River Place Bridge to Be Replaced

First Selectman Matthew Riiska announced that the Town of Norfolk is contemplating a project to replace the River Place Bridge over the Blackberry River. The bridge replacement project would receive […]

Pickleball Is a Serious Sport, Really

Norfolk Curling Club Offers a Chance to Learn or Spectate   By David Beers In 1965, Congressman Joel Pritchard and a friend went outside to play badminton on the badminton […]

Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Starts an Event-Filled Six-Week Run

  By Wiley Wood They start arriving on July 1, young musicians, most of them in graduate programs in the United States, but originally from four continents, coming to Norfolk […]

Sewer District Votes to Proceed With Repairs

Assumes 40-year loan   By Wiley Wood On Wednesday, May 16, members of the Norfolk Sewer District voted unanimously to embark on a $4.2 million renovation of the sewer collection […]

Online Survey for 2019 Town Plan

The Town of Norfolk is conducting an online survey to get input from Norfolk residents on its new town plan (Plan of Conservation and Development). The last plan was completed […]

Repairs to Water Main Stretch to Three Days

Repairs to a leaking water main next to Route 44 in downtown Norfolk began on Tuesday, May 15, when a crew from John J. Brennan Construction in Shelton, Conn. tore […]

Celebrating a Housing Project’s Completion

The Foundation for Norfolk Living will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the six new rental units recently created at its Shepard Road properties and the six more recently renovated […]

Sewer District Votes to Proceed With Repairs

Assumes 40-year loan   By Wiley Wood On Wednesday, May 16, members of the Norfolk Sewer District voted unanimously to embark on a $4.2 million renovation of the sewer collection […]

Taxes Increase Despite Drastic Cuts to Town Programs

Botelle School budget takes major hit   By Wiley Wood Town taxes will rise about 4.5 percent in the coming year, according to Board of Finance Chairman Michael Sconyers, who […]

Buttons to Commemorate Veterans at Memorial Day Ceremony

For Linda Perkins, Memorial Day is an important holiday, not only for the nation but for the small town of Norfolk. As she puts it, “It’s the one time we […]