Organizations

Polish Heritage Society

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With the holiday season right around the corner, the next three meetings of the Polish Heritage Society (PHS) will highlight Christmas and New Year traditions. The gatherings are open to anyone interested in learning about, preserving, and perpetuating the culture that was passed on from our Polish ancestors. They are held at the Suffield Ambulance Center at 10 a.m.

The session will be on Thursday, November 7, instead of the standard first Wednesday. It will be conducted by Marek Czarnecki, an artist, restorer and community scholar for Connecticut’s Polish American Community. He will be talking about the art of “szopka,” that is nativity scenes.

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CLEPO Gives to CRC, Then Closes

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Remember that sand pit story about citizens’ action out by South Pond? Troubled residents got together in 2014 to stop a dormant sand pit operation on Lake Road from reopening. They organized the Congamond Lakes Environmental Protection Organization (CLEPO), raised money to fight their battle in court, and won. But their satisfaction evaporated when their cooperating abutter, a requirement to contest a zoning decision, suddenly withdrew his objection and the win became a loss. The partners who had requested the zoning variance for reopening then bought the sand pit property and sold it to a sand-mining company, for a considerable profit.

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SFES Seeks Nominations for Hall of Honor

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Since colonial times our quintessential New England town has produced sons and daughters who have distinguished themselves beyond the town’s boundaries. In more recent times, as part of its mission to promote excellence in the Suffield Public Schools and pride in the town, the Suffield Foundation for Excellent Schools (SFES) is soliciting nominations for the Suffield High School Hall of Honor. The Hall of Honor was conceived in 2002 as a way to inspire students through exceptional role models and instill a sense of tradition and pride in the school as well as the community at large. Selections are made only once in 4 years. Plaques with brief biographies and the accomplishments of past honorees are on the wall outside the high school auditorium as well as on the SFES website, and provide interesting reading.

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Friends of the Windsor Locks Canal

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Source to Sea was held on September 28 this year. It is a day designated for volunteers to gather and participate in the regional event to remove trash from the Connecticut River. New England States along the river, from its headwaters in northern New Hampshire to the mouth of Long Island Sound, rally volunteers in their respective states to make the river a cleaner, safer waterway. Helping Friends of the Windsor Locks Canal this year were four active duty men from Westover Air Force Base in Chicopee, Mass., who volunteered to help clean up the river. Fifteen tires and several bags of trash were collected for disposal from along the river, park and trail during this event.