The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/category/governmenttown/page/80/)
In spite of a dubious forecast, May 15 opened with lovely weather and just got better all day. It was a perfect day for an enjoyable parade of events that hinted at an incipient emergence from the long pandemic shut-down.
Are you a senior citizen in town with a need for information or a connection to services? You may now schedule an appointment at Kent Memorial Library with Suffield’s Municipal Agent for the Elderly, Pat Beeman, MSW.
We are getting there! We’ve added bingo twice per week this month. GRAB & GO Meals—We are winding down the program as things begin to open.
On a beautiful spring Saturday, Mat Jobin, owner of Reach Your Summit, and the Town of Suffield Parks and Recreation Department led a one of a kind, interactive and enjoyable workshop that covered all hikers need to know about day hiking basics in the Nutmeg state and at our beautiful Sunrise Park.
The Suffield 350th anniversary committee is joining forces with D&F Power Equipment to offer three outstanding yard care prizes! 1st prize is a zero-turn ride mower from SCAG, 2nd prize a powerful Honda snowblower, and 3rd prize a Honda portable generator.
It’s been a long haul, if you count all the early discussions of new office layouts or new building designs, but the continuing need for improved quarters for the Town Hall staff persisted, and the happy end of the struggle has arrived.
Over 40 interested folks gathered at Sunrise Park on Saturday morning, May 8, to celebrate the opening of a new nature-theme playground next to the parking area by White’s Pond and the Rotary Pavilion – the heart of the big mountainside park.
Paint a mini barn quilt at the A Stroke of Color gallery on Saturday, July 17 at noon.
The 2021-2022 Dog license renewal will be available for purchase as of June 1, 2021. Residents are encouraged to renew licenses online or by mail to support social distance requirements.
Early in his career, Asher Benjamin designed a doorway at a Suffield house. He became a noted architect and author of seven books on architectural design (the first American to publish such a book) which greatly influenced the look of buildings throughout New England until the start of the Civil War.