Canaan Health Center Ready to Open
Ribbon cutting May 10 By Colleen Gundlach The wait is over! Residents of the Northwest Corner have been eagerly watching the progress of construction of the Community Health & Wellness Center (CHWC) at 6-8 East Main Street in North Canaan, and it is now ready to open. A special ribbon-cutting celebration will be held on […]
Bookshop Pop-Up to Enliven Downtown Norfolk in May
By Andra Moss A bookstore is opening in downtown Norfolk for the month of May as part of the Norfolk Hub’s pop-up business incubator space in the Royal Arcanum building. The Dog’s Ear used bookstore is the brainchild of the Norfolk Library director, Ann Havemeyer, and trustees Michael Selleck and Trish Deans. All proceeds will […]
Congregational Church Seeks Community Input
By Avice Meehan More than 260 years after its founding, members of Norfolk’s iconic “Church on the Green” decided to take a radical step: survey its members and residents of the town about their perceptions of the church and how it might better serve the community. “It’s fairly straightforward, but not necessarily ‘normal’ for a […]
GMF Receives Grant for Oral History Project
Will include videos and podcasts By Marie G. O’Neill Housatonic Heritage recently awarded a 2024 Heritage Partnership grant to Great Mountain Forest Corporation (GMF) to document oral histories of five individuals who have worked in the forest, including foresters Matt Gallagher, Russell Russ, Jody Bronson and Wayne Jenkins. The project, entitled “Work in the Working Forest,” […]
EDC Launches new Initiative
Goal is to support recommendations of town’s plan of development By Ruth Melville In 2019, the town of Norfolk adopted a new Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD). Aftersoliciting suggestions from a range of residents, the plan determined that the two greatest challengesfacing Norfolk were to attract more young people and families and to enhance […]
Free Local Paint Can Disposal
By Andra Moss Spring is here, bringing with it thoughts of tulips, daffodils and paint cans. Enthusiastic spring cleaningoften includes the rediscovery of old or forgotten cans of paint and stain in dusty corners of a shed orgarage. What to do? Recycle it. Through the State of Connecticut’s paint management efforts, paint manufacturers have established […]
Land Use Veteran Appointed Norfolk ZEO
By Joe Kelly Norfolk has hired a veteran land use professional, Karl Nilsen, to take over as Zoning and Wetlands Enforcement Officer. Nilsen replaces Mike Halloran, who stepped down after 13 years. An earlier attempt to fill the position with a recent college graduate did not work out and the town renewed its search, ultimately […]
Plan for Dog Park on Hold
Other potential sites being considered The Friends of the Norfolk Community Dog Park have announced that they are no longer planning to build a dog park on Westside road because the logistics for the site did not work out. Board president Joel Howard added, “We have received many generous donations and enthusiastic support for the […]
More Access to Health Care Coming to North Canaan
Community Health & Wellness Center to open new location in the spring By Colleen Gundlach Much attention over the past year and half has been focused on a two-story commercial building that has been under construction on East Main Street in North Canaan. Most local people are aware that it is going to house the […]
Changes Made to Norfolk Pension Plan
Town to purchase annuity contract By Susan MacEachron At a meeting on Jan. 10, the Norfolk Board of Selectmen voted to terminate the legacy defined benefit (DB) plan. An annuity contract will be purchased to provide the same monthly benefits to the six current retirees and the two active employees who are vested in the […]
