Love Blooms From A Carpool Ride

A carpool ride from Warehouse Point to Broad Brook to attend a CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) meeting was the beginning of a friendship for fourteen-year-olds Sandy Perham and Jim Mather. They dated through high school and married in 1963, and this special relationship has remained the same for these 58 years.

CBD Plant Opens

On November 14, when Governor Ned Lamont signed a significant new bill that had been approved by both houses of the state legislature in September, he brought his entourage to an old tobacco warehouse on South Grand Street for the ceremony. The bill, the first in the country, brings Connecticut state regulations concerning hemp growing and processing into compliance with federal law.

Gingerbread Contest Held Virtually

This is photographer (and retired library director) Jackie Hemond’s entry in her distributed family’s holiday gingerbread contest, which was held virtually by texting photos to each other.

Cookies from Santa

As part of the Santa Drive-By, Leah Emmett and Colin Berger (from Agawam) enjoy free Santa’s cookies from Highland Park Market.

We Are In This Together

Isolation, sadness, depression, anxiety, despair, anger, boredom, agoraphobia, paranoia, thoughts of suicide, increased drinking or substance use: do any of these hit home for you or someone close to you? Whether you are five or 95, it is almost impossible to have avoided many of these feelings or behaviors over the past nine months.

40 Under 40 Awardee

Jacquelyn Guzie, has been named by BusinessWest.com as one of their 40 Under 40 awardees for 2020.

Star Award goes to David DiPiero

David DiPiero has been promoted to Vice President, Compliance Office at Windsor Federal. He joined Windsor Federal in 2005 as Compliance and Quality Asssurance Specialist with over nine years of prior work experience in banking and financial compliance.

ABAR Suffield Rally

On October 10, ABAR (Anti-Bias, Anti-Racist) Suffield hosted, “Lift Every Voice: A Celebration of Diversity for Children and Families.” Nearly one hundred fifty people gathered to hear speakers and performers address identity, diversity, racism, and bias.