October, 2019 - The Suffield Observer

Book Reviews

By Carol Martin and Peggy MacKinnon | October 28, 2019

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa & The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power

Unknown Soldiers

By Linda Rodger | October 28, 2019

Seventy-six years after his death, the government is still looking for my uncle.

Library Update

By Lester Smith | October 28, 2019

The library punch list grows shorter. That list of not-quite-finished items that typifies all significant building projects has happily lost some of its items; work continues on others.

General Programs

By Jackie Hemond | October 28, 2019

Friday, November 1: Barbara Coffin Holiday Art Show Reception and Sale at 6 to 9 p.m.

Children’s Programs

By Diane Morse | October 28, 2019

Harvest Fun for Kids at Kent Memorial Library: Families with children ages 3 – 9 are invited to Kent Memorial Library on Saturday, November 23, between 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. to celebrate the harvest!

Somewhere Towards the End

By Jackie Hemond | October 28, 2019

The title of this column comes from Diana Athill’s book, a memoir she wrote at 89. She wrote with wry humor of her life and what it is like to grow old and face death.

On Sunday, September 22, the Kent Memorial Library Foundation honored those who have made the new addition possible – not just those who have given money, but also those who have given generously of their time and energy.