Economic Development Commission Readies for Action
Toby Young Named Co-Director By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Norfolk’s Economic Development Commission (EDC) has a robust agenda for 2015. Newly appointed co-director Toby Young and longtime leader Libby Borden foresee the organization having a fruitful year. At the top of the agenda is utilizing the consultant that will soon be appointed to Norfolk and seven […]
Regionalization Group to Ask for Legislative Relief
By Wiley Wood When regionalization was first discussed publicly two years ago, one farsighted Norfolk resident said it would never work: an obscure state statute stood in the way. But at the Norfolk-Colebrook Study Group’s regular November meeting, attorney Matthew Venhorst said that a path forward had been charted. The plan is to have the […]
Struggle to Maintain Town’s Aging Roadways Continues
Major Repaving of State Highways Last Summer Helped By Kurt Steele Every day most Norfolk residents drive on some part of Norfolk’s nearly 60 miles of roads—43 miles of it maintained by the town and 16 by the state. They are joined a little less often by Norfolk’s many part-time residents. Having enough money to […]
Library Awarded Five-Star Status Yet Again
For its size, the Norfolk Library is one of the best in the world—this is no secret to Norfolk residents. But it has also been recognized for the umpteenth year in a row by The Library Journal’s Index of Public Library Service, which rates libraries according to an arcane, complex and highly accurate metric. Director […]
Election Day: A Strong Show at the Polls
By Colleen Gundlach Election Day 2014 in Norfolk was an amazingly beautiful autumn day, which may have contributed to the very good voter turnout. A healthy 72 percent of voters, or 738 people out of a total of 1,033 who registered to vote, cast ballots on November 4. Of these, 45 were absentee votes and […]
State Grant Aims at Revitalizing Town Centers in the Northwest Corner
New Economic Development Professional to Advise Local Businesses By Kurt Steele A promising new chapter in Norfolk’s planning and development is about to open. The Northwest Hills Council of Governments (NHCOG), through its Northwest Connecticut Regional Planning Collaborative, has recently received a $249,000 grant from the state to fund “village center vitality” initiatives in the […]
New Director Appointed at Great Mountain Forest
Seeing the Forest and the Trees By Veronica Burns Newcomers to this rural town are often asked, “What brought you to Norfolk?” In the case of Hans Carlson, the recently appointed director of Great Mountain Forest (GMF), it was to work with local canoe builder Schuyler Thomson in 1987. Carlson, who was born and raised […]
Norfolk and Colebrook Selectmen Extend Life of Regionalization Study Group
State Department of Education to Propose Legislative Amendments By Wiley Wood The Norfolk-Colebrook Study Group, formed in the wake of town referendums in December 2012, is nearing its second anniversary. State statutes give the group two years to propose a plan for regionalizing the towns’ primary schools, renewable for a second two years. The boards […]
Colebrook Store to Reopen
By Ruth Melville Jodi Marinelli has signed a lease with the Colebrook Preservation Society to reopen the Colebrook Store, which closed last March. Marinelli, who has been working at the Riverton General Store, hopes to reopen the store in December. Marinelli has a lot of experience in the food business. Her family has run a […]
Amendment to State Constitution Goes Before Connecticut Voters
Norfolk residents will cast their ballots on election day, Tuesday, November 4, for state-wide positions including governor and attorney general, and for local ones including Norfolk’s representative in the U.S. Congress and its state senator and state representative. Also on the ballot is an amendment to the State of Connecticut’s constitution, which currently requires anyone […]
