People/Business
Artist Explains
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At Kent Memorial Library on December 2, an appreciative couple listens to artist Fran Milliken explain the technique he used to achieve the desired wood grain appearance in one of his paintings.
Organizations
Tree Data Project ID’s Hilltop Trees
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If you are looking for something different to do during this winter, visit Hilltop Farm and enjoy the self-guided tour of trees.
Farming/Nature
Mt. Manatuck’s Icy Falls
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In the late afternoon on that torrential January day when most of the snow cover disappeared, inveterate explorer Michael Preli clambered part-way up Manatuck Mountain at the end of Phelps Road and took some great photos of the mountaintop melt tumbling down the quarry face amongst the dare-devil graffiti.
People/Business
Educator Receives National Award
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Burton Harrison Griffin of West Suffield is one of only six individuals nationwide selected for the 2017 National Association of Agricultural Educators Lifetime Achievement Award.
Food for Thought
Food For Thought
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“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” – Dr. Mae Jemison, first African-American female astronaut
People/Business
Brewery Rises
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With a second pair of primary rafters suspended from a forklift crane, three steelworkers on two tall man lifts install another purlin beam over the high bay of the new Broad Brook Brewery on South Street.
Government/Town
Station Four Wins
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Festive lights glow in the pre-Christmas rain at Fire Station No. 4 on Thompsonville Road, where the work of Lt. Alton Golden, the Station Manager, had won the SFD contest for best-decorated.
Editorial
Blowing in the Wind
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Before and during January’s Blizzard Brody, many of us weather-watchers heard forecasters toss about terms that we have never or rarely heard.
History
100 Years Ago in Suffield
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From the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal, selected and lightly annotated by Lester Smith, Historian of the Town and the Suffield Historical Society
Farming/Nature
A Taintor Street Vista
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The view that makes Taintor Street beautiful is the Leahey Farm at the corner of Sheldon Street, happily now protected from anything but farm and conservation use – and lovely vistas.