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Brisk Sales at the Suffield Farmers Market

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Suffield’s Farmers Market has been doing a thriving business this summer, in part because other markets have chosen not to open and also because people are looking for delicious and local fresh summer produce, which can be found in great variety at the Market.

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Farewell, Mr. Chipmunk

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A proliferation of chipmunks has been reported this season hereabouts, but this cute little fellow, pictured recently at the King House Museum on the seesaw of a Havahart trap, has “gone on to greener pastures.”

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Plenty of Activity at Hilltop in August

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Sidney Eitel helps one of her chickens climb the ramp. With family help and generous donations, she renovated 900 square feet at the west end of the old Hilltop Farm chicken house, bought two dozen chicks, and is now about ready to market their eggs.

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Bear Sighting

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The sidewalks certainly are busy these days. This bear is loping past the Phelps-Hatheway barn on South Main Street.

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New Farm Stand

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Mike Mosher describes his future offerings at the Suffield Farmers Market on June 27 to customer Jill Grindle.

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Praying for Rain

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This white wire figure appeared in a field next to Mountain Road in West Suffield soon after Earl Waterman had planted his broadleaf.