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Water, Water Nowhere
A hit-and-run accident may be responsible for a water main break this past Tuesday that disrupted water service to about 20 homes on Boardman Street and to Freeman-Centennial School, the town’s public works director said. The water main broke at about 11:09 a.m. Tuesday, and water service wasn’t restored until after 6 p.m., according to town officials. More...
Walgreens To Get Occupancy Permit
Stop & Shop Backs Down on Roadway, Agrees To Finish It This Year
By Matt McDonald

After initially balking, Stop & Shop Supermarket Com­pany has committed to finishing Liberty Lane and Meeting House Road this year, paving the way for the new Walgreens to open this spring. More...

One More Week

We have extended the free period of access to the web site of The Norfolk Boomerang, through Thursday, Febru­ary 25, while we continue to work out the kinks. In the meantime, check out: www.NorfolkBoomerang.com More...

Happy Birthday, George

George Washington, our nation’s first president, turns 278 on Monday, February 22. Don’t look for a holiday, though; that was last Monday. More...

Happy Birthday, Norfolk

The town of Norfolk turns 140 on Tuesday, February 23, the date the Massachusetts Legislature incorpo­rated the town. The Norfolk Historical Commission is sponsoring an event next week to provide information about the forma­tion of the town. A narrated slideshow of the town’s centennial celebration of 1970 is also planned for the event, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. More...

 Norfolk In Brief
• Selectmen Mulling Local-Option Meals Tax For Norfolk
Selectmen are considering asking Town Meeting to implement a local-option meals tax on restaurants in Norfolk, which would bring the total tax up to 7 percent. The tax would bring in an estimated $60,000 a year to the cash-strapped town government. But a local restaurant owner said this week he’s wor­ried about the effect increased taxes are having on wait staff. More...
• Police: Driver In King Street Collision Was Drunk
• Police: Valentine’s Day Dispute Turns Into Road Rage
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 Happenings
• Activities At The Norfolk Senior Center
BINGO - Bingo is held every Monday at 1 p.m. Donation is 60 cents per card. Callers are Lucy Gifun, Marina Haley, Charlotte Howard, and Betty Ray. Trea­surer is Dot Callahan. All money is returned as prizes. Note: No bingo February 16th . BRIDGE – Bridge is played every Tuesday at 10 and Thurs­day at 1 p.m. More...
• Planning Under Way for KP All-Night Graduation Party
• Art Exhibit at Norfolk Library
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 King Philip Sports
• Norfolk Lions Youth Soccer Registration
Norfolk Lions Youth Soccer is now accepting registrations for the Spring 2010 Season. Registration will be online only. Norfolk Lions Youth Soccer is open to boys and girls age 3 years (by September 1, 2009) through 12th grade. All games are played in Norfolk on Sunday afternoons but you do not have to live in Norfolk to join in the fun! More...
• Norfolk Warriors Baseball Team Will Play in Cooperstown
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 Religion in Norfolk
• Religion In Norfolk
Editor’s Note: Norfolk has three churches and a fourth church congregation that uses the town’s library. St. Jude’s is planning to offer confessions from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays during Lent, part of the Archdiocese of Boston’s “The Light is On For You” program. The regular confession schedule of 4 to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays also continues. More...
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 Publisher for a Day
• Publisher for a Day
Thin Ice
Have you ever watched Olympic figure skating for the skill, the artistry, the technique, the dizzying spins and the soaring jumps, the fluid movements and imaginative interpretations? Me neither. If you’re like me, there’s one thing that’s highest on your agenda when it comes to Olympic-level figure skating: the spills. More...
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 Guest Columns
• Column Shift
Icy Clean
Q. Pete M. submitted this story and question: “A funny thing happened to a guy at the plant this week. He’s as crazy about cleaning his car as anyone I’ve ever met. He just got a new Nissan SUV, and he washed it twice the first day he got it home. It was 2 degrees that night and the next day he broke the handle trying to pull it open because it was frozen. More...
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 Announcements
• Reminder From The Town Concerning Dog Licenses
MGL C140 §137 requires all dogs six (6) months of age or older, be li­censed annually. The Town of Norfolk General Bylaw requires this process to be completed no later than March 1 each year. LATE FEES: Dog owners whose pets are not licensed by March 1st are subject to a $50 fine, and additional violations imposed by animal control thereafter. More...
• How To Reach The Norfolk Boomerang
• Good Papers Still Available
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 Meetings
• Meetings
The following are some meetings that were posted or announced recently. Boards and committees can schedule meetings, cancel meetings, or alter the starting times of meetings on relatively short notice. Norfolk Town Hall is at One Liberty Lane in Norfolk Center. Saturday, February 20 8 a.m. More...
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 Beacon Hill Roll Call
• Beacon Hill Roll Call
Beacon Hill Roll Call Volume 37 - Report No. 6 Monday, February 8 through Friday, February 12, 2010 Copyright © 2010 Beacon Hill Roll Call. All Rights Reserved. THE HOUSE AND SENATE. More...
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 Obituaries
• article has image Richard E. Desjarlais, 84
Richard Edmund Desjarlais, a longtime Littleton died Tues­day evening, February 16, 2010 at Leominster Hospital in Leom­inster. He was 84 years old. He was born April 1, 1925. He grew up in western Massa­chusetts, one of four sons and two daughters born to Frank and Stella (Veautraine) Desjarlais of Chicopee. More...
• article has image Deanna Bea (Ficksman) Batstone, 66
• Christine M. (Atkinson) Fitzgerald, 46
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