The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/category/governmenttown/page/113/)
The Board of Selectman (BOS) took unprecedented action at the October 16 Board of Selectman meeting and voted to rescind the referendum vote and bonding for the Bridge Street Community Center (BSCC) and refer the issue to Town Meeting.
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.
It’s not too late! You can still sign up for the Suffield 350th Anniversary Committee golf fundraiser on October 11 at the Suffield Country Club.
For nearly twenty years Art Groux has been taking care of Suffield. A paramedic, he began serving the town as a volunteer on Martin Luther King Day in 2000. With a bachelor’s degree in emergency management services, Art became Chief of Services at the Suffield Volunteer Ambulance Association. At the SVAA he supervised a staff of nine paid, part-time workers and 80-90 volunteers. Art remained so positioned, meanwhile taking direction of Enfield’s volunteer emergency services from 2005 until 2009. Early this September of 2019, on the ninth of the month to be exact, Art informed the SVAA Board of Directors and members that he would be leaving Suffield.
I have decided to take an opportunity and retire early from the Town Of Suffield. My last day as a full time employee will be October 4, 2019.
The Suffield Landfill will be open for extended hours this fall on six consecutive Sundays for leaf disposal only. No other items will be accepted during that time. The Sunday hours will be from noon to 4 p.m. starting on October 13 thru November 17. Leaves are also accepted throughout the year during the landfill’s regular hours on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The landfill is the only public location in town for leaf disposal. If you have any questions please contact Kevin Pepka at 860-668-3837 or the Public Works Office at 860-668-3890.
The November 5 Municipal Election will be held in the Middle School Gymnasium, 350 Mountain Road, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.