Now and Then
Growing Up at 89
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Ordinarily I bypass the perpendicular pronoun. But wished happiness as I recently celebrated my 89th birthday, I thank in first person all happiness wishers!
Now and Then
Arts and Skills at Suffield by the River
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Sunshine celebrated Betty Dalgleish’s 93rd birthday. It ushered in one of Betty’s 16 great-grandchildren, “Addie-for–Adelaide,” her smallness and innocence a joy.
History
Polish Heritage Society
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The Polish Heritage Society was unable to meet in February due to weather conditions.
Now and Then
True False Alarm
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The false alarm in Hawaii sounded a real alarm nationwide. Accompanied by vulgar terms, it deepened our national communications crisis.
Now and Then
Short Days and Long Thoughts
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Within November’s first full week, we returned clocks to normal time, we voted, and we observed Veterans Day.
People/Business
He Served His Country, Now He Serves His Community
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Veterans’ Day holds a special place in Suffield’s heart. Townspeople have traditionally honored the day with respectful attendance, listening carefully to the prayers of chaplains and words of speakers.
Now and Then
Discovering America
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Writing on Columbus Day in 2017, we are searching for what is amiss. In 21st Century America, Second Decade, we probe uncharted and uneasy territory.
Now and Then
Where Were We in 1670?
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Southfield, the settlement on the southern border of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, joined Westfield and Northfield as satellites of colonial Springfield.
People/Business
Genarian is Not in the Dictionary. Yet.
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Many of my good new friends (GNF’s) are octogenarians and nonagenarians. At 102, dear Bob Hamel is chief centenarian.
Now and Then
What Goes Around: History
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Lithe, limber and apparently youthful, five or six white-robed and hooded figures distributed flyers at Suffield center one afternoon about 40 years ago.