The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/author/tony-peterson/page/5/)
If you could bottle the enthusiasm shown by 8-year-olds Kinsley Smith and Patrick Wheeler over the food scrap collection program they took part in last year at Spaulding Elementary School and apply it to other town issues, solutions could become much less intimidating.
Established sellers say that buying refurbished electronics can save you hundreds of dollars, up to 70%, compared to new ones.
Tickets for Hilltop Farm’s third annual Oktoberfest will go on sale August 1, according to event manager Joe Gervascio.
The town’s sustainability initiatives and plans are flourishing mid-year.
Second Chance shop has donated more than $100,000 to its parent nonprofit, The Village for Families & Children in Hartford.
It’s 10:15 a.m. on a chilly Friday in April as George Rodgers climbs 50 steps on four worn staircases, most at right angles to one another, to reach the tower clock in First Church on High Street in the center.
When you throw your food scraps into the town dumpster at 42 Ffyler Place, you free up landfill space and prevent destructive methane gas from entering the atmosphere.
There’s something about a couple who’ve been married 37 years, have worked together for 34 in a tough business and sit shoulder-to-shoulder, laughing and joking while being interviewed.
For Mark Pillsbury, hearing the constant complaints about muscle aches and the need for physical therapy from carpenters he managed after college pushed him to become a physical therapist.
If you have unused styrofoam coolers or packaging lying around that once protected your new TV, clothes dryer or other household products, take them to Gold Circuit E-Cycling in Agawam for free recycling. The facility is at 277 Silver Street, around the corner from Geissler’s on RT 75.