Organizations

Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarships and Golf Tournament

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The Suffield Athletic Hall of Fame (SAHOF) is pleased to announce that the recipients of their 2019 scholarships are Sophie Lupone and Evan Mankouski. Each year since 2009, SAHOF has awarded scholarships to local student-athletes who are graduating seniors attending Suffield High School, or are residents of Suffield attending Suffield Academy. Sophie and Evan were both excellent students at Suffield High School who met the scholarship criteria, which includes treating people fairly, showing respect for everyone and displaying sportsmanship on the playing fields. To raise funds for these scholarships, as well as to help to defray the cost of the Hall of Fame induction ceremony that honors Suffield’s finest athletes and coaches, SAHOF will be holding the Fran Aniello Memorial Golf Tournament on Saturday, October 5. Fran passed away in 2015 after over 30 years as a basketball/golf/soccer coach and Athletic Director at Suffield High School.

Organizations

Hundreds Stomp for Alex

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Alex Scott is gone, a victim of childhood cancer. But her lemonade stands live on, raising funds to fight that vicious adversary, and a group of dedicated local women called Driving for a Cure held an event in Suffield on May 18 to support the cause. This year Driving for a Cure sponsored a Texas-style hoedown called Stomp Out Cancer. Like the first Stomp last year, a good crowd gathered at the Hatheway House Barn. Among those attending were Alex’s mother, Liz Smith, from Enfield, and Alex’s aunt, Sue Flynn of Suffield.

Schools/Sports

Suffield Film and Video Festival

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On Tuesday, June 11, the 19th annual Suffield Film and Video Festival was held in the high school auditorium. This year featured an exceptionally wide range of movies, including comedies, dramas, news features, animation, public service announcements (PSA), portraits, and more. A distinct feature of this year’s festival was the abundant works by two of our graduating seniors, Olivia Dalfino and Emily Fabrizi, who are pursuing film production and animation in college. Among Olivia’s works were the award-winning non-dialogue short Unmasked, the comedic Finding Love, and the striking artistic statement Self Portrait. Emily produced many diverse projects, including the comedies Cyber Pig and Equus Guido, along with her exceptional animated shorts Caesar Doo Where are You?, Baby It’s Cold Outside, and the genuinely accomplished and moving piece Cumo.

People/Business

New Brewery in Home Stretch

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In late May the proprietors of the Broad Brook Brewery hung a big banner in front of the long-delayed construction project on South Street, announcing BROAD BROOK BREWERY COMING SOON. The foundation, steel framework, and exterior sheathing had been largely completed by April 2018, when the stop-work order was issued. As the Observer reported in May 2019, work resumed after a year’s delay. Arguments about how to satisfy questions about the foundation’s stability had been settled with a plan including exterior backfill with expanded polystyrene foam to reduce earth pressure on the foundation walls, along with exterior buttresses. In the first week of June, many large slabs of the designated foam, one foot thick by four feet wide and up to ten feet long, were carefully stacked up along about 100 feet of foundation wall, with a total thickness of four feet.

Organizations

Summer Programs at Hilltop Farm by FOFAH

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There are a variety of new programs along with several familiar nature programs this summer at Hilltop Farm. These programs are designed to promote wellness and an understanding of the natural world. Check hilltopfarmsuffield.org/programs For details and prices, See you at Hilltop! Yoga at the Farm 

Sunday Yoga 9 a.m. weekly to September 29. All ages.

Organizations

Annual Farm Fest Weekend at Hilltop Farm

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It’s time that FOFAH begins the preparation of Hilltop Farm to host Farm Fest weekend with a dinner on Saturday and an agricultural festival on Monday, Labor Day. The Annual Harvest Dinner & Silent Auction is scheduled for Saturday, August 31. Dinner under the tent with friends and neighbors is a wonderful way to mark the beginning of autumn. The Silent Auction will offer a variety of food and beverages. This event is FOFAH’s primary fundraising event.

Schools/Sports

SHS Trivia Night

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Each school year the Suffield High School Chick-fil-A Leader Academy is challenged with completing an “Impact Project” to benefit the community and to practice their leadership skills. This year the group, made up of 30 sophomores and juniors, decided to put on a Trivia Night to benefit the Dustin L. Doyon Memorial and the Brianna Mailloux Scholarship funds. It was an incredibly successful night. The Trivia Night was held Friday, May 17 at 6 p.m. on the Suffield High School grounds. Twenty-one teams of six to eight people each consisted of mostly high school students, their parents, and three teacher teams – one from Suffield High School, one from Suffield Middle School and one from McAlister Intermediate School.

Schools/Sports

New Director of Special Services Appointed

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The Suffield Board of Education has selected Mrs. Diana Kelley to be the new Director of Special Services for the Suffield Public Schools. Diana comes to Suffield from the Glastonbury Public Schools where she has been a member of the Special Education department for the past eighteen years. She has served as their Director of Special Education since 2015. There were eleven applicants for the position, of whom four candidates were selected for interviews based on their previous work experiences. A search committee that consisted of Board of Education members, administrators, faculty, staff, and parents interviewed the candidates over a period of several weeks.

Schools/Sports

SHS Senior Walk

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Class advisor Tena Reiser leads the SHS graduating seniors on the annual senior walk through the corridors at Spaulding School, with high fives and greetings from faculty and students alike.