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A town meeting is being planned for Monday, April 6, to act on a proposal to join the newly organized Northwest Resource Recovery Authority (NRRA) and other issues.

Work is resuming on construction projects mothballed during the months-long deep freeze that enveloped the Northwest Corner this winter, and another will get started soon.

The Rails to Trails Committee has finally received a general permit from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to construct North Brook Trail.

The Norfolk Nature Alliance is sponsoring a year-long initiative focused on creating habitat for pollinators.

Special education costs have gone down in the proposed 2026/27 budget, Botelle Superintendent Kevin Case told Board of Finance members during the board’s monthly meeting Tuesday.

Proposed text amendments for family campgrounds and accessory dwelling units, and a draft regulation addressing blight, absorbed the Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday night.

Northwest Connecticut sugarhouses may see a short season this year, according to Russell Russ, forester for Great Mountain Forest (GMF).

In keeping with State and Federal regulations on records retention and disposal, school officials plan to destroy the records of Special Education and 504 students who left or graduated from Regional School District No. 7, Barkhamsted Elementary School, Colebrook Consolidated School, Botelle School in Norfolk or Hartland School on or before June 30, 2019 or who were born before July 1, 2001. Read more.

Starting April 6, 2026, Mountain Road will be closed to through traffic in order for construction to begin on the Mountain Road bridge. The road will be closed from the ballfields to Westside Road. It is anticipated that work should be completed by December.

Northwest Regional School District No. 7 will present its Superintendent’s Proposed 2026-2027 Budget Presentation (updated 3/14/26) and Proposed 2026-2027 Working Budget Summary (updated 3/14/26) at the Botelle School Cafeteria on Monday, March 23 at 6:00 p.m. followed by a Special BOE Meeting. Copies are available at the Town Clerk’s office. Read more.

The Board of Finance will hold a Special Meeting on Tuesday, March 24 at Norfolk Town Hall at 7:30 p.m. Read more.

Certified lists of the Democratic and Republican Party endorsed candidates for the Town of Norfolk Democratic and Republican Committees-at-large are available on file in the office of the Town Clerk.