Now and Then
Discovering America
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Writing on Columbus Day in 2017, we are searching for what is amiss. In 21st Century America, Second Decade, we probe uncharted and uneasy territory.
Now and Then
Where Were We in 1670?
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Southfield, the settlement on the southern border of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, joined Westfield and Northfield as satellites of colonial Springfield.
Now and Then
What Goes Around: History
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Lithe, limber and apparently youthful, five or six white-robed and hooded figures distributed flyers at Suffield center one afternoon about 40 years ago.
Now and Then
Suffield Churches
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Suffield churches have created significant chapters of town history.
Now and Then
The Irish Church and the Polish Church
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Two Catholic Churches emerged in Suffield during the past 100 plus years. Officially named Sacred Heart and St. Joseph, they were unofficially called the Irish church and the Polish church.
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Congamond’s South Pond Sand Pit
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After ten years of zoning deliberations, the sand pit at South Pond will be mined again.
Now and Then
Small Island, Long History
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Visible downriver from the Suffield- Enfield Bridge, King’s Island harbors valuable history.
Now and Then
That Whistle Down the Line. Or Not.
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Singing at his workbench, my father painted a little Lionel passenger train, a second-hand treasure.
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The Bounty of Friendship
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A vintage campfire song suggested, “Make new friends and keep the old; one is silver and the other gold.” Sung as a round, its simple harmony charmed.
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Sam Fuller, Patriot
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November has sometimes been colored gray. November 9, 2016 was gray. Half jubilant, half- grieving, our 2016 nation had voted and divided.