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.
People/Business
Big Crowd Rocks
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Well, few were moving hard to the music, but it was indeed a big crowd, estimated to approach 400, that came to hear – and watch – Trailer Trash. The popular band always draws crowds, mostly in Western Massachusetts and North Central Connecticut.
Farming/Nature
Well It’s About Time, Son!
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For most of the day on a weekend afternoon in late April, folks paused on the South Main Street sidewalk waiting for a mother bear and her cub to come down together from a big tree. Bears are not uncommon in the neighborhood, not far from large, wooded tracts, but they generally just amble through.
Government/Town
Special Flyover Caps Bridge Dedication
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Mother Nature smiled on Suffield Saturday morning, June 12, and the ceremony dedicating the new Remington Street bridge began in just a few drops of rain, which soon stopped. The bridge now honors and memorializes our town’s latest military casualty, Petty Officer Dustin L. Doyon, U. S. Navy, who died in the South China Sea when the destroyer John McCain was rammed by a Liberian tanker in 2017.
Government/Town
Memorial Day Well Observed
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The customary parade on May 31, if it hadn’t been cancelled because of the weather, would have taken a new route: down North Main Street from Russell Avenue instead of up Mountain Road from Ffyler Place.
People/Business
Shop Openings Delayed
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Clear Cut Solutions, a well-established local hair salon, had planned to reopen in new quarters when its location on Mountain Road was sold and reconfigured. But the popular shop was unable to remain in its planned new spot nearby in the lower level of the Webster Bank building because of the new landlord’s difficulty in satisfying building code requirements.
Government/Town
Plans Underway for Bridge Street Park
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The Bridge Street School site was graded and covered with new topsoil by late April, and the entire demolition region was hydroseeded by the end of that month.
Schools/Sports
Athletes Sign their Scholarship Commitments
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It’s been the custom for a number of years for The Suffield Observer to print individual photos of star athletes at Suffield High School with their parents (and sometimes coaches) when the happy winners are signing to accept their scholarships and promising to play in the sports where they have excelled.
Schools/Sports
Athletes Sign their Scholarship Commitments
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It’s been the custom for a number of years for The Suffield Observer to print individual photos of star athletes at Suffield High School with their parents (and sometimes coaches) when the happy winners are signing to accept their scholarships and promising to play in the sports where they have excelled.