Government/Town
Planned Sidewalk Questioned
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A public information meeting on the proposed new sidewalk connecting the north end of Main Street with neighborhoods to the east was held on August 10.
Government/Town
A Few Tweaks Left at Town Hall
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All of the Town Hall personnel settled into place over spring and summer, and the large and small conference rooms have been put to use variously.
Organizations
Ice Cream, Friends, Music: All Great
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Paul Kulas entertains with his saxophone during the Suffield Historical Society’s traditional ice cream social on August 17. During a fortunate break in the rainy August weather, a good crowd enjoyed the sociability, the free ice cream and toppings, and the kids frolicking on the grass at the King House Museum.
People/Business
Class of ‘46 Meets Again
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The Class of 1946 at Suffield High School held reunions every five years for quite a while.
People/Business
Bank Décor Updated
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The newly revealed look of Suffield’s PeoplesBank branch is new indeed!
Organizations
A Happy Juneteenth Celebrated in Suffield
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In The Suffield Observer’s September issue, Liz Warren, a leader of Suffield ABAR, wrote passionately about the significance of Juneteenth, the day chosen by African-Americans to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States — the day in 1865 when the last slave state, Texas, got the news that the Civil War was over, and President Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation became the enforceable law of the land. The news was delivered militarily when General Gordon Granger and his men marched into Galveston to be sure that the Texas army, which had successfully freed the state from Mexico, would understand that the Confederacy’s General Lee had surrendered to General Grant in April.
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.”