Town Notices

A District Meeting of Regional School District No. 7 will be held on Monday, May 5, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in the Roberta S. Ohotnicky Little Theater at the Northwestern Regional School in Winsted, Connecticut to accept the annual budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1025. Read more.

The Town of Norfolk, Board of Selectmen and Fire House Building Committee, hereafter referred to as “Owner”, is requesting proposals from a professional construction manager at risk (CMR) firm who also possesses owner’s project manager (OPM) experience in overseeing all aspects of the construction of the new Norfolk fire house, hereinafter referred to as “the Project”. The CMR will provide comprehensive project management services for the construction, site improvements, transition to occupancy and close out phases of this project to be funded through multiple funding sources.

The full Request for Proposals (RFP) may be downloaded here.
Click here for Schedule A, Fee Proposal.
Click here for Schedule B, Schedule of CM Services.
Click here for Schedule C, General Conditions Staffing.

Proposals are due Sept. 16, 2024, at 2:00 p.m.

Get a reflective house number for free! Courtesy of a recent grant, the NVFD will provide any Norfolk resident with a blue number sign to make it easier for them to find you in an emergency. Call, email or text Sandy Evans (860-866-7923/sandy.whitingmills@gmail.com) with your name and street address. There is no cost for this service.

Everyone, please be aware of all the construction work taking place on Maple Avenue. Pedestrians and dog walkers are especially asked not to go through the remediation area. For your own safety and the safety of the workers please give them the space to work.

In keeping with state and federal regulations on records retention and disposal, school officials plan to destroy 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, 2018, or were born before July 1, 2000.

Such records may be needed for Social Security benefits or other purposes.  The destruction is scheduled to take place after July 1, 2025.

Anyone wishing to review his/her records or obtain the original may do so by calling Quentin Rueckert, Director of Shared Services, at 860-379-8583, before June 4, 2025.

The Norfolk Fire Department is offering information on the Knox Box, a device that offers an additional level of security for those with older parents who are not perfectly mobile or persons who live aIone. The Knox Box allows easy access for first responders and tracks who uses the key. Get product specifications and information about cost by emailing Norfolkfirect@gmail.com or clicking here.

The Town of Norfolk’s 2022-2027 Housing Plan adopted on December 1, 2021 is available to review here.