Enforcement Ordinance Is Approved at Town Meeting
A new town ordinance that will allow the zoning or wetlands enforcement officer to levy fines for land use violations passed at a special town meeting on Oct. 23. The meeting was attended by about 50 Norfolk residents, and the vote was unanimously in favor. The measure is intended mainly as a tool to bring […]
First Steps Taken to Revive Skating Rink
By Stephen Melville As reported in last month’s issue of Norfolk Now, it was not that long ago that Norfolk had a decent-sized and well-used outdoor skating rink. This fall, the organizers of WINter Weekend in Norfolk raised the question whether the rink might be revived, and at its October meeting Norfolk’s Board of […]
Community Effort Brings Dog Waste Disposal Stations to Green
By Colleen Gundlach In this divisive world, there are two truths on which most people will agree. First, dogs make great pets, and second, no one likes to step in dog feces. Imagine strolling across the green, enjoying the crisp autumn air and vibrant colors of the trees and suddenly finding your shoe (hopefully […]
New Engine 90 Reporting for Duty
The Norfolk Now photographer was on the alert with his camera at the ready when he heard the siren announcing the arrival of the new fire truck. Getting to the station minutes after the truck arrived, he was in time to see the dust of the three-day drive from Iowa being hosed off. Within a […]
Cooperative Grocery Store Coming to Downtown Winsted
Mad River Market hoping to open by the end of 2018 By Colleen Gundlach Winsted used to have a variety of grocery stores from which to choose: the A&P on Main Street and later Willow Street; Liberty Market and Mencuccini’s on Main Street; Nichols Market on Park Place; Bruno’s and Toto’s up by the […]
Sam Messer’s Animated Film at Wadsworth Atheneum
Sam Messer’s animated film “Denis the Pirate” is now showing at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford. Messer is well known in Norfolk as the director of the Yale Summer School of Art and for the drawing classes he offers in the summer. The story of “Denis the Pirate” began over twenty years ago when the […]
View From the Green
To the Strains of “The Blue Danube” Waltz By Wiley Wood A winter carnival is in the works for Norfolk this year, on February 24 and 25, organized by the Weekend In Norfolk crew. And a winter carnival, inevitably, brings thoughts of skating parties. So it was not surprising that attention should turn again to the […]
Snafu Stops Work at City Meadow
Town encroaches on private property By Wiley Wood Construction on the City Meadow project was going according to plan. It was the first week of September, and a crew from SumCo Eco-Contracting, under contract from the town, was building a gravel path down the hillside below Haystack Pizza. The riprap imported by them extended […]
August 2017 Real Estate Transactions
On Aug. 7, 2017, 7.5 acres on Grantville Rd., from Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc. to Dale A. and Gail G. Savage, for $37,500. On Aug. 28, 2017, 45 Sunset Ridge Rd., from Fred and Phyllis M. Diggle to Paul Lussier and David Brizzolara, for $377,000. On Aug. 30, 2017, 67-69 Litchfield Rd., from Dean […]
Zoning and Wetlands Seek Authority to Issue Citations
Town schedules enforcement ordinance for vote By Wiley Wood Should the Town of Norfolk be allowed to fine its residents for violations of zoning and inland wetlands regulations? This is the question that will be put to vote at a town meeting this month. At present, the enforcement officer can notify a landowner who […]
