The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/2020/04/page/6/)
I have been involved with The Suffield Observer for many years. During that time, it’s not unusual to hear comments from people working on the paper, as well as from citizens in town, saying the paper is too liberal; I wish the paper would be more middle of the road or conservative.
For years, Suffield has worked at trying to build a community center in Suffield. As early as 1995, the town studied how this might be done. In 2002, the town created the Community Center Steering Committee, chaired at that time by Tim Reynolds, to plan and implement the construction of a new indoor recreational facility. Over time, committees were created, studies were made and proposals were presented to the town both in 2003 and then again in 2014, but nothing ever stuck until 2015, when the town finally voted to convert Bridge Street School to a community center. The expectation, of course, was that this project would see fruition.
Members of the Suffield Garden Club are especially busy at this time preparing for their annual May Market to be held at the Hatheway Barn in Suffield. The date for this event is May 16, the weekend after Mother’s Day. Members will be making unique items for gardens and gardeners. A variety of potted plants from their own perennial gardens will be offered as well as teacup floral arrangements, hanging floral baskets and gift items for that special person. Unexpected treasures can be found at our Collectible Booths.
There wasn’t much left at the Suffield Country Club on the morning after the 1932 New Year’s Eve fire.
For several years, the bridge that carries Remington Street over Stony Brook has been considered by the State to be functionally obsolete. It was not structurally inadequate, but by modern standards it seemed too narrow and requiring too sharp a curve in the west side approach. The bridge has an interesting history, as it was constructed without a special appropriation about 40 years ago when First Selectman Earl Waterman, serving as supervisor of the Town Highway Department, chose to save money by having his crew set four large box culverts in the brook, side by side, each staggered a bit to accommodate his new bridge’s skewed alignment over the brook. The three spots where the culverts met created three piers, which were troublesome when tree limbs and other debris lodged against them, causing some upstream flooding during high brook flow. But for many years, Town crews cleared the blockages and the bridge survived increasing complaints about its width and poor visibility around the curve.
As I’ve read the Observer over the years, I have noted that it has become more of an opinion vehicle than an objective source of information.
The Assessor’s Office would like to remind elderly and disabled homeowners that the filing period for the state and local benefit program will end on Friday, May 15.
On the fourth weekend of February the walls of Suffield Middle School’s Sisson Auditorium bulged with delighted applause and laughter as a great bunch of enthusiastic students presented Peter Pan, Jr.
Included in this issue, you will see a Letter to the Editor from Michael Stevens, regarding his perception, undoubtedly shared by others, that too many articles, editorials and cartoons demonstrate a negative tone, particularly in respect to our First Selectman.
