Some town officials are inter­ested in encouraging a townhouse-style residential development at the eastern end of the town center busi­ness district, in the area of Old Town Hall. More...

Editor’s Note: Norfolk Public Library is at 139 Main Street in Norfolk Center. All places and addresses below that do not specify a municipality are in the town of Norfolk. More...

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...

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...

What are the odds that the investigators reviewing Amy Bish­op’s non-murder of her brother in 1986 and the telephone call that magically let her go pin the call on some dead guy? More...

Rob J. says: I drive a small car with a manual transmission. I always park it in gear (1st or Reverse) with the parking brake off. I do this because I’ve suffered from parking brake cables rusting stiff so they won’t release. I also fear that in the winter, water or slush that may have splashed onto the calipers could freeze them in contact with the disc. More...

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. Dog owners whose pets are not licensed by March 1 are sub­ject to a $50 fine, and additional violations imposed by animal control thereafter. Please let us know if you no longer have your dog. More...

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. Next week is February vacation for public schools, a time when many town boards and committees choose not to meet. More...

Beacon Hill Roll Call Volume 37 – Report No. 7 Friday, February 19, 2010 Copyright © 2010 Beacon Hill Roll Call. All Rights Reserved. THE HOUSE AND SENATE. More...

Gustaf E. Pearson, 94, a life­long resident of Norfolk, died at home on Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Born at 108 North Street in Norfolk, he was the fifth of six children of Martin and Florence Pearson, who came to Norfolk from Simrishamn, Sweden in 1900. Gustaf graduated from Wal­pole High School and studied to be an electrician at Wentworth College in Boston. More...