Obituary—Marion Ann Donovan
Marion Ann Donovan, a career foreign service officer and world traveler, died peacefully at her home on Tuesday, December 22, 2015. She was 95 years old. Marion Donovan was born on October 13, 1920, and grew up in Brooklyn, where she played the violin and piano and read voraciously. Her love of travel began early, […]
What Ever Happened to Affordable Housing?
By Leila Javitch Earlier this year, the Foundation for Norfolk Living (FNL) received a grant of three million dollars from the Connecticut Department of Housing to renovate 12 rental units located in five houses near the center of Norfolk. This award was announced on March 30 by Governor Malloy. Outwardly, it appears that not […]
Local Man Wins a Yankee Magazine 2015 Food Award
David Davis’s Hillhome Country Products jam is a winner By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo David Davis, owner of Hillhome Country Products, was surprised to receive a call from Yankee Magazine last August informing him that one of his jams was selected from dozens of finalists in their annual food honors. “The call came completely out […]
Planning Underway for a Weekend to Remember
Three days next August will showcase Norfolk’s charms By Colleen Gundlach Norfolk residents agree that this town has much to offer as a destination for tourists and as a place to live. Getting that message out to the rest of the world has always been a challenge. Recognizing the need to promote the town’s […]
Norfolk Volunteer Ambulance Offers EMR Course
New Emergency Medical Responders Needed By Colleen Gundlach The Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance is always there when needed and they want to continue to always be there, but to do that they need volunteers. The ambulance crew is a very strong, well-trained and efficient volunteer staff of emergency medical responders (EMR) and emergency medical […]
October 2015 Real Estate Transfers
Estate of Catherine P. Fields to Alison Smela, 101 Shepard Rd., $233,000. Peter R. Pouncey to David G. & Amy Troyansky, 25 North St., $515,000. Michael & Cynthia Creamer to DST Investments LLC, 82 Greenwoods Rd. E., $45,000. Kevin Morse & Karen Petokas Hunt to Sandra Anasoulis, 879 Litchfield Rd., $236,000. Fred & Frances Disbrow to […]
The Norfolk Real Estate Market—Good News and Bad
Lower priced houses selling, but luxury houses a drug on the market By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo The Norfolk real estate market has been hot in 2015, but only at the bottom half of the market. A total of 23 homes have sold in town since January, all for under $600,000. There have been zero sales […]
Norfolk’s Pension Plan Judged ‘Actuarily Solvent’
By Susan MacEachron Only a few years ago, it was widely circulated that Norfolk’s pension plan for town employees was underfunded by $1 million and that the town would have to borrow to cover the shortfall. The market crash in 2008 had put the town’s plan in serious straits, according to Michael Sconyers, chairman […]
United Coalition of Northwest Connecticut Combats Drug Abuse
By Colleen Gundlach Drug addiction is a problem that knows no class. It affects the rich as well as the poor; the educated and the illiterate; the mentally ill and the healthy. It is a growing problem in Connecticut, where 306 citizens died from heroin overdose in 2014—that’s triple the rate from 2012. Several […]
Wind Turbines in Colebrook Start Up
Ribbon cutting ceremony held on Flagg Hill site By Wiley Wood On the clear blue morning of October 15, the vanes of BNE Energy’s wind turbine No. 2 faced motionless into a moderate breeze from the northwest. A small crowd of company executives, state legislators, bankers and regulators gathered on the hilltop above Flagg […]
