The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/category/opinion/page/17/)
When people ask me what I am doing in my retirement, one of the first answers I give–proudly–is that I occasionally write for my town’s local newspaper, The Suffield Observer. I do it because I enjoy writing, and also because the very concept of a local volunteer newspaper pleases me.
Phones. So many people of a certain age – usually not elderly – have given up their landlines.
Election season is a great time of year to ‘check in’ with how our town is being run. What is working?
The community of Suffield should be thankful to Jackie Hemond, Library Director, and her library staff. With the Kent Memorial Library closed for almost five years, they managed to provide services to our residents through an undersized temporary building on Fyler Place.
The Suffield Observer newspaper has always lived up to its mission: “To build a sense of community… and provide a forum where all sides of issues may be addressed.”
The demolition of the old Suffield, Connecticut town center was the biggest mistake the Town ever made. Why wasn’t the town center placed in the Historic District by the Historic District Commission?
We are an elderly couple who recently moved to the beautiful Suffield area. And you know sometimes a bit forgetful.
The Library dust is barely settled. Bridge Street School sits and decays.
