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Suffield’s Little Free Libraries
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Without physical access to Kent Memorial Library and not wanting to increase what seems to be the daily runs of the Amazon delivery truck, what’s a book lover with time on her hands to do?
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Sonny’s Parade
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On a rainy Wednesday evening October 6, Sonny Osowiecki was celebrated for his recovery from emergency heart bypass surgery in April and honored for his recent retirement after 38 years of significant service in the Suffield Volunteer Ambulance Association.
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Flash Parade Welcomes Patty Home
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Flash mobs and flash parades are products of twenty-first century digital technology and the social media it enables, and Suffield is certainly enjoying the parades, if not (yet) the mobs.
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Office Foundations Poured
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In late April, two construction workers hold their shovels to guide the pour into the space between the forms. They’re pouring the eastern foundation wall of the new office building Briarwood Construction is erecting on the site of the old Suffield Creamery on Mountain Road.
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Construction Begins at Creamery
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The location of the old Suffield Creamery, featured in the Observer’s March issue in Joanne Nielson’s historical reminiscence, then in an April photo with the news of its incipient replacement, is now a busy work site.
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Chalking Up Thanks
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Grateful and encouraging messages began to appear around town soon after the start of the COVID-19 emergency.
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Drive-by Parades Hit the Spot!
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While adults in our community have alternated recently between worry over the health of our loved ones and ourselves, our job security, homeschooling our children, the food security of our friends and neighbors, and the need to support our local businesses, we’ve also understandably grieved some of the things we planned and looked forward to prior to a pandemic: vacations, holidays, weddings, milestones for our high school seniors, such as a definite graduation celebration.
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Walkers Passing
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With so many folks avoiding their usual work spaces and other populous places, the sidewalks and country roads of Suffield have become happily crowded with walkers.
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A Quarantined Visit
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Observer columnist Mary Anne Zak, right, enjoys a visit from her daughter Sarah through the window of her room at Suffield House. They talk by phone.
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Westward Ho!
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Those lucky enough to be well and staying at home have turned to various things to stay engaged. My husband and I are watching Westerns. I couldn’t be more surprised! The solitary, tough, taciturn tall man-in-the-saddle image is an anathema to the kind of guy I like to see in the movies. But, for the moment, I am hooked.