Fran Keeping Retires From Meadowbrook After 23 Years
End of an era By Ruth Melville Fran Keeping has retired as manager at Norfolk’s Meadowbrook Apartments after 23 years on the job. When she started at Meadowbrook, Keeping says, “I did everything. I was responsible for all the jobs, from maintenance to collecting rental payments to helping residents move in and out.” Meadowbrook, which […]
Pizza Restaurant Coming Again Soon
By David Torrey Norfolk residents will soon be able to order a pizza, subs and sandwiches again. Luis Velieu, currently a resident of Haddam, CT, plans to open Haystack Pizza Restaurant in the building formerly occupied by Mizza’s Pizza. Velieu has over 20 years experience making pies. He owned his own restaurant in the Oakville […]
Fadhl Saleh Closes Corner Store
Last-Ditch Effort to Save Town Business Falls Short By Ruth Melville On his last day of business, Corner Store owner Fadhl Saleh is visibly upset as he looks around at the empty shelves of his store. “I tried, but it just didn’t work,” he says sadly. “In the end, the stress was terrible, unbearable.” Saleh, […]
Farmers Market Will Continue During Winter
Use of Town Building Approved By Wiley Wood A popular measure to extend the Norfolk Farmers Market’s season into the winter months was passed by the Planning and Zoning Commission on September 9. Markets will be held twice a month on the second floor of the town hall from November through April. The application requesting […]
Norfolk Now, Battell Arts Foundation Regain Tax-exempt Status
By Shelley Harms Since 2010, the Internal Revenue Service has notified more than 550,000 nonprofit organizations that they have lost their tax-exempt status as a result of a new law imposing revocation if an organization fails to file a tax return or annual notice for three consecutive years. Many small nonprofits were caught up in […]
FairWindCT Appeal Against Wind Turbines Is Denied
State Supreme Court sides with siting council and developer By Veronica Burns FairWindCT, the grassroots opposition group to BNE Energy’s wind turbine project in Colebrook, has just received the decision on its appeal to the Connecticut Supreme Court: rejection. The judges voted 6–0 that the New Britain Superior Court was correct in 2012 to dismiss […]
George Counter: Norfolk’s Retiring Superintendent of Schools
By Wiley Wood A gathering Sunday, September 14 honored Norfolk’s departing superintendent of schools, George Counter. As the guests spilled out over a sunny lawn with drinks in hand, a 70-pound pig was lifted from the bed of coals where it had roasted since dawn and was carved into portions. Counter retired as superintendent of […]
Superintendent Presents New Security Plan for Botelle School
Board of Finance Gives Provisional Approval By Wiley Wood A security assessment of the Botelle School, conducted this past year in accordance with a new state law, gave the school high marks in every respect except for the configuration of its entrance. Superintendent Mary Beth Iacobelli appeared before the Board of Finance with a plan […]
Norfolk Land Trust and Great Mountain Forest Publish Updated Trail Guides
Lace Up Your Hiking Boots By Ruth Melville Local hikers now have two new resources for exploring the Norfolk woods. Both the Norfolk Land Trust and Great Mountain Forest have recently released improved and expanded guides to hiking trails in the Norfolk area. The new, fifth edition of the Land Trust Trail Guide is the […]
Infinity Hall Opens in Hartford
A new Infinity Music Hall and Bistro opened in Hartford on August 22. The 500-seat music hall and four-star restaurant at the corner of Columbus Boulevard and Front Street is an extension of Infinity Hall’s Norfolk flagship. It will host 250 music and comedy shows a year, and Hartford hopes it will boost the economy […]
