Norfolk held a parade and ceremony on Monday - Memorial Day -
honoring those who have died in military service to our nation. The parade began in
Norfolk Center and ended in the cemetery off of Seekonk Street, where the ceremony took place. More...
$180 Per Child in Norfolk K-6 Schools Starting in September
By Matt McDonald
The Norfolk School Committee is doubling the school bus fee to $180 per child for next school year.
The new bus fee is capped at two children per family, meaning a family with two or more children rising the bus would pay a total of $360 per year.
The increase in the school bus fee is expected to bring in an additional $30,000 next school year. More...
$250 Fee for Freeman-Centennial School Students To Play Instrument in School Band
By Matt McDonald
For the first time, parents of band students at Freeman-Centennial School will have to pay a fee for their children to participate. The new $250-a-year fee affects more than 200 students, or close to half the school. More...
A sign on the Main Street roundabout disappeared about as quickly as it went up shortly before Memorial Day, leading many residents asking why. The sign honored Christopher Bixby, a 37-year-old Norfolk man who died January 14, 2009 after going into the frigid Charles River not far from Norfolk Arena. 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.
Sunday, June 6
2 p.m. King Philip Regional High School plans to hold graduation in the gym at the high school, which is at 201 Franklin Street (Route 140) in Wrentham. 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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I have read many accounts written by prisoners interred in both concentration camps and the death camps. The most compelling accounts I have found, however, come from our own Army troops as they liberated these camps. A new book has just been published called The Liberators: America’s Witnesses to the Holocaust,
written by Michael Hirsch. More...
The Norfolk Lions in conjunction with a number of local organizations are in the final planning stages for the 18th annual Norfolk Community Day on June 12 at the Holmes Complex on 22 Myrtle Street in Norfolk.
Community Day events officially kick off at 11:30 a.m.; however, the annual Norfolk Community League road race will take place at 9 a.m. 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, June 7
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Yvette Marie (Perron) Jarvis, 41