The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/category/governmenttown/page/111/)
We thought you might find it helpful to understand the process we undertook to produce the Voter’s Guide. To begin, we drafted questions for the candidates based on information we thought would be helpful for voters to know and then sought input from directors of some of the organizations.
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote and was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending almost a century of protest. Courageous and determined women picketed repeatedly in front of the White House, despite a wholly unsympathetic Woodrow Wilson. They were ultimately subjected to arrest and imprisonment, anywhere from a few days to seven months. In prison, suffragettes were subjected to especially cruel treatment. According to J. Carter, Senior Editor at the Acton Institute, the 19th Amendment does not directly mention women.
By the end of September, the last visible task of the Connecticut DOT’s East Street paving project appeared to be complete. That was the task of rebuilding the little black-topped traffic island at the Enfield-Suffield bridge traffic light, separating northbound cars from left-turning traffic off the bridge. The bridge, incidentally, for almost 50 years carried two large bronze plaques reading “Enfield-Suffield Veterans Bridge,” but the plaques disappeared in the major rework of 2010, which included new parapets. Last spring, the milling and paving began, as most such projects do, with the renovation of the catch basins. But work came to a stop, probably for lack of funding to continue in that fiscal year.
Suffield ranked as one of the safest cities in Connecticut, reveals a recent study.
1. The signature event of the Friends of Suffield is Suffield on the Green and Craft Fair. What was the group’s original name?
That is the question currently being asked about the street lights in Suffield. The Town is in the process of determining if it makes good fiscal sense to purchase them from Eversource. To answer that question, a Request for Proposal (RFP) was issued and a number of qualified companies responded. The Town contracted with ECG Engineers to represent their interests in the project. They work with towns and schools in support of self-funded Energy Performance Contract (EPC) energy and cost savings projects.
Friday, November 22, 2019
Did you ever wonder who is taking care of our buildings? That would be Chris Matejek, Facilities Manager, Public Works who reports to Melissa Mack, First Selectman.
A short 2 p.m shower did not put a damper on the Suffield 350th committees’ October 11 golf fundraiser, and the brilliant sunset over the Suffield Country Club course was spectacular!