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Book Reviews

Book Reviews

By Carol Martin and Peggy MacKinnon | November 1, 2017

A Gentleman in Moscow and The Black House

Through the Looking Glass

Mixed Messages at the Ball Game

By Linda Rodger | November 1, 2017

My mind has been torn by football players kneeling at games during the national anthem to express their displeasure with certain aspects of our nation’s culture.

Columns

Where in the World is the Observer?

By The Suffield Observer | November 1, 2017

Leslie Marx and her son Khiel Marx took the Observer to the Smoky Mountains to read in Gaitlinburg, Tennessee, while they waited to view the total eclipse through their Kent Memorial Library glasses.

First Selectman’s Update

First Selectman’s Update

By Melissa Mack | November 1, 2017

I am delighted to report that four of the Town’s expired collective bargaining agreements have been successfully negotiated. The remaining three are in the home stretch.

Food for Thought

Food For Thought

By The Suffield Observer | November 1, 2017

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.”
– Henry David Thoreau

Suffield Observations

There is another way you can honor veterans

By Andy Sauer | November 1, 2017

Since I have been with The Suffield Observer, I’ve wanted to write something regarding Veterans Day. I’ve made attempts, but they just didn’t sound right.

Now and Then

Where Were We in 1670?

By Mary Anne Zak | October 1, 2017

Southfield, the settlement on the southern border of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, joined Westfield and Northfield as satellites of colonial Springfield.

Book Reviews

Book Reviews

By Carol Martin and Peggy MacKinnon | October 1, 2017

The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney and The Locals by Jonathan Dee

Through the Looking Glass

Scandal Found on the Family Tree

By Linda Rodger | October 1, 2017

I had done a fair amount of genealogical research before someone mentioned to me that there were some old family letters with a cousin living in Williamstown, Mass.

Columns

Where in the World is the Observer?

By The Suffield Observer | October 1, 2017

On the westernmost point of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, this summer, the Dodds family poses with the Observer at Sunset.

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