Author: Town Clerk

A District Meeting of Regional School District No. 7 will be held Monday, April 20, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. in the Roberta S. Ohotnicky Little Theater at the Northwestern Regional School in Winsted, Connecticut to accept the proposed annual budget.

A Special Town Meeting was held on Monday, April 6, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. at Botelle Elementary School to consider and act on a resolution to appropriate funding for the Mountain Road Bridge replacement and purchase of a new plow truck, accept Haystack Woods Road as a public roadway and designate a Town Resource Recovery Authority. Read more

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 presented its Superintendent’s Proposed 2026-2027 Budget Presentation (updated 3/24/26) and Proposed 2026-2027 Working Budget Summary (updated 3/14/26) at the Botelle School Cafeteria on Monday, March 23, 2026. Copies are available at the Town Clerk’s office.

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.

Due to changes in the US Postal Service, mail can no longer be guaranteed to be postmarked on the day it is collected.  It is recommended that anyone mailing in tax payments close to the due dates to hand the letter to the postal worker behind the counter, and they can stamp it with the postmarked date.  Read more.

Old Colony Road remains closed to through traffic during construction. Signage has been placed on the Route 272 (North Street) end of Old Colony Road informing drivers that the road is closed for through traffic. Signage and barricades have been placed on the Route 44 end on Old Colony Road informing motorists that the road is closed.

This is in response to the numerous calls from concerned residents about the amount of traffic on Old Colony Road and the speed the traffic is traveling. The Norfolk Public Works crew has also experienced many near misses exiting and entering the driveway to the Public Works Department.