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When the Stonegate subdivision on North Main Street was approved by Planning & Zoning, the three existing homes on the property were to be preserved, and it was thought by many that the several farm buildings behind them, all within the Main Street Historic District, would survive as well.
Volunteer officers of the Suffield Fire Department assemble for a portrait on February 23 before Town Clerk Kathy Dunai swore them in to their new or continuing positions.
At the Observer’s press time, it was expected that construction of the multi-use trail running west along Mountain Road would begin on April 4.
On a sunny afternoon, August 7, 1982, a large contingent of Sheldons and related members of the Sheldon Family Association pose in front of the Capt. Jonathan Sheldon house.
The Friends of the Library are now using space at the Second Baptist Church, who is providing rooms in a generous discount lease.
Starting at the end of January, Asplundh, the multi-capable landscape maintenance company usually seen in town helping clear downed trees after past storms, was put to work by Eversource trimming and felling trees that would threaten their power lines in future storms.
As this report is being written, the newly-named Cafe Barista planned to hold a soft opening in the week of March 21. The Observer reported last April (page 10) that this welcome enhancement in Suffield Center would offer sandwiches and salads seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Its name now implies that a variety of coffee-based refreshments will be offered as well.
Two New York visitors touring Suffield on an unusual side-by-side tandem bicycle stop to chat with a native.
This year’s wild weather changes have offered opportunities as well as challenges, and four enthusiastic volunteers took advantage of a great Saturday, February 12.
Suffield Agriscience senior Aydyn Rodriguez speaks of how she benefited from her Supervised Agricultural Experience, a major element extending throughout the school’s four-year program.