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.”
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.