Farming/Nature
A Bee’s-eye View
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Honey bee collects pussy willow pollen.
Government/Town
Traffic Signal Project Slowed by Weather
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The State Department of Transportation’s project updating the traffic signals in the town center resumed in late January when an “above ground” crew from NY Conn, the DOT’s contractor, came to continue the work their “in-ground” crew had done in late September through October.
Suffield Community Aid
What’s happening at SCA this month?
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SCA staff is assisting CDC-eligible, older residents in exploring their options for obtaining COVID-19 vaccine. Priority is given to those residents age 75+ and/or who do not have access to a computer.
Schools/Sports
McAlister Intermediate School Kids Make a Difference
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Concern for animals and, more broadly, the world, motivated Suffield resident Gianni DeLucco to take action. A McAlister Intermediate School third-grade student, Gianni formed a kids’ club in September 2020 named Bamboo Panda Protection, to benefit pandas and other wildlife.
Farming/Nature
Big Rabbit Gets His Mask
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The happy rabbit resting comfortably on a Taintor Street barn now wears his new, purple mask, properly protected from the pandemic.
Schools/Sports
STEM has been launched!
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This year the Suffield Public Schools has launched a brand-new STEM program for students in grades K-5, at both Spaulding Elementary School and McAlister Intermediate School. Within both buildings each class is provided with opportunities to visit the STEM lab.
Schools/Sports
Schools Continue to Provide Free Meals
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Suffield Public Schools began providing meals to all children 18 and under last March. By the end of June, we had provided almost 70,000 meals.
Schools/Sports
Meghan Signs for UHa
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With a happy smile behind her mask, Meghan Tillona signs her acceptance of the scholarship she was offered by the University of Hartford, where she will be a great asset to that school’s track team.
Schools/Sports
Suffield Academy Reduces Food Waste
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The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that Americans produce approximately one pound of food waste every day; this is equal to approximately four McDonald’s Quarter Pounders. Food scraps are the number one item found in landfills, and with such a large percentage of that waste being biodegradable, extremely high levels of methane gas and carbon dioxide are released, trapping heat in our atmosphere and contributing to global warming.
Director’s Corner
Welcome to our new hire
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In February, the Kent Memorial Library welcomed our newest hire, Wafaa Razeq, to fill our Reference Librarian position, which was vacant since March 2020.