds from Canada has drawn birders from as far away as Vermont to Norfolk. Pine Grosbeaks are the main attraction. Every morning during the holiday week, groups with binoculars, cameras and spotting scopes stood on Shepard Road watching the birds eat small, orange […]
Botelle’s Voltage Variables Make the Final Cut
By Michele Cyr With the addition of First Lego League added to the roster of after school programs sponsored by the Botelle PTO, this December, Norfolk students made state champions in the FIRST Lego League 2007 Power Puzzle Challenge in New Britain, CT. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a robotics […]
A Green Model Home
Torrington house offers green efficiency By Veronica Burns The public perception of building a green house, one that is energy-efficient and uses materials that are kind to the environment, is that it costs a lot of green. But that notion is now being challenged. A 2,550 square foot home, recently begun in Torrington, will […]
BRIEFLY…
BRIEFLY… Another Norfolk Drug Bust Acting on a tip, state police stopped a car on Route 44 in Norfolk driven by Karen Nejaime, who was on probation following last year’s drug bust at 10 Ashpohtag Road, and charged her with numerous drug offenses, including possession of crack cocaine. Bail was set at $150,000… A Norfolk […]
Planning Continues for Mixed Affordable Housing Development
Modifications to zoning regs being considered By: Bob Bumcrot Plans for a housing development cluster on property along Old Colony Road, first presented by Mark Burke to the Norfolk Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) in February of 2007, continue to advance. P&Z is considering modifications to current zoning regulations that, while not aimed solely at […]
Norfolk Now Gets a New Ad Director
Volunteer position finally filled after long search By Lloyd Garrison The job of advertising director, so critical to the financial health of Norfolk Now, is now in the hands of Heidi Dunavant, who handles sales and marketing for Dayjams, a Litchfield firm that runs 21 day camps across the United States for young rock music […]
Semiquincentennial Activities Progressing
2008 to be epic year in Norfolk By Bob Bumcrot The town-appointed 250th Anniversary Committee, which already has achieved and implemented a variety of plans, continues vigorously, with twenty meetings scheduled during 2008. Together with activities proposed by the Library and the Historical Society, 2008 promises to be an epic year of celebration. Commemorative polo shirts, tee […]
