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 […]
State Board of Ed Approves Regionalization Plan
Towns to hold hearings and referendums At its regular meeting on July 1, the State Board of Education approved the Norfolk-Colebrook Study Group’s plan for consolidating the towns’ primary schools under one roof and one regional district. Official notification reached the town clerks’ offices in both Norfolk and Colebrook on July 29. In the […]
Selectmen’s Corner—August 2015
By Sue Dyer We hope everyone is enjoying their summer. Anyone who has recently climbed aboard the wooden train by Station Place will have noticed the fine shape it’s in. The town’s Public Works Department took on the project of refurbishing it during the wet weather this spring. They dismantled it in the back […]
New Rails to Trails Committee Formed
Proposed seven-mile trail to run the length of the town By Ruth Melville On July 9 an introductory meeting of a new Rails to Trails Committee was held at Town Hall. The primary goal of the meeting, convened by Dave Beers, was to gather together interested residents and to set up small work groups […]
Norfolk Land Trust Sponsors 2nd Annual 5K Trail Race
Barbour Woods will be alive with trail runners on Sunday, Sept. 27 at noon, when the Norfolk Land Trust hosts its second annual 5K Trail Race, a USATF-sanctioned event. The Barbour Woods trails feature a mixture of single and double track with an ascent up Beech Hill for a view of Haystack Mountain and a […]
Local Foundation Rewards Students
Six graduating high school seniors from Norfolk received $1,000 scholarship awards from the Norfolk Connecticut Children’s Foundation at a ceremony on the village green on June 28. On the left, with checks in hand, is Don Tobias, president of the foundation. The students are, from left to right, Winter Thorne-Kaunelis, Dylan Johnson, Xavier Rodriguez, Shane Cyr, […]
Berkshires Author Will Sign Books at Aija
The Tanglewood picnic has a long and notorious tradition. It can be sumptuous, with silver candelabra and linen place settings, or take simpler forms, but it always represents the height of taste and elegance. A new book, “The Tanglewood Picnic,” documents that tradition, using a profusion of illustrations, a sprinkling of recipes and a lively […]
New Town Building Officer Appointed
Watches over building code compliance By Kurt Steele There is a new face in Town Hall. Jerry Waters has been appointed Norfolk’s Building Official. He assumed the job on April 1 and succeeded Mike LaRosa, who resigned for personal reasons after 18 years of dedicated service to the town. Waters comes to Norfolk with extensive construction […]
Regionalization Plan Under Review By State Board of Education
State legislature approved waiver on last day By Wiley Wood On the last day of its session, the state legislature in Hartford passed a bill that would allow the Norfolk-Colebrook regionalization plan to proceed. The plan for a new school district that would unite the primary schools of both towns under one roof is now […]
Referendum Approves Northwestern Regional #7 Budget
Spending is up but Norfolk’s assessment is down By Wiley Wood A referendum among the four towns of the Northwestern Regional School District #7 approved a 2015-16 budget calling for a 3.17 percent increase in spending over last year. The budget was unpopular in New Hartford, which voted against it, but was carried by the […]
