New Town Website About to Go Live

  By Ruth Melville At the Economic Development Commission (EDC) meeting on April 12, Bill Brown presented the first look at the newly redesigned town website. Although the website underwent […]

Skylights Arrive at the Hub

On a chilly, gray morning in April, the skylights for the Hub were unloaded off a truck and raised up to the roof of the building. The wooden frames, constructed […]

2018 Real Estate Revaluation

Appraisal Resource Group, Inc., the firm hired to assist in Norfolk’s 2018 revaluation, continues to visit real estate properties for the purpose of verifying the assessor’s records. Further information on […]

Tax Relief and Exemptions

Information on tax relief programs for the elderly (over 65 as of Dec. 31, 2017) and on rebates for totally disabled homeowners and renters is now available from the Assessor’s […]

Briefly…

Tara Yard of Norfolk was convicted in Litchfield Superior Court of larceny in the first degree, a class B felony. On March 29, she was sentenced to eight years of […]

Annual Literary Festival at NCCC Celebrates National Poetry Month

By Tom Hodgkin   April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. —T. S. Eliot Echoing […]

Local Documentary Wants to Put a Human Face on the Opioid Epidemic

Film presents a personal understanding of addiction and recovery   By Ruth Melville Anyone who pays attention to the news knows that the country is in the midst of an […]

Townwide Inspection of Real Estate to Begin

The Town of Norfolk has hired Appraisal Resource Group, Inc, to perform the state-mandated 2018 town-wide revaluation project. The first phase of the project includes inspecting all real estate properties. […]

Lone Oak Rises From the Ashes

A little over a year ago, the office at Lone Oaks Campsites in East Canaan was destroyed by fire. The campground operated as usual last summer despite the lack of […]

Brian Ohler and Maria Horn to Vie for State House

It’s still seven months until the November elections, but northwest corner residents already have choices to make. In the 64th district race, incumbent State Representative Brian Ohler has been challenged […]