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Wilma’s Scoop Du Jour: Offering Cold Treats for 28 Years
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“I always wanted to own my own business,” recalled Mona Mastalisz when I visited recently.
The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/author/tony-peterson/page/3/)
“I always wanted to own my own business,” recalled Mona Mastalisz when I visited recently.
Scaling back after 25 years of interior and exterior house painting in Suffield, Jerry Hunihan had a message for town residents.
Suffield’s First Selectman’s office and The Friends of the Farm at Hilltop have begun planning the second annual Oktoberfest, scheduled for Saturday, October 7 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Hilltop Farm.
If what you expect from a used clothing boutique are flawless fashionable outfits, Second Chance Shop store managers Janeene Crane and Chris Rago are sure they know the formula.
The Suffield Second Chance Shop presented its annual donation.
“I secured a 90-day note from the bank for $10,000 and we were in business.” That’s how Jim Mather reminisced about starting JW Mather & Son Landscaping in 1975.
Are the plastic, metal, glass, boxes and paper you collect for curbside pickup being thrown out as trash at the recycling facility?
In 1987 Roland Dowd began buying antique homes in town, renovating them with his wife Barbara and selling them.
“We now carry local fresh milk and yogurt from Hastings Farm, home-made fudge and other products from Cupola Hollow Farm, honey from Hilltop Farm and freshly cut flowers from Julie The Garden Fairy,” says Jason Siemienkowicz who operates the Hilltop Farm Store and Creamery with his wife Crystal.
For a dozen years a mother and daughter team has managed the collectibles department at The Second Chance Shop, selling everything from a 135-year-old water pitcher to Beatrix Potter figurines to beer stein assortments.