Government/Town
Enfield Bridge Repair Paused for the Birds
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Enfield Bridge repair and maintenance project paused during June to give falcon fledglings a chance to fly away.
Government/Town
New Traffic Signals Delayed
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Traffic signal delays awaiting the delivery of the special-ordered “ornamental Pedestrian Pedestal poles.” Eversource said, “Material delivery has been a challenge on many of our projects . . . due to the pandemic.”
People/Business
New Eagle Flies on Town Hall
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Early on the last Saturday of July, Art Diaz, president of Eagle Rivet Roofing, gave the town a new eagle for Town Hall.
Organizations
Chris Rode All the Way Again, Suffield Kids Ride Has Changed
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As he has for many years, Chris Nikolis rode his bike in the Pan Mass Challenge from the Suffield Green to Provincetown, Mass., raising support for the Jimmy Fund’s fight against cancer. He left the Green on August 8 this year, with good friends, young and not-so-young, there to see him off.
People/Business
Josh Rocks Best
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Josh Friend’s second big concert on the Green, continuing the series he’s offering free to celebrate the tenth year of his Suffield Music studio in Suffield, was held on June 23.
Organizations
Hallmark Comes to Suffield, Briefly
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A Hallmark movie production crew came to town for several days in July to shoot scenes at a selected location. Most of the action took place inside the Delvecchio house.
Organizations
Classics Attract at Hilltop
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A surprising duo sponsored an uncommon combination when the Friends of the Farm at Hilltop and Compound Lodge 28 of the Masons got together for a July 24 convocation of classic cars and classic motorcycles.
Organizations
Weather Smiles on Pride Rally
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On the Sunday a week after Juneteenth, some of the same folks and many more gathered by the bandstand at the Center Green to recognize Pride Month.
Government/Town
Special Flyover Caps Bridge Dedication
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Mother Nature smiled on Suffield Saturday morning, June 12, and the ceremony dedicating the new Remington Street bridge began in just a few drops of rain, which soon stopped. The bridge now honors and memorializes our town’s latest military casualty, Petty Officer Dustin L. Doyon, U. S. Navy, who died in the South China Sea when the destroyer John McCain was rammed by a Liberian tanker in 2017.
Government/Town
Memorial Day Well Observed
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The customary parade on May 31, if it hadn’t been cancelled because of the weather, would have taken a new route: down North Main Street from Russell Avenue instead of up Mountain Road from Ffyler Place.