The Suffield Observer - A Watchful Messenger

Garden Club Volunteers Bring Beauty to Phelps-Hatheway Gardens

By Lisa Parker, Suffield Garden Club | September 1, 2025

Summertime brings many visitors to the historic Phelps-Hatheway House, not just to enjoy the house itself, but to take a timeless stroll through the gardens, lovingly tended by volunteers from the Suffield Garden Club.

Readers Score at Friends Book Sale

The Friends of Kent Memorial Library are pleased to report that we have had another successful book sale this year. All the money made from the sale is used to support Kent Memorial Library programs and purchase materials for the library throughout the year. Photo by Matt Auchy Books stored at Second Baptist Church were loaded for their ride to Father Ted Hall.

Hilltop Farm to Host Oktoberfest

The Friends of the Farm at Hilltop (FOFAH) is hosting its fourth annual Oktoberfest at Hilltop Farm on October 4th from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

School Return

Going back to school in the fall has always been a bittersweet feeling, but this year it is even more bitter and even more sweet.

Organizations

Polish Families Tree

By Sara Zak | June 1, 2023

If your teenage grandchild spends time with you this summer, please consider exploring your Polish ancestry together.

Columns

In Memoriam

By Agnes Schulte | June 1, 2023

Those to whom we’ve said good-bye.

History

100 Years Ago in Suffield

By Wendy Taylor | June 1, 2023

Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Wendy Taylor, Kent Memorial Library.

History

A Moment in Time: Old Photos Invited from Our Readers

By Roger C. Loomis | June 1, 2023

In 1954 Rotary’s Little League team won the Chester “Whitey” Sniadowski Trophy.

History

Changes in Suffield, 1900-1920

By Sara Zak | June 1, 2023

Suffield was spared a devastating impact of the Industrial Age when the town voted against The Hartford and New Haven Railroad running tracks through it in the early 1840s.