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.
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.
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.
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.
