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Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Wendy Taylor of Kent Memorial Library. September 2
Pupils have been enrolled for the coming school year at the Suffield School up to its full capacity.
The celebration of the town’s quartermillenial anniversary on three days in October 1920 included a major pageant.
Bill Harrison, a long time Suffield resident before retiring to Florida, celebrated his 100th birthday in Virginia Beach with family and friends.
In June, I witnessed an amazing dialogue. For two days, the Phelps-Hatheway House hosted two programs, both featuring Joe McGill, a national figure and founder of the Slave Dwelling Project.
What a great profile of an extraordinary woman with such rich stories to tell about a Suffield others would deny. Indeed, we all need to listen. As a new resident in town, it is a privilege to hear Betty’s story and to know she lives just down the road.
As a younger man in the 80’s, I never thought twice about speeding. It was the norm. Ten to fifteen miles or more above the limit was normal.
Please check the Town of Suffield website for time and location (virtual, Zoom, etc.) of the following commission and committee meetings:
May 16 kicked off EMS Week. This year’s theme was “This is EMS: Caring for Our Communities.”
Being a newspaper, every now and then we have the great pleasure of publicly thanking a person who has toiled in the background for many years, performing essential work and serving as a backbone of the organization. As chair I have that honor on behalf of so many who have worked with Mary Ann Muska as she tirelessly volunteered thousands of hours for The Suffield Observer.
