Organizations
Rinse, Repeat- Online Edition Only This Month
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Once again, the pandemic precludes production of a printed edition for June 1. But we are making plans, and hope to resume printing, beginning with July and August editions.
Organizations
Enfield Loaves & Fishes Announces $25,000 Grant from the James M. Cox Foundation
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The local soup kitchen continues to provide nourishment to hungry citizens during time of increased need.
Food for Thought
Food For Thought
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“A diet rich in fruits and vegetables plays a role in reducing the risk of all the major causes of illness and death,” – Walter Willett
Government/Town
Ready for a Thank-You Parade
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This rather stiff old couple has been sitting in their buggy next to Mountain Road for several years, but recently they’ve been dressed up for a COVID-19 health worker appreciation parade.
Government/Town
Town Services Honor Local Health Workers
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In another big parade, Suffield first responders assembled an impressive array of ambulances, fire engines, police cars and highway department trucks and drove slowly past Suffield by the River, then up the private connecting road and back past the full length of the Suffield House nursing home in a loud and bright demonstration of appreciation for the hazardous duties of the health care workers.
Government/Town
Remington Street Bridge Update
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It seems like a slow process, but progress has been made. The shifted roadway (to broaden the curve) has been given its base coat of asphalt, and the old sewer pipe bridge and the pedestrian bridge are both gone.
People/Business
Sonny’s Parade
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On a rainy Wednesday evening October 6, Sonny Osowiecki was celebrated for his recovery from emergency heart bypass surgery in April and honored for his recent retirement after 38 years of significant service in the Suffield Volunteer Ambulance Association.
Government/Town
Can You Silly Walk?
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An interesting pair of signs were planted in mid-April next to the sidewalk at the end of Kent Avenue. They marked the boundaries of a twenty-yard stretch along the sidewalk where a pedestrian’s behavior must conform to a prescribed conduct.
People/Business
Flash Parade Welcomes Patty Home
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Flash mobs and flash parades are products of twenty-first century digital technology and the social media it enables, and Suffield is certainly enjoying the parades, if not (yet) the mobs.