Farming/Nature
Perseids Meteor Shower
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The Perseids Meteor Shower will peak on the night of Aug 11 (approximately 11p.m.) until about an hour before dawn on August 12.
Government/Town
Survey Maps Now Easier to Find
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Suffield’s Assessor announced on June 9 the completion of a pandemic-long project to streamline access to older survey maps by adding the information to property cards. The undertaking involved over 4,700 maps.
Suffield 350th Anniversary Committee
Suffield Trivia
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The Connecticut River, restored from pollution by industrial waste and sewage, was designated as a(n):
History
Celebrate Polish Pride
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The Polish Heritage Society invites everyone of Polish descent to march with us in the town’s 350th Anniversary Parade on Saturday, October 9.
Organizations
Ice Cream Social
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The Suffield Historical Society will hold its annual Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, August 17, from 5:30-7 p.m. We look forward to seeing friends and neighbors once again after the year’s hiatus!
History
A Moment in Time: Old Photos Invited from Our Readers
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This photo of the old covered bridge to Enfield shows it viewed from the Suffield side, a few years after it closed to traffic when the new bridge at the end of Thompsonville Road was opened in 1894. The old bridge had opened in 1832 on the site of the 1808 uncovered bridge, which was the first bridge across the Connecticut River in Connecticut.
History
100 Years Ago in Suffield
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A thunder shower… brought refreshing rain… growing crops have made remarkable progress in the past twenty-four hours … The rain came too late to save the hay crop….
People/Business
Shop Openings Delayed
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Clear Cut Solutions, a well-established local hair salon, had planned to reopen in new quarters when its location on Mountain Road was sold and reconfigured. But the popular shop was unable to remain in its planned new spot nearby in the lower level of the Webster Bank building because of the new landlord’s difficulty in satisfying building code requirements.
Organizations
Editing at the Observer
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On June 13, I went to The Suffield Observer. For the first little bit Beth Chafetz walked me through how the paper gets made. After that, I got to edit three different articles.