Farming/Nature
Rare Orchard Oriole
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Libby Lord Photography
Parks and Rec
Parks & Recreation Bowling Luau Was a Hit!
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The highly anticipated season end banquet for the Parks and Recreation Bowling Buddies and Bowling Buddies Jr. Group was held at Sunrise Park on Wednesday, May 15. The Pavilion was transformed into a “Tiki Hut” with our beach themed BBQ and Party.
Organizations
Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden Celebrates
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Please join us in celebrating the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden’s inclusion into an esteemed group on Connecticut’s Historic Gardens Day statewide celebration of Connecticut’s stunning historic gardens with special events and activities at Phelps-Hatheway.
Columns
Where in the World is the Observer?
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During a Baltic cruise, Diane and Dan Phelon stop with the Observer at the extraordinary Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, the major attraction in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Editorial
Get Involved Before It Is Too Late
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There are issues today in America that are happening and it scares me. It scares me because they are happening without our knowledge or consent.
Editorial
Measles – A Battle Report
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Connecticut has one of the nation’s highest rates of vaccination for the measles virus. Many of our State’s legislators, including Governor Lamont, have expressed serious concern with our State’s compliance rate.
Letter to the Editor
Connector Road
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An important issue that has troubled and eluded our town for many years is the lack of a connector road from Bradley International Airport to the Enfield-Suffield Bridge to divert traffic from Main Street. It is a proposal that I vigorously advocated as First Selectman, but I could not get traction at the time.
Organizations
Volunteer Listing Is Growing
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In the May, Observer issue, we published a partial list of local organizations that welcome volunteers. As we were reminded by readers, there are others that we did not include that are equally deserving of being recognized as fine places to volunteer – actually many, many, others.