Norfolk-Colebrook Regionalization Effort Fails
Colebrook votes strongly against By Wiley Wood Colebrook voters resoundingly opposed the regionalization plan that would have brought the Norfolk and Colebrook primary schools together under one roof and one regional board. The vote count was 369 no to 175 yes. In a simultaneous referendum held in Norfolk, the measure passed by a count […]
NVFD Awards Student Scholarships
Every year, proceeds from the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department’s Memorial Day road race go to the William F. Kelley Memorial scholarship fund. The $500 scholarships were officially awarded on August 3, at the fire department’s monthly meeting. A total of eight Norfolk students were honored this year. Road race chairman Ron Zanobi said that this […]
Real Estate Transfers—July 2015
On July 6, John Martin and Karen Noonan to Ashley S. and Mary K. Vandiver, 85 Maple Avenue, $169,000. On July 13, Albert B. and Corinne P. Ayers to Robert F. Dwyer Jr., 3 Lovers Lane, $225,000. On July 20, Mary Ann McGourty to Amy Purcell and Thomas Vorenberg, 135 Sunset Ridge Rd., $465,000.
Briefly: First Selectman Will Face Challenger in Fall Election
Longtime first selectman Sue Dyer will be challenged in November’s election for the first time in many years. Matt Riiska has successfully petitioned to run as an unaffiliated candidate for Norfolk first selectman. There will be fuller coverage of the fall election in the October issue of Norfolk Now.
Will the Colebrook Community Survive Regionalization?
By Wiley Wood What will happen to the Colebrook school building? This was one of the first questions raised at the public hearing in Colebrook on August 11. If the town opts to consolidate its primary school with Norfolk’s and bus its children to Botelle, the building will be left empty. Yet Colebrook will still […]
Milestones
Hugh deManbey July 13, 1959 – July 28, 2015 The deManbey family regretfully announces the passing of Hugh deManbey on July 28. He was born on July 13, 1959, and grew up with his parents, Lyndsay and Claire, and six siblings on Litchfield Road. He attended Botelle Elementary School, Indian Mountain School, Cranwell School, in […]
Wind Turbines Loom over Route 44
The Flagg Hill wind turbines—the first to be erected in the State of Connecticut—seemed to rise up into the sky overnight. This picture was taken on Route 44 coming up the hill toward Norfolk from Winsted, on August 20. A small American flag on the turbine is just visible in the picture. Photos by Bruce […]
Family Donates Sign to Historical Society
Cathy Sacer and Howard Fields have donated this sign, which originally hung by the Norfolk Downs Golf Links, to the Norfolk Historical Society, in memory of their parents, Harold and Cay Fields. As a young boy in the 1920’s, Harold Fields worked as a caddy on the Downs. When the Downs closed in the 1940’s, […]
Milestones
Hugh deManbey July 13, 1959 – July 28, 2015 The deManbey family regretfully announces the passing of Hugh deManbey on July 28. He was born on July 13, 1959, and grew up with his parents, Lyndsay and Claire, and six siblings on Litchfield Road. He attended Botelle Elementary School, Indian Mountain School, Cranwell School, […]
Construction of Wind Turbines on Flagg Hill Site Is Underway
By Wiley Wood The noise of heavy equipment near Flagg Hill is constant. The access road has been widened, a three-phase power line installed, and a tall yellow crane pokes up above the treetops. Turbine parts have been trucked through Norfolk to a staging site in East Canaan, including giant rotor blades. The Flagg […]
