Government/Town

Government/Town

First Responders Offer Family Fun

By Lester Smith | September 1, 2018

The Family Fun Day & Fireworks on August 4 was presented by Suffield’s first responders: Fire, Police, Ambulance, and Highway, coordinated by the Department of Emergency Management. The event was a new mix of the National Night Out observed here for the last three years and the traditional Firemen’s Carnival. 

On the Spaulding School parking lot were the various interesting machines of the first responders: fire trucks, ambulances, off-road rescue vehicles, and more.

Government/Town

New Town Hall Proposed

By Lester Smith | September 1, 2018

In the Observer’s June issue, when Beth Chafetz summarized the Town’s long effort to improve the headquarters building of our town government, she provided an appropriate headline: The Town Hall Saga. That story reached a milestone on July 18 in a four-board meeting of the Selectmen, the Finance Board, the Permanent Building Commission, and the Advisory Commission for Capital Expenditures before a disappointingly sparse handful of interested citizens in the Middle School auditorium.

Government/Town

New Highway Garage Planned

By Lester Smith | September 1, 2018

In an effort to clear the way for desired development on Ffyler Place, the Town has been contemplating other locations for the Town Highway Garage, whose location there is thought to deter potential developers. The old garage also is in need of considerable update and repair.

Government/Town

Parks & Rec News

By Pete LeClerc, Cindy Fisher and Donna Carney-Bastrzyki | September 1, 2018

It was an enjoyable summer at the Suffield Parks and Recreation Department with our many offerings for children and families.

Government/Town

Curbing Installed on High Street, South

By The Suffield Observer | September 1, 2018

In the Town’s ongoing pavement improvement program, a small crew from Rolocut Construction of Windsor Locks adds curbing in front of an antique house on the southern end of High Street.

Government/Town

Hazardous Waste Removed

By Lester Smith | September 1, 2018

Clean Harbors was again invited to town to collect household hazardous waste materials brought to the pick-up location on Ffyler Place. That company, a large, multinational corporation, is paid to dispose of the material in various government-approved ways.