In Memoriam
In Memoriam
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Ann Allison Gray 80 3/11 Mary Ellen “Meg”‘Schon 55 3/14 John Sidney Gifford lll 80 3/21 Peter F. Hryniewicz 87 […]
Organizations
Suffield Community Aid Services Available to ALL Residents During COVID-19
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It can be said that what is truly valuable only comes into focus during times of crisis. This is especially true of Suffield Community Aid (SCA) – your local safety net – and the Town of Suffield’s chosen partner to deliver vital resources.
People/Business
Ponies in the Front Yard
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Two interesting creations recently appeared in a front yard just a short distance off North Main Street. They were designed and constructed by Mary Calcasola, who has lived in Suffield for many years and moved to Russell Avenue not long ago.
People/Business
Need a Bike?
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Young Liam McCormick of Boston Neck Road is 10 and in the fourth grade at Newington’s Aerospace and Engineering Academy, but he handed me his business card as the proprietor of Liam’s Re-cycles.
People/Business
Westward Ho!
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Those lucky enough to be well and staying at home have turned to various things to stay engaged. My husband and I are watching Westerns. I couldn’t be more surprised! The solitary, tough, taciturn tall man-in-the-saddle image is an anathema to the kind of guy I like to see in the movies. But, for the moment, I am hooked.
It may be the vast landscape I can view on the screen – the plains, deserts and the towering buttes in Monument Valley. The vistas, so immense, majestic and eternal reduce the concerns of men to an inconsequential size. I like to see the bandannas worn around the neck instead of covering nose and mouth, except in the case of bad men. Unlike us, the cowboy hero is free to wander from place to place, fighting visible villains, instead of an invisible virus. Most of all there is a code of honor. The good guys have it, in spades. That is not to say that all Westerns have simple right and wrong plots, the best introduce some shades of gray.
Suffield Observations
This is our time to shine
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Thirty-five years ago, I worked in a mailroom at a company outside New York City. It was a busy job, but it afforded wonderfully long breaks twice a day where employees would drink coffee and chit-chat.
Government/Town
Town Hall Renovation Update
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Most of what has been happening recently in the Town Hall renovation project is being done by builder Gilbane and architect QA&M, who have been working toward the point where Gilbane can report a guaranteed maximum price for the work specified.
People/Business
A Quarantined Visit
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Observer columnist Mary Anne Zak, right, enjoys a visit from her daughter Sarah through the window of her room at Suffield House. They talk by phone.
Government/Town
Canal Trail Opens Early
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The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection decided to open the Windsor Locks Canal Trail a few weeks early this year in response to the viral emergency.
History
Suffield Suffered in the 1918 Pandemic
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What was called “The Spanish Flu” touched Connecticut in the spring of 1918, subsided, then returned with a vengeance in the fall. Unlike Covid-19, that pandemic hit children and able-bodied adults as well as old folks and those already susceptible, eventually killing over 8,500 Connecticans.