People/Business
Student Volunteers Flourish
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I have been coordinating the volunteer efforts at The Suffield Observer for many years, and one of my favorite tasks is to seek editors of the month.
People/Business
Local Senior Wins Pageant
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Miss Madison D’Ostuni, age 16 and a senior at Suffield High School, has been selected to represent Northern States (the New England states) at the 2016 Miss American Teen Pageant.
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Cordial Shoppe
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At the newly reopened shop on Mapleton Avenue at Thompsonville Road, Proprietor Krupa Patel waits as a customer enters his credit card for five liters of Chardonnay. The shop’s new proprietor offers an extraordinary inventory of craft beers and fine wines along with a wide variety of distilled spirits. Incidentally, her given name, which in Suffield is familiar as a Polish family name, is a well-known first name in India meaning God’s grace, love, and compassion.
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New Digs for FNBS Ops
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The First National Bank of Suffield has expanded its central office facilities to include a comfortable space in Suite 300 of Suffield Village, just across the parking lot.
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Riders Rally at Hilltop
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Mike Payak of Little Falls, N. Y., describes features of his 1947 Chrome Flyer Indian Chief Motocycle to Bill Phelps.
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To the Library We Go
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On a late July morning, before the heat of the day, two leaders escort eight children from Bright Horizons day care on their customary Monday morning library visit.
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Local Playwright Stages Annie Sullivan’s Story
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Lyle Pearsons, formerly a Suffield resident and briefly a second-grade teacher at Bridge Street School, has enjoyed the last 25 years operating Kit & Kaboodle at the Red Door Theater of the Hope Community Church in Agawam.
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Long-time Scouter Honored
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Retired Boy Scout volunteer Lester Smith is pictured smiling with the award plaque and the special engineer’s cap he was given at a Troop 260 Family Night.
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Volunteers Build Five Houses
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On a busy Saturday morning July 9, a group of enthusiastic volunteers worked on constructing five houses to be donated to families who might otherwise have difficulty obtaining necessary housing – for their pets.