April 30, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

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School Committee Looks Outside (Norfolk) Box For Superintendent

Former Sharon Superintendent Claire Jackson Named Interim Superintendent of Norfolk’s K-6 Schools
By Matt McDonald
The Norfolk School Committee went with outside experience over home cook­ing this week, selecting retired former Sharon superintendent Claire Jackson to lead the town’s elementary schools as in­terim superintendent starting in July. More...

Norfolk In Brief

Transfer Station Politicking To Remain, At Least For Now

Selectmen have decided not to change the town’s policy on polit­ical campaigning at the town’s landfill, after a flap in the selectman’s race last weekend brought the topic to the forefront. More...

Governor Coming To Norfolk May 15

Governor Deval Patrick plans to visit little Norfolk from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 15. More...

Fire Department Needs More Dough To Cover Cost Of Injuries

The town’s Fire Department will ask for a budget transfer to cover a shortfall in the sick leave budget this fiscal year, Town Ad­ministrator Jack Hathaway said. More...

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Announcements

Norfolk Firefighters Respond to Report of Smoke at Norfolk Arena

Contributed to The Norfolk Boomerang

Firefighters from Norfolk and Franklin re­sponded to 1 Dean Street, the Norfolk Arena, at 7:11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 28 for smoke reported in the building. More...

KPMS 7th Graders Participate in Math-A-Thon

Contributed to The Norfolk Boomerang

The King Philip community can help save lives by sponsor­ing the seventh grade students in the St. Jude Math-A-Thon to benefit St. Jude Children’s Re­search Hospital. More...

Stony Brook Announces May Programs

Contributed to The Norfolk Boomerang

Spring is in the air! Join us for these programs: More...

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Play Ball!

Photos by Matt McDonald

Under cloudless blue skies and amid pleasant temperatures in the 60s, baseball and softball players and coaches and parents participated in the annual Norfolk Baseball Parade on Saturday, April 24. More...

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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Religion in Norfolk

Religion In Norfolk

Editor’s Note: Norfolk has three churches and a fourth church con­gregation that uses the town’s library. Below are the regular sched­ules of church services for the church congregations in Norfolk. More...

Religion Near Norfolk

Editor’s Note: Religious congregations near Norfolk that have Nor­folk residents among their congregation are welcome to send list­ings of services by email to NorfolkBoomerang@gmail.com. More...

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Guest Columns

Candidates’ Corner

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth edition of this year’s version of Candidates’ Corner. More...

A Panoply of Shaky Information

By William R. Crane

The pollsters have been busy of late. The well-respected Pew Research Center recently released a poll that reveals nearly 80% of Americans have little faith that the bureaucracy can solve our nation’s problems. More...

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Meetings

Meetings

The following are 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. More...

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Obituaries

Jane K. Potter, 80

Jane Larner (Elliott) Potter of Attleboro, formerly of Norfolk, MA, died peacefully Friday, April 23, 2010 at her home in Attle­boro. Jane was born January 8, 1930 in Win­ooski, Vermont. More...

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