05/29/2020
05/29/2020
Local News for Norfolk, Connecticut
05/29/2020
05/26/2020
Jon Barbagallo, Norfolk PIO: It was an honor …
It was an honor to assist and attend Norfolk’s brief Memorial Day service yesterday. Read the article on twitter.com READ MORE.
05/21/2020
Annual Budget Hearing and Special Meeting
Annual Budget Hearing and Special Meeting Thursday, May 28 at 6 pm The sole agenda item is the Annual Budget hearing to receive public comment and to approve a final Budget for the Town of Norfolk. Click here to see information on how to join the Zoom meeting. The post Annual Budget Hearing and Special READ MORE.
05/21/2020
Tobey Pond Update
Tobey Pond tentative opening in mid-June I know everyone is anxious to get out and enjoy summer activities, but we are going to have to wait for Tobey Pond to be open. We will continue to discuss this and review the guidelines established by the State. The earliest we will open Tobey Pond is mid-June. READ MORE.
05/16/2020
Jon Barbagallo, Norfolk PIO: Norfolk and Litchfield County …
Norfolk and Litchfield County are now under a Tornado Watch until 10 pm this evening. Read the article on twitter.com READ MORE.
05/16/2020
Jon Barbagallo, Norfolk PIO: We would like to …
We would like to thank @BJsWholesale club for the generous donation to our department. Thank you for help keeping our members safe. Read the article on twitter.com READ MORE.
05/14/2020
Interview With Matt Riiska
Norfolk First Selectman Matt Riiska talks with Norfolk Now’s Mike Cobb about how the town business is being conducted during the time of the pandemic. Click here for podcast. The post Interview With Matt Riiska appeared first on Norfolk Now. Read the rest of the article on nornow.org READ MORE.
05/11/2020
Sewer Annual Meeting
Norfolk Sewer District Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting of the Norfolk Sewer District is on May 20th at 7:30 pm. This meeting is a virtual meeting on Zoom. The post Sewer Annual Meeting appeared first on Norfolk, Connecticut. Read the article on norfolkct.org READ MORE.
05/09/2020
Open to Change
I read with some dismay the “No NIMBYism Here” letter in the April Issue of Norfolk Now. I had planned to send in my thoughts after seeing the March article about the Mountain Inn’s zoning request for a bakery cafe, but never got around to it. I grew up in Norfolk in the 1950s and READ MORE.
05/09/2020
Voices From the Pandemic: How Norfolk Is Responding to the Crisis
Throughout this issue, you’ll find articles about the coronavirus crisis and the ways that people in Norfolk are responding, whether they are working at patients’ bedsides, keeping grocery store shelves stocked, cooking meals to enliven the family’s day, sewing masks to give to their neighbors or keeping their children safe, happy and productive. But first READ MORE.
05/09/2020
Many Went Bunny Hunting Through Town over Easter Weekend
Norfolk Bunny Hunt By Dave Beers Photos by Dave Beers This past Easter weekend (April 10-12) there was a bunny hunt in Norfolk. Residences and businesses set up Easter holiday displays both inside and outside as part of a town-wide socially-distant scavenger hunt for all ages. Over 60 addresses were listed on both a check-off READ MORE.
05/09/2020
From Curbside to Virtual Shopping, Local Eateries Get Creative During Covid-19
By Kelly Kandra HughesPhoto by Clinton J. Sosna More than a month has gone by since Gov. Ned Lamont ordered the shutdown of Connecticut restaurants, bars, gyms and movie theaters. Several of the businesses in Norfolk and the surrounding communities that fall into these categories were faced with a seemingly insurmountable task: to keep their READ MORE.
05/09/2020
Yale Summer Art and Music Schools Both Closed for 2020
By Ruth Melville Melvin Chen, director of the Yale Summer School of Music and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, has announced the “profoundly disappointing news” that, in light of the Covid-19 crisis, this summer’s season of the music school and the music festival has been canceled. Writing that “our primary concern is the safety and READ MORE.
05/09/2020
Thank you!
I want to send a big coronavirus pot-banging, bell-ringing shout-out to all the people who are keeping things going in Norfolk during these scary times. Here’s to the Road Crew and the Sewer District team and the Town Hall brigade; here’s to our great first responders of the ambulance and the fire department; here’s to READ MORE.
05/09/2020
Norfolk Resident Wins Award for Student Film
Text by Allysia RuggieroPhoto by Nicole Villalobos Elias Olsen graduated from Ithaca College this past December, with a degree in documentary studies. His course work was largely focused on film. A short film that he and his fellow students produced, called “Stew,” recently won an award at the Outer Docs Film Festival in Ithaca, N.Y. READ MORE.
05/09/2020
Opening of Norfolk Farmers Market Postponed
New state and town guidelines will have major impact on how markets can operate By Jude Mead The Norfolk Farmer’s Market will not be opening in May. This is no ordinary farmers market season because of Covid-19. According to Bryan Hurlburt, the commissioner for the Department of Agriculture, farmers markets have always been an important access READ MORE.
05/09/2020
Jon Barbagallo, Norfolk PIO: Snow started in Norfolk …
Snow started in Norfolk at about 1030 pm. Coming down quite heavy right now but no accumulation on grass or roads…yet. @RussellRuss7 Read the article on twitter.com READ MORE.
05/08/2020
Jon Barbagallo, Norfolk PIO: Today at 1p the …
Today at 1p the NVFD will be escorting the teachers & staff of Botelle School around Norfolk to visit students in a parade of thanks and goodwill. We will live stream the parade on our Facebook page for as long as cell service allows. If you hear the sirens, come on out and wave! Read READ MORE.
05/07/2020
Technology Works Hand in Hand with Tried-and-True
Congregating in Norfolk in the time of COVID-19 By Christopher Sinclair To congregate means to come together in a group or an assembly, particularly in large numbers, derived in part from the Latin root grex, meaning crowd or flock. While the physical act of congregating is currently and foreseeably off the table, the power and READ MORE.
05/07/2020