The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/author/lester-smith/page/21/)
When the 102nd Army Band of the Connecticut National Guard came to town, concertgoers at Suffield High School on October 19 were greeted outside the auditorium by a jazz group, a talented sub-unit of the band. That nice surprise was a good start to what turned out to be a top-notch concert.
Suffield has joined with five other towns to support periodic disposal of household hazardous waste, and our first participation took place on Saturday, November 9, at the Simsbury public works facility on Town Forest Road in that town.The set-up there turned out to be very satisfactory and easy to find, though it did take this reporter about 45 minutes and over 16 miles to drive there from Suffield Center. Just like previous disposal events in Suffield, the first stop was for information and ID verification.
No deadline date had been announced at press time, but current occupants of Suffield Town Hall were getting ready to move to their assigned “swing space” so renovation work can begin. Contractors QA&M and Gilbane say that planning is on schedule; conceptual drawings have reached the point where construction drawings began in mid-November.
Paula Pascoe, who runs the Suffield Mini Bus program as well as the Senior Center, welcomed the arrival of Mini Bus No. 19, which would allow No. 16 to be retired soon, and the fleet will stay at its customary three buses and three sedans.
The Mac Farm on North Street provided plenty of pumpkins on Saturday, October 26, when West Side Auto & Tyre hosted a Trunk or Treat event at their service center on Mountain Road in West Suffield Center. SSU Photo from Enfield brought a Haunted Trailer photo booth, Suffield Police Officer Terry Antrum had a decorated cruiser with candy, and even the Suffield Animal Control Officer dropped in.
By the end of September, the last visible task of the Connecticut DOT’s East Street paving project appeared to be complete. That was the task of rebuilding the little black-topped traffic island at the Enfield-Suffield bridge traffic light, separating northbound cars from left-turning traffic off the bridge.
For the second time this year, a Suffield High School graduate has successfully completed the 31-week certification program at the Hartford Police Academy. Kristina Miner, daughter of Don and the late Deb Miner, celebrated her new graduation along with 28 fellow graduates at an impressive ceremony October 11 in the Aetna auditorium.
Site preparation is under way for a subdivision at 414 East Street South, three-quarters of a mile south of Bridge Street. The 40-acre parcel is on the east side of the highway, and about half of the land will be left undeveloped.
Remember that sand pit story about citizens’ action out by South Pond? Troubled residents got together in 2014 to stop a dormant sand pit operation on Lake Road from reopening.
By State regulation, Connecticut towns that have sanitary sewer systems must get their pipes cleaned and checked every five years. So the Suffield Water Pollution Control Authority contracts with Green Mountain Pipeline Services, a Bethel, Vt. company that specializes in servicing pipes of all kinds.