Government/Town

Democratic Candidate Forum

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Democratic Town Committees from Suffield, Bloomfield, Windsor and Windsor Locks have joined forces to hold state office candidate forums this spring. Suffield will host the forum for the ten (or more) Democratic candidates for governor on Thursday, April 5 at 7p.m. in the auditorium at Suffield Middle School, 350 Mountain Road, Suffield. Each candidate will be given the opportunity to discuss his/her background and policy plans and to answer questions from the audience. The Bloomfield DTC will be hosting the forum for Democratic candidates for Attorney General, Secretary of the State, and Treasurer.

Government/Town

Suffield Police Rescue Another Quarry Climber

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On February 27, at approximately 4:48 p.m., the Suffield Police Department received an emergency 9-1-1 call regarding a person who had fallen off a rock formation in the Suffield Quarry located on Quarry Road at Phelps Road. This area is located in West Suffield near the Granby town line. The property, which is privately owned, is a location that is familiar to Suffield emergency services as the site where numerous similar emergency rescues have been conducted in the past. The top of the mountain is about a half-mile hike from the intersection of Quarry and Phelps roads. It is covered with trees, and the cliff facing the intersection is covered with sharp, ridged rock from past quarrying.

Government/Town

Senior Center News

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Parkinson’s Peer Support Group meets monthly on the third Monday of each month at 10:15 a.m. The group’s goal is to share ideas and resources in the management and treatment of Parkinson’s. Caregivers are welcome and encouraged to attend. Topics vary monthly. Refreshments are served. The next meeting is April 16.

Government/Town

Update on Road Projects for 2018

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During 2016 and 2017 most of the $9 million of bond funding appropriated at the end of 2015 was utilized for 39 miles of road improvements as follows: 9.5 miles of pavement overlays; 26.4 miles milled and paved; and 3.1 miles reclaimed and paved with drainage improvements.

Government/Town

Senior to Senior Breakfast

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Suffield Youth Services and Suffield Senior Center are partnering to create a Senior to Senior Breakfast. On April 28,  from 9 to 11a.m. Suffield High School seniors will be cooking a pancake breakfast for senior citizens. The breakfast will include pancakes, sausage, fruit, orange juice, coffee and tea. After breakfast there will be games, puzzles and bingo! Senior citizens, come join us and create intergenerational friendships!

Government/Town

More than Just Dog Wardens

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Suffield has two part-time animal control officers, who also provide services to East Granby. Mark Blackaby, a long-time Suffield resident, has been on the job for almost three years; he covers the 10 to 2 half-shift, and Ryan Selig, from Windsor, was hired last year; he works 2 to 6. Both have other jobs: Blackaby as a lawyer and Selig as a dog trainer. Both say they took the animal control job because they like the work. The animal control function is part of the Suffield Police Department, and the animal control officers, armed and equipped for the job, are trained and certified for their position.