Old Colony Road (Truly) Closed
By Avice Meehan Residents of Old Colony Road no longer live on a high-speed shortcut around the state Department of Transportation retaining wall project on Route 44. Thanks to the recent installation of a gate on the Route 44 end of Old Colony Road, the steep and winding road is now open only to local […]
High or Low Tech?
New Strategies Considered for Speed Control in Norfolk By Avice Meehan First Selectman Matt Riiska often ends his monthly Norfolk Now column by asking people to slow down and observe the speed limit. But what exactly is the speed limit on town roads?“It is 25 miles an hour all through the town, on all town […]
Free Seminar on Digital Marketing
Entrepreneurs in Northwest Conn. are invited to a free digital marketing seminar, “The Marketing Guru II,” on Wednesday, Sept. 10, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Market Street Creatives, 100 Lawton Street, Torrington. The marketing masterclass, led by industry expert Sarah Blecher, will offer essential small business marketing strategies including how to maximize a marketing […]
Drilling for Stability
By Avice Meehan A German-made rig so tall that it is nearly even with the top of Center Cemetery—the BG 23 H made by Bauer Maschenin GmbH and can reach a maximum height of 72 feet—is being used by K2 Construction to install the foundations for the first of two retaining walls along Route 44. […]
Firehouse Bids Go Over Budget
Town seeks new bids, more ways to cut costs By Joseph Kelly Initial construction bids for Norfolk’s new firehouse came in well over what was estimated, forcing town officials to once again look for ways to cut costs. The town received nearly 60 bids covering everything from site preparation to landscaping and was expecting them […]
City Meadow Update
Native Plants Begin to Show Their Colors By Avice Meehan Looking out from the height of Robertson Plaza, the expanse of City Meadow is marked by large patches of dead, brown vegetation and bleached plant stalks. Don’t be fooled. These are signs of progress: the result of selective herbicide treatment of phragmites, invasive cattails, mugwort […]
Goodfellas Driving Range Site Up for Sale
Highly visible site with varied topography By Joseph Kelly The 125-acre property off Route 44 in Colebrook that is home to the Goodfellas Driving Range is on the market. The land, which runs along Route 44 and Rock Hall Road, is owned by the Battistoni family.The listing by the Cohen Agency of Torrington describes the […]
New Movement on a Decade-Old Market Co-Op Initiative
Mad River Market members consider a change in direction By Colleen Gundlach Norfolk residents who invested in the Mad River Market (MRM) in the past will be interested to note that a new initiative has been launched to revitalize the market cooperative that was sidetracked by the onset of the Covid pandemic. A group of […]
Protecting Norfolk’s Water Sources from a Growing Threat
Conservation lecture to raise public awareness By Jude Mead No one noticed at first when the thin green threads floated just beneath the pond’s surface. Most people were hardly aware even when the wispy fronds swayed in the gentle ripples of the water. Within weeks, though, this invasive aquatic plant spread its long stems and […]
Heard Around Town
By Avice Meehan Taking Aim at Knotweed, Other Invasives Members of Norfolk’s public works crew joined colleagues from throughout Northwest Connecticut for a hands-on workshop in Winsted on July 29, to learn more about the threat of invasive plants and how to avoid spreading Japanese knotweed and other noxious weeds. “I am not very knowledgeable […]
