The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/category/governmenttown/page/119/)
In the blink of an eye summer is at an end, and so is my first year as Director of the Suffield Parks and Recreation Department. What a fantastic year I have had, filled with meeting wonderful people that live and work in Suffield, and sharing in their passion for the Town!
Suffield’s 350th Anniversary Committee is hard at work raising money to pay for our town’s birthday celebration in 2020. We have been selling tee shirts and ball caps, and we’re hosting a golf outing and a beer tasting, but our biggest fundraiser by far is the truck raffle that will be held at Suffield on the Green at 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. We need your help to make it a success! Truck raffle tickets are $20 each and no more than 4,000 tickets will be sold. Those are pretty good odds!
Suffield Democrats met at a caucus on July 22 at the Suffield Volunteer Ambulance Association to consider endorsing candidates for the November town elections. A full room of 50 or more people attended and gave enthusiastic and unanimous support for an excellent slate of candidates. The group is a mix of incumbents and newcomers who are looking forward to serving the town on different boards and commissions. Attorney Derek Donnelly moderated the caucus which took place after a brief Democratic Town Committee meeting where a slate of candidates was approved. First Selectman Melissa Mack, along with Selectmen Mel Chafetz and Peter Hill were endorsed for new two-year terms on the Board of Selectmen.
We’re getting Suffield AMP-ed again—join the adventure! The Aging Master Program® (AMP) is designed to inform, encourage, and support older adults as they take steps to improve their lives and engage with their communities.
As part of the year-long 350th Anniversary Celebration which kicks off this October, the Kent Memorial Library is sponsoring an essay contest. The theme of the essay is Suffield: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Essays must be under 500 words long. Participants have free rein on how to utilize the theme in their essay. The form of the essay can be a memoir, an historical piece, or science fiction if the period chosen is Suffield in the future.
On July 17, Suffield Republicans gathered at the Republican Town Caucus to endorse candidates for the upcoming municipal election.
WIN THIS TRUCK – Suffield on the Green is your last chance to buy a truck raffle ticket!
It was March 2017 when the Town voted to approve $2.8 M in bonding for the purchase of three new fire trucks, replacing others that had become too old to keep safely in service. Rescue 1 was delivered this year in May.
The 102nd Army Band, also known as the “2019 Three Second Rush Concert Band”, is coming to Suffield to kick off our year-long 350th Anniversary Celebration!