The Lehan family of Stoughton, forbears of Norfolk selectman Jim Lehan, acquired this 1908 Buick Roadster when it was new more than 100 years ago, as described by John Goreham in his “Column Shi More...
Norfolk voters can decide Tuesday, June 22 whether to approve a $1,067,157 operating budget override of Proposition 2 ½ that would add about $284 in property taxes for a house assessed at $400,000. Selectmen set the date for a special election this week after voters at annual Town Meeting approved the override. The proposed override would add 71 cents per $1,000 assessed to property taxes. More...
0.75 % Tax To Take Effect July 1 in Norfolk Restaurants
By Matt McDonald
Going out to eat in Norfolk will cost a little more come July 1, as Town Meeting approved this week a so-called local-option meals tax that will add 0.75 percent to the state’s 6.25 percent meals tax at the town’s four restaurants. Town Meeting voted 92-32 to approve the local meals tax this past Tuesday night. More...
Norfolk town officials have decided to deficit spend the town’s snow and ice budget assuming there is no override for the coming fiscal year. The town nearly always spends more money than it appropriates for snow and ice removal, but town officials usually use money that has been appropriated but is unencumbered 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. May
Sunday, May 23
7:30 p.m. Norfolk Animal Control is sponsoring a Comedy Night at the Improv Asylum at 216 Hanover Street in the North End of Boston. More...
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.
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My friend and neighbor, Jim, has an interesting car. It is an ’08. It is in pretty good condition, although he bought it used. Normally, I write about cars, and a car will be play a part in this story. I’ll let you decide as you read along if that is what this is about. Let’s think a little bit about the year ’08. More...
Please save the date for the Town of Norfolk Casino Night Gala presented by the Norfolk Community League on Saturday, September 11, 2010, at the Four Points Sheraton in Norwood.
Dinner - Dancing - Silent & Live Auctions – Vegas-style gaming! This community-wide event is NCL’s largest fund-raiser to benefit the Town. Everyone’s invited! More...
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. Norfolk Town Hall is at One Liberty Lane in Norfolk Center.
Monday, May 24
6 p.m. Norfolk School Committee Town Hall, Room 124 More...
Joan Marie (Cunningham) Jarvis, 74, died Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at her home in Foxborough, surrounded by her loving family. Joan was born on May 30, 1935 in Boston. She was the daughter of the late William and Marion (Harrington) Cunningham.
She graduated from Roslindale High School in 1953. She and her husband John were married in West Roxbury on November 24, 1956. More...
Massachusetts Children’s Book Award at Freeman Centennial School