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For most of her life, Betty Arnold has lived in Suffield. Hers is one of four Black families who live on Kent Avenue. In years past, Kent Avenue and Ellison Street were where many Blacks lived, all within a half mile or so.
Edmund Morgan, a noted local farmer, was featured in an extensive article in a November 1, 1957 article in Ebony Magazine. In the same year, he was feted by the town for 59 years of service to the community.
East Street School had two rooms. It served the community from lower Thompsonville Road to River Boulevard.
1. Suffield currently boasts one of the highest concentrations of farmland in the state. What is the percent of active farmland in the town?
A Hadley chest is presently on display at the King House Museum, which is expected to open in May. It is not an antique. Created by Jim Kent, it is a copy of a Hadley chest the King House once owned.
Sunrise Park offers a variety of recreational activities. Which one of the following is not available at the park?
In May 1937, Florence Egan and her Bridge Street School classmates marveled at the Hindenburg dirigible when it flew over Suffield on its fateful voyage to Lakehurst, New Jersey, where it burst into flames. “It was so close, we felt we could touch it.”
The COVID-19 virus is pushing many volunteer ambulances to the brink: some have ceased operations because of lack of funds and volunteers. Fortunately for our town, the Suffield Volunteer Ambulance Service is financially healthy with plenty of supplies and volunteers.
The King House has an extensive collection of Suffield postcards donated by Lester Smith. American postcards were first in print around 1873. The “Golden Age of American postcards” peaked in 1910 but ended by 1915, although postcards are still sent from vacation destinations. Postcards were, at first, mostly printed by
In the October issue of the Observer, I wrote that Brittani Burke, a June graduate of the Suffield Agriscience program, had won two awards. Now she has won a third award, the prestigious Eastern Regional Star Farmer Award, which represents an area from Maine to West Virginia.