Proposed Botelle Budget to See Modest Increase
By Avice Meehan The Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Thursday, March 4, to vote on a proposed $2.658 million budget for the next fiscal year. It would represent an increase of 4.47 percent or $113,665 over the budget for the current year. Superintendent Kevin Case presented the spending plan on Feb. […]
How Botelle (Carefully) Uses AI for Learning
By Avice Meehan For more than three decades, children visited the fictional town of Frog Creek, Penn., home to two children named Jack and Annie. With the help of a magic tree house, the pair are whisked away to distant places where they have adventures, solve problems and, perhaps, learn a thing or two. Like […]
Struggling with Snow and Looking Toward Spring
By Henry Tirrell We are starting to see the glimmer of spring on the horizon, but we certainly aren’t there yet. After a historic storm dumped snow all up and down the East Coast we have all been digging out.Another weekend storm around Feb. 21 dragged the road crew back out to clear the roads […]
Botelle Fine Tunes at Mid-Year
By Avice Meehan The Board of Education received a mid-year snapshot of student performance and growth from Botelle Principal Lauren Valentino at its Feb. 24 meeting as part of a packed agenda that also included reports on completion of elevator repairs and praise for the “Blizzard of Fun” program during Weekend in Norfolk. Staff and […]
P&Z Approves Second Storage Building at George’s Norfolk Garage
By Susan MacEachron The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) at its Feb. 10 meeting unanimously approved George Auclair’s application to add a second storage building, with specific conditions, to the commercial site he owns at 330 Greenwoods Road East across the street from his garage. P&Z postponed discussion of other zoning regulations it had been […]
Wetlands Agency Chides Town for Significant Tree Removal Without Notice
By Susan MacEachron The matter of significant tree removal along Ashpohtag Road and Doolittle Drive by the Norfolk Department of Public Works (DPW) without prior notice to the Inland Wetlands Agency was addressed by First Selectman Henry Tirrell at the Inland Wetlands Agency meeting on Feb. 2. He also updated agency members on the Connecticut […]
Norfolk Reads Leopold
By Andra Moss On Sunday, March 8, 20 members of the Norfolk community will come together at the Norfolk Library to read selections from visionary conservationist Aldo Leopold’s book, “A Sand County Almanac.” The event is made possible by a grant from the Aldo Leopold Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to carrying forward Leopold’s environmental […]
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Norfolk but Didn’t Know Where to Ask
By Colleen Gundlach There really is no longer any reason for Norfolk residents to not know how the town operates, who is on any given board or committee in town, or what was discussed and decided at such board and committee meetings. If you have a computer and internet access, the whole town is an […]
Choral Singing Meets Bluegrass
LCCU welcomes all ages to sing new styles By Andra Moss The Litchfield County Choral Union (LCCU) is entering its 127th concert year with decidedly youthful energy. Under the direction of Music Director Dr. Gabriel Löfvall, the LCCU will convene a youth choral festival in Norfolk in late spring; offer a series of choral seminars […]
