Good News and Bad News for City Meadow
Town loses grant but plans to see project through The good news is that the City Meadow project, which would transform the sunken wetland below Station Place into a public park, finally got the green light from Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The bad news is that, coming on April 8, the […]
State Threatens to Slash Norfolk’s Education Grant
Town obligated to make up difference By Wiley Wood This year’s Annual Budget Hearing, usually one of the highlights of the town calendar, lasted exactly two minutes and 11 seconds. Vice-Chairman Graham Allyn announced to a largely empty room that the Board of Finance had no budget it was prepared to discuss with the […]
Confucian Group’s Appeal for Tax-Exemption Denied
The Board of Assessment Appeals voted on Tuesday, April 19 to deny tax exemption to Confucian Study Association for its property on Westside Road, a 48-acre compound with more than a dozen buildings that until recently belonged to The Mission of Tao-Confucianism and before that to the Hutterian Brethren. “We felt that we needed […]
Town Map Reissued
The second edition of the Norfolk Map & Guide was just issued in mid-April, with updated businesses on the map side and a few information updates on the guide side. Copies are available around town. More than 20,000 brochures of the first edition were taken from racks and displays last year by prospective visitors. Based […]
Rosemary Gill Will Perform One-Woman Show
“When the Theatre Came to Town” By Jude Mead “There is no business like show business,” according to Rosemary Gill, whose debut performance of “When the Theatre Came to Town” takes place on Sunday, May 29 in the Great Hall of the Norfolk Library with two showings, one at 6 p.m. and another at 8 p.m. This one-person, original […]
Sanders and Trump Win Norfolk Primaries
Election officials in Norfolk reported a steady trickle of primary election voters throughout the day, with two Democrats, on average, for every Republican. Turnout was high, with 62 percent of eligible voters casting ballots. On the Democratic side, the count was 141 votes for Bernie Sanders, and 129 for Hillary Clinton. Sanders’s share of Democratic […]
Local Animal Shelter Offers Free Care
The Little Guild That Could While Norfolk doesn’t have its own shelter for cats and dogs, The Little Guild of St. Francis in West Cornwall has long filled that void. The fastest-growing animal rescue effort in Connecticut, the Little Guild adopted out 515 animals last year, more than twice its previous record. The shelter […]
Norfolk Real Estate Transfers—March 2016
On March 3, The Bank of New York Mellon transferred 13 Shepard Rd. to Brad Bousquet for $41,000. On March 3, The Mission of Tao Confucianism, Inc. transferred 207 Westside Rd. to Confucian Study Association, Inc. for $0. On March 14, PNMAC Mortgage Opportunity Fund Investors LLC transferred 93 Winchester Rd. to Justin Thomas Zaraycki for $95,000. On […]
Sanders and Trump Win Primary Contests in Norfolk
April 26. Election officials in Norfolk reported a steady trickle of voters throughout the day, with two Democrats, on average, for every Republican. Turnout was high, with 62 percent of eligible voters casting ballots. On the Democratic side, the count was 141 votes for Bernie Sanders, and 129 for Hillary Clinton. Sanders’s share of Democratic votes […]
Save the Date
Weekend in Norfolk On August 5, 6, and 7, come celebrate Norfolk’s many natural and cultural offerings. Events will include a fire department open house, Battell Arts ice cream social and games, Land Trust six-peak climb fora free t-shirt, Artisans Guild demonstrations & discounts, U.S. Coast Guard concert at the Yale Music Shed, After School […]
