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Windsor Federal Promotion
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Julio Figueroa has been promoted to Assistant Vice President – Security Officer at Windsor Federal, headquartered in Windsor.
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New Coffee Shop Coming
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Residents may recall that a few years ago a FOR SALE sign was set on the front lawn of Webster Bank, next door to the Kent Memorial Library. Webster had been renting out space that the bank didn’t need, as branch banks don’t need the space for other functions that the former Suffield Savings Bank had enjoyed.
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Bigger Than It Looks
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When this reporter stopped by Goodyear Farms to see what was going on at that cluster of greenhouses at 676 Mountain Road, he met Allen Clark, who explained that this location is actually part of a local agricultural conglomerate called Clark Farms, Inc. In addition to the greenhouses in Suffield, the family enterprise owns and farms considerable acreage in four towns and two states and operates a popular eatery and farm stand in Granby.
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Civics Project Benefits Food Pantry
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Lukas Nick is pictured with some of what he collected in his Community Action Project for his SHS civics class. He chose the Crossroads Food Pantry at the West Suffield Congregational Church as the beneficiary.
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Talented Art Teacher on TV
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Lynda Montefusco and her school, A Touch of Color, were featured with a short video on February 16 in the Small Business Spotlight segment of WFSB’s afternoon newscast. Roving reporter Caitlin Francis and her videographer had visited for an hour during Lynda’s three-hour morning class on February 4.
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One Good Thing…
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As we are all aware, COVID-19 has been devastating for people in the United States and around the world. The pain, loss, and suffering accompanying this pandemic have been immeasurable.
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Big Bank Comes to Town
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But it isn’t a full branch office. This is a drive-up ATM installation for Chase Bank on the edge of the Suffield Village parking lot off Bridge Street.
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Resilience Pays Off
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They say a cat has nine lives; Suffield resident Cydonie Brown has had at least nine! She has been a communicator par excellence in all of them.
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Florence Egan: A Spectator to History
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In May 1937, Florence Egan and her Bridge Street School classmates marveled at the Hindenburg dirigible when it flew over Suffield on its fateful voyage to Lakehurst, New Jersey, where it burst into flames. “It was so close, we felt we could touch it.”
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Irish Brown Bread
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No matter what time of day you pay a visit to the McGrath house in Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland, you will be greeted with a cup of tea and a slice of warm Irish Brown Bread. At breakfast one morning Kathleen, as she is locally called, explained that the bread was easily made, and proceeded to make a fresh loaf before I had finished my coffee.