Editorial

At The International Geography Bee

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Last spring I participated in the Connecticut State Geography Bee in Newtown, Conn. and qualified for the Varsity International Geography Bee World Championships hosted in Berlin, Germany. This event brings together 32 of the top geographic minds in the world, hailing from six different countries. For months, I was looking forward to competing in this event and I studied for it every day. Upon my arrival in Berlin, I was escorted on foot late at night with my luggage, in the rain, to my hostel in the eastern suburb of Kreuzburg where all participants were required to stay.

Library

Correction

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In the Observer’s July-August issue, the knowledgeable enthusiast who was to lead the baseball trivia contest on August 9 was misidentified. He was Karl Cicitto, not Karl Cicotte. (Demonstrating his expertise, Mr. Cicitto advises that Ed Cicotte was one of the eight Chicago White Sox ballplayers banned permanently from Major League Baseball for throwing the 1919 World Series.)

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

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Lawrence C. Belliveau
June 7, Age 86
Sally Bissell
June 17, Age 90
Stephen C. Hojnowski
June 30, Age 78
Fernande Underwood
July 6, Age 96
Gail F. Karaniam
July 14, Age 70
Paul Gillen
July 15, Age 97
Lawrence Hall, Jr.
July 22, Age 77
Douglas Nilson
July 23, Age 64
Edward Szewczyk
July 26, Age 89
Michael Sanzaro
August 6, Age 84

People/Business

Holyoke Bank to Acquire FNBS

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PeoplesBancorp, MHC, the parent company of PeoplesBank, both of Holyoke, Massachusetts, and First Suffield Financial, Inc., the parent company of The First National Bank of Suffield, Connecticut, jointly announced on July 17 that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for PeoplesBancorp to acquire First Suffield Financial and PeoplesBank to acquire The First National Bank of Suffield.