Churches
Free for Those in Need
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Part of the Food Share crew at the West Suffield Congregational Church pack up the autumn vegetables recently, so the truck from Hartford can head for its next stop
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.
History
A Moment in Time: Old Photos Invited from Our Readers
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Extravagantly decorated for Suffield’s Quartermillennial Anniversary celebration in 1920 is the house at 217 North Main Street now known as the Nathena Fuller House, a dormitory of Suffield Academy.
Organizations
Vintage Fashion Accessories Shown
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On December 7 and 8, come visit the King House Museum decked out in its Christmas finery for HolidayFest and showing an exhibit of vintage hats, bags and diverse other accessories which complemented the fashions of yesteryear.
Organizations
Come Enjoy the Silver Tea
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The West Suffield Village Improvement Association will host its annual Silver Tea on Saturday, December 7 from 1–4 p.m. at Academy Hall (1499 Mountain Road).
Government/Town
Controversial SPD Study Published
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The final report of a comprehensive study of the Suffield Police Department’s operation, initiated early this year, was distributed to the Selectmen and the Police Commission in October and published on the Town website at the end of that month. First Selectman Melissa Mack and Police Commission Chairman Kenneth Pascoe then called a joint special meeting of the Selectmen and the Commissioners on November 4 in the Middle School auditorium.About a hundred attendees were there.
Government/Town
Vets Day Observed
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Government offices on all levels were closed on Veterans Day, along with banks and the U.S. Post Office. Like most businesses, Suffield schools remained open, along with most other schools statewide, with the day’s significance to be discussed in classrooms and assemblies.
People/Business
Music is a Unifying Element
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Rituals at holiday times enrich all our lives, and Suffield has lots of them. None are more joyful than the Christmas Concert at the Second Baptist Church, which is scheduled for Saturday, December 14, at 3:00 p.m. (snow date December 15).
Suffield Community Aid
What’s happening at SCA this month?
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We are delighted to welcome Audrey Willis, M.S.W. as our new Outreach Social Worker. Audrey was most recently employed as a medical social worker.