Award-Winning Engine 90 Rolls Into Retirement
One of the NVFD’s prides and joys, Engine 90, is officially being retired this fall. Engine 90’s exterior has been meticulously maintained over the past 32 years, winning numerous awards from around the state. The town and department are currently deciding whether to donate or sell the 32-year-old apparatus that can no longer be utilized […]
Help Wanted
Intern at Norfolk Library Learn more about what it is like to work in a library! Paid position is three to four hours on weekends, and some weekday hours during the summer. Completion of ninth grade required. Applications are available at the library. Life Guards for Town Beach at Tobey Pond Life guard certification […]
Ryan Bachman Gives Talk at the Cornwall Historical Society
Norfolk resident, and Norfolk Now contributor Ryan Bachman gave a talk at a colloquium sponsored by the Cornwall Historical Society on June 18. The topic of the meeting was the history of the Foreign Mission School, which operated in Cornwall from 1817 to 1826. The school was established to educate “heathen youth,” who were then […]
Filling Out Sewer District Surveys May Result in Lower Costs
The Norfolk Sewer District is in the process of obtaining a Federal grant and loan package to make mandated repairs to the town’s sewage collection system. In order to receive the lowest interest rate on the loan, the sewer district was asked to conduct an income survey of the sewer district residents. At least 80 […]
Norfolk NET Receives $20,000 Grant
Funds to help residents with basic emergency assistance By Kelly Kandra Hughes Norfolk NET (Networking Everyone Together), a collaborative grassroots effort to alleviate poverty and strengthen community relationships in Norfolk, has been generously awarded a $20,000 grant from the William and Mary Greve Foundation. According to Norfolk resident Tony Kiser, president of the […]
Exhibit of Norfolk Artists Will Benefit Music Shed Restoration Fund
By Karen Linden The beautiful Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate Gallery (Art Barn) will be the setting of this year’s Norfolk Artists and Friends 9th Annual Art Exhibit. This year, 25 artists will exhibit their art in a variety of media: painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, print media, decorative arts and fine jewelry. Some of […]
Town to Present Budget at Special Meeting
By Wiley Wood On Tuesday, June 20, the Town of Norfolk will hold a special town meeting to vote on a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which starts July 1. Although state legislators have failed to agree on a budget, leaving the town unsure what level of support it can expect from the […]
Budget Addressed at Annual Town Meeting
Vote not expected until June By Wiley Wood At the annual town meeting on Monday, May 8, Norfolk residents appointed a new member to the Regional School District #7 Board of Education and approved $26,000 in funding for the physical revaluation of taxable property in 2018 but did not vote on a budget. Although […]
June Is the Month for Town Permits and Licenses
By Wiley Wood If you’re making garbage in Norfolk, or planning to cool off in Tobey Pond this summer, or if you own a dog, then chances are you will be making a pilgrimage to the town clerk’s office, checkbook in hand, some time this month. “Cash or check,” says Town Clerk Linda Perkins. […]
Confucians Settle Tax Dispute With Town
The Town of Norfolk and the Confucian Study Association, Inc. reached a settlement in Litchfield Superior Court on whether the religious group should pay taxes to the town and in what amount. The association sued the town in August 2016 claiming exemption from taxes for its 48-acre property on Westside Road, the former Deerspring Bruderhof […]
