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March 12, 2010  RSS feed

Time Marching On
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 14, which means this town clock at the second roundabout in Norfolk figures to spring ahead an hour in no time (practically) during the middle of the night. This photo was taken during this past Tuesday evening, around the time shown on the clock. Two of the clock’s four faces are visible. More...
Selectmen Considering 8 % Water Rates Hike
Board Stiffens Against New Water Superintendent
By Matt McDonald

Norfolk selectmen are considering in­creasing town water rates by 8 percent. It would be the first change in the water rates since July 1, 2007, when a new tier system was implemented that brought in less water revenue. The last in­crease, which was a doubling, took place in 2004. More...

Lisa Altham-Hickey Named Interim Principal of Freeman-Centennial
By Matt McDonald

Lisa Altham-Hickey has been named interim principal of Freeman-Centennial School starting next month. She is the current assis­tant principal at Freeman-Centennial School and H. Olive Day School. More...

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Wednesday, March 17 is the St. Patrick’s Day, the 1,550th anniversary of the death of the patron saint of Ireland. (That’s according to one theory as to the year he died, of several; there is no doubt about the date within whatever year it was, though.) More...

 Norfolk In Brief
• K-6 Superintendent: SACC Should Remain School Program
Norfolk Superintendent Don LeClerc said this week he is hoping to find a way to avoid privatizing the before-school and after-school program of the town’s elemen­tary schools, even though the program is losing money. As of the end of February, the School Age Child Care program was losing about $14,000, though school of­ficials hope the deficit will decrease as more payments come in. More...
• Credit Union Gets Year Extension On New Commercial Building
• Car Kills Deer On Hanover Street
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 Happenings
• Happenings
An Events Calendar for Norfolk
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...
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 King Philip Sports
• Local Group Participates In MS Walk For 10th Straight Year
This year a group organized by a Nor­folk resident will mark the 10th anniver­sary of its participation in Walk MS, the national fundraising event sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. More...
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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. Also at St. More...
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 Guest Columns
• The Case of the Vanishing Coolant
Tom M. asks: My daughter has a 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora. The low coolant light is constantly coming on and we are refilling the antifreeze tank. The problem is that there is never a puddle on the ground or any signs of a leak. The car has not overheated that we know of. What is going on? Missing antifreeze, or coolant, is actually a very common mystery. More...
• Aunt Amanda and the Tractor Salesman
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 Announcements
• Reception at Norfolk Library Will Honor Several Local Women
On Monday March 15 at 7 p.m. the Norfolk Public Library will host a reception to honor some of Norfolk’s women whose contributions helped to shape the town’s history. More...
• article has image Rachel Miller Makes Dean’s List at West Point
• Scholarship Fund Established In Honor of Edmund “Bud” Brabants
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 Meetings
• Foxboro Federal Savings to Hold Seminar for First Time Home Buyers
Foxboro Federal Savings will be holding a free seminar for first-time home buyers at their office in Foxboro on Thursday, March 25 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. This seminar features speakers and other local real estate experts to discuss the process of financing and the hom­eownership programs available requir­ing less than 20% down. More...
• Meetings
• Kindergarten Information Meeting at Day School
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 Beacon Hill Roll Call
• article has image Beacon Hill Roll Call
Beacon Hill Roll Call Volume 36 – Report No. 9 Monday, March 1 through Friday, March 5, 2010 Copyright © 2010 Beacon Hill Roll Call. All Rights Reserved. More...
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 Obituaries
• article has image Barbara Mae Leavens Latimer, 86
Barbara Mae Leavens Latimer died peacefully in her home in Centerville on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, surrounded by her four devoted daughters. She was 86. She was born August 27, 1923 in West Hyannisport. More...
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