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A Moment in Time: Old Photos Invited from Our Readers

By Beth Chafetz | March 1, 2023

Sonora, a 25-year-old buckskin horse that Gordon Hayes (riding Sonora) trained for 20 years, performs one of her famous tricks, the jump through a ring of fire.

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Genealogy 101: Online Research

By Anne Borg | March 1, 2023

With more genealogy resources online than ever before, how do you determine which are reliable or worth paying for?

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100 Years Ago in Suffield

By Wendy Taylor | February 1, 2023

Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Wendy Taylor, Kent Memorial Library.

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A Moment in Time: Old Photos Invited from Our Readers

By Anne Borg | February 1, 2023

The Suffield Country Club house prior to the addition in later years.

History

100 Years Ago in Suffield

By Wendy Taylor | December 2, 2022

Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Wendy Taylor, Kent Memorial Library.

History

A Moment in Time: Old Photos Invited from Our Readers

By Lester Smith | December 2, 2022

Town officials and what appears to be a work crew are pictured In January, 1891, after a big batch of Stony Brook ice flooded to block Boston Neck Road at the road’s low point near East Street.

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100 Years Ago in Suffield

By Wendy Taylor | November 1, 2022

100 Years Ago in Suffield – Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Wendy Taylor, Kent Memorial Library.

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A Moment in Time: Old Photos Invited from Our Readers

By Lester Smith | November 1, 2022

Sergeant Jack Chagnon of West Suffield waves happily at the crowd.

History

100 Years Ago in Suffield

By Wendy Taylor | October 1, 2022

100 Years Ago in Suffield – Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Wendy Taylor, Kent Memorial Library.

History

A Moment in Time: Old Photos Invited from Our Readers

By Lester Smith | October 1, 2022

This October 7, 1977, photo of the house at 78 South Main Street was taken to publicize the Suffield Woman’s Club’s second annual Decorators’ Showcase.

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