The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/2020/02/page/5/)
The Town of Suffield welcomes three new employees: John Spencer, Chief of Services for the Suffield Volunteer Ambulance Association; Alex Kaminski, Chief Operator of the Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA); and Francine Aloisa, Interim Director of Kent Memorial Library (KML).
With the new year, The Suffield Observer is bringing back the Suffield community calendar. This popular feature was eliminated several years ago because of the challenge of keeping the information up-to-date. The calendar is being reintroduced now as part of a cooperative effort with the Suffield Cultural Council, an informal group of community services and nonprofit organizations serving the Town of Suffield. Email SuffieldCuturalCalendar@gmail.com to submit future events to the community calendar.
If you have family heirlooms you’d like to preserve or display, join Suffield Historical Society members for a discussion on Wednesday, February 19, at the Kent Memorial Library at 7 p.m.
Once again, weather permitting, the Suffield Historical Society, Suffield Land Conservancy and Noble & Cooley Museum will host ice cutting on the Mill Pond in Granville, Mass. (Water Street) from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 1.
Some of the stores along Main Street were already closed in this circa -1966 view of the Town Center, looking south toward Bridge Street a few years before demolition for redevelopment. The large building at the right is the old Town Hall, vacant since 1963.
Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and
lightly annotated by Wendy Taylor of Kent Memorial Library.
BAfter talking to Ed Chase, it is easy to believe that he is somehow descended from all 30 of Suffield’s original proprietors. On his father’s side, Ed can count back to seven generations in America, tracing them from Hampton, New Hampshire, the Connecticut River Valley, Springfield and then Suffield. Ed’s longer Suffield bloodline comes from his mother’s side. She was a clear descendant of Anthony Austin, an original proprietor, and she was also a descendant of lots of other Suffield families. Marguerite Ford Chase, Ed’s mother, lived on what is now the Hastings Farm on Hill Street.
The following events are happening in February at First Church of Christ, An Open and Affirming Church of the United Church of Christ. Worship is held every Sunday at 10 a.m. All are Welcome! First Church is currently under renovations. Access and location of events are subject to change. Please call 860-668-7223 and leave a voicemail with any questions, concerns, or to RSVP for an event.
Many folks of a certain age may have owned a Walkman, but probably not an ear bud or two and they no longer spend much time with their hi-fi’s (if any such survive), but they still enjoy music. And when the December holiday season comes around, they delight in the opportunities in town to be part of great music. The seasonal music started this year with the Christmas tree lighting on the Green at the end of November, missed by this reporter, but it certainly must have included a carol or two, and the a cappella group “Time Was” performed at the Kent Memorial Library. First Church joined Second Baptist on Sunday morning December 8 for their “Advent Breakfast and Carol Sing,” and that afternoon a small contingent of hardy folks gathered in the unheated First Baptist Church for the very traditional carol sing there, followed by hot cocoa by the stove in the anteroom. On December 12 following a school concert, the Middle School Elite Singers visited that school’s Christmas Boutique for an impromptu concert.