Seven Students Win NVFD Scholarships

At the August 3 meeting of the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department, Scholarship and Road Race Chairman Ron Zanobi awarded a total of $4,200 from the William F. Kelley Memorial Scholarship […]

Community Picnic at Immaculate Conception Church

The day was punctuated by rain, but the fourth annual Norfolk Community Picnic, hosted by St. Martin of Tours Parish at the Immaculate Conception Church, was not dampened. A large […]

Selectman’s Corner

Limited Rural Transit Options   By Matt Riiska Our long-awaited summer season is going quickly. The WIN weekend was another success, the Chamber Music Festival had a terrific season, and […]

Home Love Closes Shop

Home Love, an accessories and gift shop that opened at the end of April, closed its doors at the beginning of July. Owner Emily Irwin says that there just wasn’t […]

Republicans and Democrats Vote in Primary Elections

Norfolk voters went to the polls on August 14 to decide on the slate of candidates for their respective parties ahead of the November elections. A total of 285 ballots […]

Town Plan Undergoes 10-Year Revision

Focus is on downtown development   By Wiley Wood A town plan, says the statute, is “a statement of policies, goals and standards for the physical and economic development of […]

Norfolk Lions Club Awards Scholarship

Five high school students were awarded scholarships from the Norfolk Lions Club this year at their high school graduation. They are Morgan Daley, Adeline Hester, Alexander Machowski, Carly Millard and […]

CT DEEP to Purchase 420-Acre Vagliano Forest in Norfolk

Creates unsegmented corridor to Blackberry River   By William Gridley The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is in the final stages of a transaction with the Vagliano […]

A Week of Work and Camaraderie

The three youngsters above (from left to right, Ellie Olsen, Luke Green and Ethan Perlman) were pictured on a recent work camp trip to Camden N.Y. organized by Norfolk’s First […]

Greener Gardening: Recycling Plastic Pots

We love our gardens, can’t resist the delphiniums, cone flowers or pansies we plant to brighten our front doors and yards. But all those plastic pots and trays, millions of […]