A Scout Biking Adventure

In October, Suffield Troop 260 and sister Troop 262 went biking through the Blue Hills Reservation, located minutes from the bustle of downtown Boston. The reservation stretches over 7,000 acres from Quincy to Dedham and Milton to Randolph, providing a green oasis in an urban environment.

KML Gallery Features Two Artists

The Suffield Arts Council will present a wonderful display of fine art works by two of the area’s top artists. Viewers will enjoy a collection of paintings, created in a variety of media.

Kent Memorial Library Activities

This fall was a busy time at the Kent Memorial Library. In addition to a steady stream of patrons, the library hosted thirty-three programs in October.

Suffield History Tome Paints a Picture of Home

If every town has a story, then it stands to reason it must have a history. It is easy to dismiss the day-to-day happenings of a small town as inconsequential, but string those events together, and a picture develops of a place that people call home.

Preschool Celebrates Halloween

The Suffield Cooperative Preschool students and their families celebrated safely at the school’s annual Halloween Costume Party.

Book Review

The Lincoln Highway was a route that ran from the East Coast to California. This tale starts in Nebraska.

The Observer Visits McAlister

As part of the fifth-grade journalism unit at McAlister Intermediate School over the past three years, representatives from The Suffield Observer have been invited to speak to the students about what it takes to put together a monthly paper and how getting something written might actually happen. This year, on a beautiful October day, the fifth-grade students were gathered on the tennis courts behind the school to allow for social distancing and a speaker system was set up.