New Section of Rail Trail to Be Opened for Winter WIN
By Wiley Wood One of the groups hosting an event when the town celebrates Winter Weekend in Norfolk on Feb. 24 and 25 is the Norfolk Rails to Trails […]
Norfolk Knitting Group Delivers
Lucy Baldwin, supervisor of volunteers at the Gathering Place in downtown Torrington, accepts a delivery of hand-knitted items from the Norfolk Knitters. The Gathering Place is a drop-in day center […]
School Costs Rise, but Board of Finance Unmoved
Plea for small increase meets with little sympathy By Wiley Wood In an early skirmish of the town budget wars, the Board of Finance delivered strong messages to the […]
Expansion of Transportation Service
The first selectman’s office has announced an expansion of the Rural Independent Transportation Service, a program that provides free transportation to the elderly and disabled for non-emergency medical trips. Anyone […]
Rep. Brian Ohler Looks Back on His First Year
After a bad session for the environment, Ohler gets thumbs up from League of Conservation Voters By Susannah Wood State Representative Brian Ohler (R, 64th Dist.) was pleased, when […]
City Meadow Project Looks Forward to Next Phase
The new park in the center of town, City Meadow, is shut down—for its annual closure from November to May. The looping boardwalks lie under a treacherous layer […]
Ice on Town Rink an On and Off Proposition
There is black ice on Wood Creek Pond, as these words are being written. There is black ice on Tobey Pond and Doolittle and Seldom Seen. But there is no […]
View From The Green
Food Scarcity Is a Reality in Our Communities By Colleen Gundlach Gabby Nelson’s story about food justice in this issue of Norfolk Now highlights the incredible disparity in our […]
Library Restoration Project Nears Completion
Landscaping work will be completed in the spring Director Ann Havemeyer reports good news from the Norfolk Library:“We are in the homestretch of our restoration.” The parking lot pavers […]
Norfolk Elects Matt Riiska as First Selectman
In a municipal election that drew 53 percent of Norfolk’s voters to the polls, Matthew Riiska (D) was elected first selectman over William Reudgen (R) by a commanding lead. At […]
