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At PeoplesBank on Bridge Street, the shovel operator gathers a claw-full of broken concrete as another worker makes a shower of sparks cutting off an old handrail. After several weeks working inside, landscape and entry revisions have begun outside.
With pandemic fears easing and customers more willing to shop in person, we’ve reopened for business on Tuesdays, so now you can visit Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Friends of the Farm at Hilltop have a long history of partnership with the boy scout programs in Suffield, and Hilltop Farm was the place that Jack Fitzgerald chose to do his Eagle Scout project.
This photo of the old covered bridge to Enfield shows it viewed from the Suffield side, a few years after it closed to traffic when the new bridge at the end of Thompsonville Road was opened in 1894. The old bridge had opened in 1832 on the site of the 1808 uncovered bridge, which was the first bridge across the Connecticut River in Connecticut.
The Suffield Rotary is pleased to announce the following recipients of the 2021 scholarships of $1,000 each. Each of these students represented the Rotary International motto of “Service Above Self.”
Exciting discoveries await those who venture into secret spaces! Explore the house and grounds of the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden this summer with our Summer History Lab and utilize the property as a historical research platform!
A Mass and luncheon to celebrate the history of St. Joseph Church, Suffield (1916–2021) will be held on Sunday, June 27.
This editorial is a direct result of me having said YES when I was asked to be editor of the month. This was one of the first YESs I had given in over a year. COVID cleared my evenings, my weekends and lessened many commitments.
