Government/Town

Celebrate with Flowers

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The Connecticut Rose Society dedicated their display at this year’s Flower & Garden Show in February at the Connecticut Convention Center to all the farms, residents and the town of Suffield on our 350th Anniversary.

Government/Town

Town Hall Planning Continues

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The manner of financing the planned renovations to the Suffield Town Hall has been under study by the Town administration. As reported in last month’s issue, part of the $5.13 million voted by the Town in 2015 has been spent in architectural studies and other pre-construction payments.

Schools/Sports

Aces High Rides High Again

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Aces High, Team 176, the Suffield/Windsor Locks team in the FIRST Robotics Competition, attended its first meet in Waterbury on the first weekend of March and things just couldn’t seem to go wrong. This was a New England regional qualifying meet that Aces High hoped would start them on the road to the World Championship in Detroit in late April.

Schools/Sports

The Sound of Silence

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This year’s public production of the customary spring musical at Suffield High School was cancelled at almost the last minute by the Town’s bold, understandable response to the national emergency – among other closings, the COVID-19 pandemic had silenced The Sound of Music.

Government/Town

Farmland & Open Space Preservation in Suffield

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In 1999, Suffield through its Planning & Zoning and Conservation Commissions established a 10-year goal to preserve 55% of the Towns residentially zoned land as open space, or 13,445 acres.

Library

A Fond Farewell

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Just a few months ago I was writing to introduce myself as the Interim Library Director for the Kent Memorial Library. And now that a new director has been hired, I am saying goodbye to the library and Suffield once again.