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2020 has certainly been a stressful year in all our lives, and the last few months particularly so. Dealing with the COVID-19 crisis, along with a hotly conducted and somewhat uncivilized presidential election, has added to the strain.
The telecommunications industry has plans to blanket the entire nation with small cell antennas. This means small cell antennas in our neighborhoods every 300 feet.
As election officials arrived at the polls shortly after 5 a.m. on Election Day, they found voters arriving and lining up outside the polling place. By 6 a.m., when the polls opened, there were long lines of people waiting.
In the Observer’s November issue update on the Town Hall renovation project, our reporter referred to the suggestion of a garden planter between the segments of the planned new handicapped accessibility ramp to be added, and described the planter as a proposal of the Suffield Garden Club. The club advises that the planter was not proposed by them.
Please check the Town of Suffield website for actual time and location (virtual, Zoom, etc.) of the following commission and committee meetings:
“Seventy years ago today, a bright Sunday morning was darkened by the unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor…We salute the veterans and survivors of Pearl Harbor who inspire us still. Despite overwhelming odds, they fought back heroically, inspiring our nation and putting us on the path to victory.” – President Barack Obama (2011)
The following table has been adapted from data provided by the Suffield Police Department.
Christmas Eve – Masses at 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 10:30 p.m.
Christmas Day – Masses at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Delia and Violet Fuller, left and right, brought what they collected for the Second Baptist Church’s winter coats, hats and mittens drive and were photographed with little Avery Christian, standing in front.
Ronald Corriveau from Sacred Heart Parish has received the 2020 Archdiocese Medal of Appreciation. Ronald was chosen for this honor in appreciation for his dedicated service as a parish usher for 62 years and as parish Plant Manager for ten years.