Spring is about to start [When?], and the acorns in the woods on the hill above Norfolk Town Hall were getting an early start as seeds this past Thursday morning. Photo by Matt McDonald More...
The long-awaited Route 115 project is scheduled to begin Thursday, April 1. The project includes widening of the road, realignment of intersections, installation of sidewalks, and a new traffic signal at the intersection of Route 115 and Route 1A, among other things. More...
A selectman is proposing to allow multi-unit dwellings in the area of Old Town Hall on Main Street. Selectman Rob Garrity is touting a plan to allow four to eight units per acre and up to eight to 16 bedrooms per acre as a means of trying to jumpstart commercial development in Norfolk Center, which is known in the town’s zoning code as the B-1 District. More...
The King Philip community will hold a “Town Hall” forum from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23 at the King Philip High School Auditorium, 201 Franklin St., Wrentham.
The purpose of the forum is to raise awareness of the issue of underage drinking and substance abuse. More...
The Norfolk Fire Department remained constantly busy between 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 14 and 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16. During this time firefighters handled 49 incidents, including 28 water emergencies (flooded basements), six emergency medical transports by ambulance, an electrical fireat Pondville Corrections, and 14 other emergencies. 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.
Tuesday, March 23
6:30 p.m. The BeSmart Wellness Coalition is planning to present an Underage Substance Abuse Prevention 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. Also at St. More...
I teach 9th grade CCD at St. Jude Church and this week’s lesson was on the eighth commandment and honesty. Later at home, I thought of an old friend and what a train wreck his life became, his and others that is, over his lack of honesty. The following is essentially true; the names, locations, and some of the details have been massaged to protect everyone (especially me). More...
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Some of the local cast members in the Un-Common Theatre’s production of “13 - A New Musical.” Front row - Jill Proto (Norfolk), Alex Fullerton (Mansfield), Libby Pickard (Norfolk). Back row - Lexi Lieberthal (Wrentham), Emily Garven (Norfolk), Megan Choate (Wrentham), Bianca Porcaro (Wrentham). Not pictured - Maddie Myers (Norfolk). 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. More...
William C. Kneer, 84, of Medfield, died suddenly on Monday morning, March 15, 2010 at Caritas Norwood Hospital. Born in New York, N.Y., on December 21, 1925, he was the only child of the late William A. and Helen (Hensler) Kneer. Bill was a graduate of Eastside High School in Paterson, N.J., and then served with the Navy Air Corps during World War II. More...
Local Teens in Cast of “13 - A New Musical”