The Colebrook Store Goes Out of Business
A Revolving Door By Bob Bumcrot After only nine months of operation, the Colebrook Store closed its doors at the end of March due to significant management differences between the owners of the building, the Colebrook Preservation Society (CPS), and the store operator, Miriam Briggs. Briggs, who lives above the store with her sons Quentin, […]
News Briefs
The Norfolk Connecticut Childrenís Foundation (NCCF) is offering partial to full camperships at YMCA’s Camp Jewell in Colebrook. Applications and Camp Jewell brochures can be picked up at the Norfolk Library, National Iron Bank and Norfolk Town Hall. Contact Don Tobias (860-480-4125) or Ray Zetey (888-412-CAMP). You may have noticed the absence of the firehouse […]
Winter Snows Are Tough on Town Roads
Crews work overtime to keep up By John G. Funchion An unrelenting winter with its lingering blanket of snow and ice pummeled Norfolk this year, and its aftermath left our town with a spate of nerve-jangling, car-wrecking swells, depressions and potholes. Most of the concerns of residents were not so much about potholes but about […]
Naylor to Norfolk: Lock Before Leaving
Resident trooper fields questions on how to cope with break-ins By Lloyd Garrison Greg Naylor, Norfolk’s resident state trooper, advised a spirited public meeting on March 4 on ways to deter home burglaries, but he saw no end in sight to the rise here in drug-related thefts. “With heroin selling for as little as five dollars […]
PTO Embezzler Granted Probation
Former Treasurer Pays Back $13,000 By Wiley Wood Vanessa Millard, the former treasurer of the Botelle School Parent Teachers Organization (PTO), appeared in Bantam Superior Court on March 5. Arrested last October for stealing her organization’s funds, she produced a check in court for over $13,000 by way of restitution. Millard had […]
Board of Finance Mostly Holds the Line on Budget Increases
Regional 7 Board Proposes to Up Spending by Four Percent By Wiley Wood On Wednesday, March 19, the Region 7 Board of Education presented its working budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal year to a sparse audience in the cafeteria of Botelle School. The proposed total of $19.7 million represents a 4.59 percent increase over the […]
Resident Trooper Talks About Burglaries
By Wiley Wood “The number one crime in our area,” said Norfolk’s resident trooper, Greg Naylor, “is residential burglaries.” He was speaking in the cafeteria of Botelle School on the evening of March 5 at a meeting hosted by this newspaper on the subject of crime. Most of the burglaries, according to Naylor, are drug […]
Aquarion Environmental Champion Awards
For the fourth year the Aquarion Environmental Champions Awards program is seeking candidates from among students, adults and small businesses who are volunteering their help to preserve and improve our environment, locally or worldwide. Winning adults or businesses receive a $2,500 grant to be given in their name by Aquarion. The winning student (grades 9 […]
Norfolk Land Trust Earns Accreditation
National Recognition of Excellence In February, the Norfolk Land Trust (NLT) received its accreditation from the national Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance (LTA). One of only 254 land trusts across the country that are currently accredited, the NLT is authorized to display a seal indicating to the […]
