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In my March column, I detailed my vision for a vibrant Town Center and Suffield’s fiscal independence through commercial development, necessitating moving the Town Highway Garage. Now we’re knee deep in spring, and what better time to get into the weeds of the relocation?
“There is no teacher equal to mother and there’s nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father.” – Amit Ray
Suffield travelers turn their backs on the view of Lake Garda and the looming Dolomite Mountains in northern Italy for their portrait with The Suffield Observer.
I am relieved and delighted to announce that Kent Memorial Library will reopen its doors in June. This project proved to be my most challenging inheritance to date as First Selectman. The unforeseen polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) remediation catapulted costs far beyond original town approvals. These are the hazards we risk when renovating old buildings – no matter how significant or beloved. This is the lesson learned and to be remembered.
It was a luxury car, red, and had New York plates. It pulled up to me, and a couple – maybe in their mid-60s – were looking for the movie theater. They had lived in town years ago, and had come up from New York City to see what’s become of the place.
Hearty, heartfelt thanks, Observer, for your March page 1 surprise. How grand the honor!
The largest carnival parade in Aruba is the Grand Parade through Oranjestad, the capital of Aruba, the Dutch Island in the Caribbean close to the coast of Venezuela.
Thank you, Observer, for the serendipity which surprised me in your March issue. Jane Shipp’s article and the photograph “warmed the cockles of my heart.”
The warming sent me to Wikipedia to refresh my memory about cockles. Along with the mussels which Molly Malone sang out to sell on the streets of Dublin (as her mother and father had done before her), cockles was familiar as a seafood. Wikipedia offered another meaning: ventricles of the heart, the “pumping system of the heart.” One can envision the heart’s connection with ventricles and cockles. Connecting with my own heart and deeply appreciated are Jane Shipp’s kind words about my being an educator.
