Volunteer Listing Is Growing

In the May, Observer issue, we published a partial list of local organizations that welcome volunteers. As we were reminded by readers, there are others that we did not include that are equally deserving of being recognized as fine places to volunteer – actually many, many, others.

Phelps Hatheway House Opens Season

The Phelps-Hatheway House, 55 South Main Street, opens for its 48th season with something for everyone!! Please join us on Friday, May 3, at 5:30 p.m. to fete nature photographer, Libby Lord, as she opens the art gallery of the Phelps-Hatheway Visitor’s Center for 2019.

Suffield Women’s Club News

The Suffield Woman’s Club (SWC) welcomed Lauren Perleoni from The Potting Shed on Remington Street to their gathering recently. Lauren led a make-and-take presentation on plants that can help cleanse the air in the home.

Observer Celebrates 20 Years

The way I see it, it all started as we sat around the dining room table, my dad telling us stories about growing up while I was trying to hide my peas under my mashed potatoes. He was a good storyteller, and it was important to him that we knew what life was like growing up on the farm around the corner where he was the seventh generation to take his first steps on that patch of land.