People/Business
They Come in All Sizes
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Encountering each other at Highland Park on a sunny Saturday afternoon, these two disparate canines look each other over warily.
Government/Town
Assessor Filing Deadline
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The Assessor’s Office would like to remind homeowners that the filing period for the State Elderly/Disabled Homeowner’s Tax Relief Program will end on Wednesday, May 15.
Organizations
Survivor Journeys Host 2nd Annual Cancer Survivorship Workshop
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Survivor Journeys, a community based support network of professionals who provide free services to cancer survivors and caregivers in western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut, is hosting its second annual workshop on Saturday June 8, at Max’s Tavern Conference Room in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield.
People/Business
Star Award goes to Craig Cooke
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Craig Cooke, a Suffield resident, has been named the 2019 Outstanding School Superintendent by the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education Alumni Board. Cooke was recognized on March 16 at the Neag School’s 21st Annual Alumni Awards Celebration in Storrs, Conn.
Organizations
Polish Heritage Meeting
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The Polish Heritage Society will meet on Wednesday, May 1, at 10 a.m. at the Suffield Ambulance Center.
History
A Moment in Time: Old Photos Invited from Our Readers
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The Cannon Hotel, pictured here in about 1920, was located on what is now Old Mountain Road, with a dock on Middle Pond in back. There’s a home on the spot now.
People/Business
Star Award goes to Nadine Barletta
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Nadine Barletta of Windsor Federal Savings in Windsor, Connecticut, attended the American Bankers Association’s (ABA) Emerging Leaders Forum on April 1 in Washington, D.C.
History
100 Years Ago in Suffield
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Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Wendy Taylor of Kent Memorial Library, who is expanding her considerable abilities in historical research.
Government/Town
Town Hall Contractors Selected
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As reported last month, the bid requests for renovating and slightly expanding the Suffield Town Hall were published in late February, with a response date of March 21. Seven architects and three construction contractors responded and participated in the mandatory walk-through. When the bids came in, five architect firms and two contractors had responded. At their April 4 meeting, the Permanent Building Commission reviewed the seven colorful proposal booklets and evaluated the bidders’ qualifications, using an evaluation system Chairman Joe Sangiovanni had developed in connection with the proposed Community Center project some years ago. The system requires the commissioners to assign numerical scores in a number of relevant categories; then the scores are weighted by a relative importance factor for each category and combined to obtain an overall score for each bidder.