Library
Kent Memorial Library Project Update
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The 2017-2018 Town budget approved on May 10 with little opposition by a very small fraction of the eligible voters (about two percent) included $408,000 in “Capital Expenditures” for the library.
People/Business
New Animal Hospital Opens on South Street
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The big, new sign went up at the end of February in front of the River Valley Animal Center on South Street, and after two more months of finishing work, Dr. Mohan Sachdev held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting on May 1.
Schools/Sports
Countering Bullying Discussed
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Dr. Jo Ann Freiberg of the State Department of Education has spoken in Suffield twice before: at a forum in February 2011 with a sparse audience of parents and at a lecture in August that year to the entire Suffield teaching corps – in the morning for Spaulding and McAlister staff and in the afternoon for Middle and High.
Schools/Sports
Students Battle Over Books
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Suffield Middle School Librarian Dan Spada came to our town from the Illing School in Manchester two years ago, and he brought with him a reading incentive event he had administered successfully there.
People/Business
Sand Pit Postscript
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The court decision reported last month, restoring the Zoning and Planning Commission’s 2014 approval of reopening the Lake Road sand pit, required that the road be relocated onto previously excavated land, with the implication that permission for residents’ use of the road would continue.
Organizations
New Group Has Been Busy
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Suffield has seen a lot of blue recently, through the vigorous efforts of an admirable pair of young parents who are helping make the world a more hospitable place for individuals on the autism spectrum, especially for children.
Organizations
Fashions Shown for Congamond
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Citizens Restoring Congamond, the two-town organization that works to improve and maintain the water quality and surroundings of the three beautiful ponds, held its spring fashion show on April 27 at The Cove in Southwick (formerly The Brass Rail).
Farming/Nature
Bald Eagle Healed, Released
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The Suffield Police Department posted information that an injured bald eagle had been noticed in early April by some construction workers in town, who reported their discovery.
Government/Town
Intern Helps Update SPD Forms
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Among the continuing improvements at the Suffield Police Department, one task is being done by an intern from Manchester Community College (MCC).
Library
Library Project Update, Plans Coalesce
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Suffield’s Permanent Building Commission regularly meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month, but they added a special meeting on April 12 to hear consultant Robert May describe the plans now beginning to take shape for remediating the PCB contamination at Kent Memorial Library.