From Loon Meadow Farm to Barn and Breakfast
Beth and Steve Podhajecki look toward new business in New York state By Kit O’Brien As Spring, 2016 comes to a start, Beth and Steve Podhajecki’s business of horse-drawn carriage services in Norfolk comes to an end. Loon Meadow Farm itself is not at an end, though, as Beth and Steve Podhajecki will be moving […]
Special Town Meeting
A Special Town Meeting of the electors and citizens qualified to vote in town meetings of the Town of Norfolk will be held at Town Hall on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 7 p.m. Votes will be held on resolutions concerning pension benefits and the building code. A full text of the resolutions can be […]
State Approves Funds for Affordable Housing in Norfolk
A year ago, Governor Malloy authorized a $2.99 million grant for the construction of 12 housing units in Norfolk. On January 29 of this year, the state Bond Commission approved the grant. “A great amen,” says Lou Barbagallo, president of the Foundation for Norfolk Living, “as in, a prayer answered.” The foundation first applied […]
Colebrook Assesses Wind Turbines at $13.3 Million
BNE plans third turbine on Flagg Hill By Wiley Wood Assessor Michele Sloane confirmed that the two wind turbines built by BNE Energy in Colebrook in 2015 will be taxed at a value of $13.3 million, making BNE Energy the second-largest property holder in Colebrook. This will increase the town’s grand list, or total […]
January 2016 Real Estate Transactions
January 11, Phyllis R. & Paul D. Wagner to Quentin Chiappetta & Benjamin Sosland, 188 Old Goshen Rd., $270,000. January 20, FNMA to Jennifer Hoyer, 17 River Place, $18,750. January 25, Mary S. Bower to Kathleen Connolly, 23 Laurel Way, $196,500. January 26, Ellen O. Hubbard to Elizabeth Reilly & David Morgan Sollors, 82 Laurel […]
Town Waits on State DEEP for City Meadow Approval
Window to spend grant money to close in September The City Meadow Committee met on February 8 to chart its course of action in the year ahead. Plans for a storm-water park in the phragmites-filled wetland below Station Place stalled in May 2015 when the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection rejected the […]
Fire Department Seeks Funding for New Pumper Truck
At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen on January 5, Matthew Ludwig, chief of the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department, petitioned the Board of Selectmen to support the purchase of a new pumper truck in the upcoming budget. The new truck would replace a 1985 GMC Pierce pumper truck known as Engine 90. A compact […]
Town Committee Meets to Plan New Trail
The Rails to Trails Committee, recently formed as a subcommittee of the town’s Economic Development Commission, is focusing its initial efforts on a two-mile section of the former rail bed lying north of Haystack Mountain, between Route 272 and the North Canaan line. This portion of the abandoned rail bed, which lies on land belonging […]
Norfolk Festival Director Will Step Down After 2016 Season
Melvin Chen named new director By Wiley Wood Paul Hawkshaw, the Yale School of Music professor who has served as director of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and the Yale Summer School of Music for more than a decade, has confirmed that he will step down after the festival’s 2016 season. Familiar to concertgoers […]
Republicans and Democrats Caucus to Select Town Committees
By Ruth Melville In an election year, most Americans are familiar with state and presidential caucuses, which are heavily publicized, much anticipated and often divisive national events. But on January 9 a similar democratic process—if on a much smaller scale—took place in Norfolk’s Town Hall. On that night the town’s Republicans and Democrats met […]
