March 5, 2010 RSS feed / Norfolk In Brief

Expect An Override Request

Selectmen will likely ask voters for an operating budget override of Proposition 2 ½ this spring. That’s because selectmen consider likely cuts that would have to be made without an override to be unaccept­able. More...

Police: Shotgun-Wielding Man Gets Year In Jail In Domestic Incident

A 34-year-old man whom police say beat up his live-in girlfriend and then barricaded himself inside their home at 6 Priscilla Avenue with two shotguns in November was sentenced to a year in jail this week, police said. More...

School Buses Pinched For Running Stop Sign

Norfolk police stopped three school buses and several other ve­hicles for running the stop sign on King Street at Union Street this past Wednesday afternoon. More...

Open Meeting Law Seminar In April

Town officials are inviting all members of town boards and committees to a free seminar on changes to the state’s Open Meet­ing Law that take effect July 1. More...

Selectman’s Race On

It’s official: There’s a race for Nor­folk Board of Selectmen. Challenger Scott Bugbee returned nomination papers with signatures this week to qualify for the ballot. More...

Potholes Appearing

Norfolk police have gotten several complaints over large potholes that have appeared on town roads recent­ly. At 6:41 p.m. February 24 a driver reported a pothole on Main Street on the way to Walpole. More...

Name This School

The Norfolk School Committee plans to solicit names for the new elementary school that is to replace Freeman-Centennial School. More...

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