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 […]
Gas Pipelines Proposed for Connecticut
By Martha Klein As global sources of oil and gas decline, innovative extraction methods put previously unavailable pockets of fuel within reach. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, releases oil and gas locked deep inside shale rock, by forcing high pressure water, sand and chemicals down holes drilled a few hundred feet to as much as 2000 […]
Ann Havemeyer Is New Director of Norfolk Library
On Monday, September 22, the Norfolk Library announced the appointment of Ann Havemeyer as director, starting October 1, 2014. Havemeyer, previously curator of the Library’s special collections, has served as interim director of the library since June, when she replaced Luisa Sabin-Kildiss. Havemeyer holds a Ph.D. from Yale University and is the author of several […]
Tri-Town Democratic Picnic
Frank Dooley, chairman of the Norfolk Democratic Town Committee (center), was all smiles at the Norfolk Curling Club on September 13, with his counterparts Todd Shearer from North Canaan (L) and Tom McKeon of Colebrook (R). Each town chairman won a nice door prize donated by a Norfolk business, and numerous Democratic candidates came to […]
Fire Department Receives Life-Saving Equipment
By Jonathan Barbagallo Two complete kits of life-saving equipment have been donated to the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department by the Auxiliary for Community Health in Winsted. Each kit includes a defibrillator, oxygen therapy, immobilization collars and various bandages as well as blood pressure cuffs and stethoscopes. The kits will be placed on two fire vehicles […]
Real Estate Transfers in August
Federal National Mortgage Assoc. to John Truskauskas, 10 River Place, on 7/07/2014, $29,900. John W. & Suzanne T. Bourdeaux to Adam P. & Sara R. Heller, 39 Grant St., on 7/09/2014, $249,000.
Matthew O’Connell is Botelle’s New Principal
A fourth-grade teacher and children’s book author as well as an administrator By Joshua DeCerbo This summer, Harwinton native Matthew O’Connell was selected to be the new principal of Norfolk’s Botelle School. Since that time, O’Connell has been working with the new Norfolk superintendent of schools, Dr. Mary Beth Iacobelli, to prepare for the start […]
Clean Energy Can Be Generated In Connecticut
By Martha Klein Connecticut gets 51% of its electricity from natural gas, and another 41% from the Millstone nuclear plant near New London. The state has 20 natural gas burning power plants bringing electricity to the grid. The one coal-burning plant, Bridgeport Harbor Generating Station, contributes a mere 1.4% to net electrical generation. The remaining […]
