Sports Powerhouses Win Berkshire League
Long summer days at Tobey Pond and Doolittle Lake have paid off for six young Norfolk swimmers, as they helped propel their high school swim team to its third straight Berkshire League championship and a third-place finish at the Class S state finals. Prospects for next year are also bright, as none of these students graduated […]
Free “Camperships” Offered for Camp Jewell
The Norfolk Connecticut Children’s Foundation (NCCF) is pleased to offer free summer camperships at YMCA’s Camp Jewell in Colebrook, CT. Norfolk families are invited to pick up an application form and Camp Jewell brochure at the Norfolk Library, National Iron Bank and Norfolk Town Hall. Forms and brochures will also be sent home from Botelle […]
Renewal of Resident Trooper Contract Comes Up for Town Vote
Cost Will Depend on Results of Legislative Session By Wiley Wood Voters will face a choice at Norfolk’s town meeting on May 11 whether to renew the resident trooper contract for another two years. Under Governor Malloy’s proposed budget, the state will no longer subsidize 30 percent of the cost as in past years. If […]
Regionalization Plan Update
State Board of Education Agrees to Recommend a 10-Year Waiver By Ruth Melville The plan to create a new regional school district for Norfolk and Colebrook got over a major obstacle on the road to referendum when the State Board of Education, rejecting the recommendation of a subcommittee, agreed to support the Regional School Study Committee’s […]
Board of Finance Aims at Tax Decrease
Town Budget Will Wait on State Decisions By Wiley Wood At a budget meeting of Norfolk’s Board of Finance, Chairman Michael Sconyers reviewed the town’s spending projections for 2015-2016, snipping away a few thousand here and a few thousand there, in the end reducing the selectmen’s proposal by $70,000. “I’m desperate to do a tax […]
Immaculate Conception Parish Celebrates Historic Anniversaries
Photo by Bruce Frisch Immaculate Conception Parish began a year of celebration with a special liturgy December 8, 2014, marking the 125th anniversary of Immaculate Conception Church as a parish. Plans are in place for a community event on August 15. Docents will be on hand to introduce friends and neighbors to the beauty and […]
Foundation for Norfolk Living Gets Big Affordable Housing Grant
New Units May Be Ready Next Spring By Nina Ritson The Foundation for Norfolk Living has been working and planning for several years to secure space in which to provide affordable housing in Norfolk. On March 26, their efforts received a huge boost when Governor Malloy and the Connecticut Department of Housing (DOH) announced funding […]
BNE Obtains $15 Million to Build Two Wind Turbines in Colebrook
By Kurt Steele The next chapter in the long-running saga of BNE Energy’s efforts to build commercial wind turbines in Colebrook is being written. BNE recently obtained just under $15 million of financing through an affiliate to construct two turbines on Flagg Hill Road, after a long-fought battle by local residents to stop construction there […]
Selectmen’s Budget Rises 3.5 Percent
By Wiley Wood With the town’s annual budget hearing scheduled for late April, the Board of Finance invited First Selectman Sue Dyer to present a preliminary town budget at its March 17 meeting. The board’s chairman, Michael Sconyers, opened the proceedings with cautionary words about budget increases. Dyer’s budget proposal came in $130,000 above last […]
Connecticut State Budget Has Implications for Small Towns
Norfolk Selectmen and Board of Finance Looking at Proposed Changes By Janet Gokay The Connecticut papers have been awash lately with news of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed budget for the next two fiscal years. When he unveiled his budget before the state legislature on February 18, he announced that it “is filled with tough […]
