People/Business
Star Award goes to Jacquelyn Guzie
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Tom Senecal, President and CEO of PeoplesBank, has announced the appointment of Jacquelyn Guzie as Assistant Vice President and Regional Manager for First Suffield Bank, a division of PeoplesBank.
People/Business
Suffield Family Feels the Love
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Anyone who lives or has lived in Suffield knows that Suffield is a town that draws people together to help and give support in any kind of crisis. When someone is facing hardship, it is never faced alone.
People/Business
Brewery Still Progressing
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With work under way even during this photo on a mid-August Sunday, the production equipment of the Broad Brook Brewing Company on South Street begins to shape up.
People/Business
The Social Network of Summer Running
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I have always thought of running as a solitary endeavor. Traveling around the beautiful roads of Suffield this time of year it is easy to spot runners and their telltale washboard abs.
People/Business
New Owner for Suffield by the River
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As owner and, until now, executive director of the well-regarded facility at 7 Canal Road, Celia Moffie is selling the place to LCB Senior Living, LLC. As this issue of the Observer goes to press, the sale is scheduled to close on August 31.
People/Business
Improving Lives — Locally and Worldwide
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In our very midst is a quiet, unassuming man who contributes to and improves our country, community, and the world. That man is Dr. Andrew Wakefield, a neurological surgeon at Hartford Hospital who graduated from our own University of Connecticut.
People/Business
Cpl. Bixler Well Remembered
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On Memorial Day weekend, another big gathering assembled at the Sportsmen’s Cabin on West Suffield Mountain to honor our hometown hero, Cpl. Stephen Bixler, USMC, who lost his life protecting his Marine comrades on patrol in Iraq 13 years ago. As always, the annual picnic was an enjoyable affair, with plenty of good food, soda and beer, and happy sociability.
People/Business
Doyon Race Doubles the Net
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The second annual Dustin L. Doyon Memorial Road Race was held at Suffield Middle School on May 25. The main events began with a new 10K run up Hill Street almost to Halladay Avenue and back.
People/Business
Connecticut High School Principal of the Year
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Joe Blake is a winner, in many ways. To begin with, the Suffield resident has recently received the Principal of the Year Award from the Connecticut Association of Schools.
People/Business
New Brewery in Home Stretch
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In late May the proprietors of the Broad Brook Brewery hung a big banner in front of the long-delayed construction project on South Street, announcing BROAD BROOK BREWERY COMING SOON. The foundation, steel framework, and exterior sheathing had been largely completed by April 2018, when the stop-work order was issued.