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The next time you visit Kent Memorial Library and hear giggling from the children’s department, it could be from kids transfixed by a puppet show.
After seven meaningful years, this year’s Run for Dustin will be our final race.
If you are tired of paying high cable TV prices then you might want to consider switching to an internet streaming service.
First Church is excited to be open again for in-person worship every Sunday morning at 10 a.m. All are welcome! At this time, we do request that everyone attending worship wear a mask and properly socially distance from one another when seating.
For many years, my brother and motorcycle rider Dave Ledoux of Andover, CT, looked forward to a Blessing of the Bikes service offered annually in Hebron, CT. Dave was disappointed to learn that this annual service would not be taking place in Hebron this year, prompting him to search for another.
The customary parade on May 31, if it hadn’t been cancelled because of the weather, would have taken a new route: down North Main Street from Russell Avenue instead of up Mountain Road from Ffyler Place.
It looks like the publishing of the 350th book, Suffield Stories From Another Half-Century – 1970-2020, will be happening soon. The book is one part of the town’s 350th anniversary celebration and is still available to pre-order on the 350th website.
While making the rounds to see the barn quilts, Bev Sikes stopped to visit the one she designed and painted for the Historical Society. The Barn Quilt Trail flyer inserted in The Observer last month has the wrong artist’s name on her quilt.
1st prize SCAG zero-turn riding mower
We are looking forward to celebrating the 350th anniversary of the settlement of the Town of Suffield in October of this year, on the town’s 351st birthday. The 350th committee will be selling merchandise to commemorate the event all summer at the Suffield Farmers Market and at Cupola Hollow Farms.
“It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.”– Mark Twain
The following table has been adapted from data provided by the Suffield Police Department.
The Suffield Farmers Market is back this summer and will be running every Saturday this summer until October 2. There will be the vendors you have come to rely on as well as new vendors.
Throughout Connecticut, across the country, and around the world, people from all walks of life are demonstrating their belief that political leadership must take decisive action to acknowledge mistakes, take corrective action, then move on. Accountability is required to end racism and sexism.
On a recent Friday, I found myself in CVS waiting for my mom to pick up a “few things.” As I lingered, I ran into John Coggins, a guy I have known for more than 12 years.
Being a newspaper, every now and then we have the great pleasure of publicly thanking a person who has toiled in the background for many years, performing essential work and serving as a backbone of the organization. As chair I have that honor on behalf of so many who have worked with Mary Ann Muska as she tirelessly volunteered thousands of hours for The Suffield Observer.
May 16 kicked off EMS Week. This year’s theme was “This is EMS: Caring for Our Communities.”
On June 12, 2021, the Town of Suffield renamed and dedicated the Remington Street Bridge as the Dustin L. Doyon Memorial Bridge. It was truly a day to be proud of Suffield.
Please check the Town of Suffield website for time and location (virtual, Zoom, etc.) of the following commission and committee meetings:
As a younger man in the 80’s, I never thought twice about speeding. It was the norm. Ten to fifteen miles or more above the limit was normal.
What a great profile of an extraordinary woman with such rich stories to tell about a Suffield others would deny. Indeed, we all need to listen. As a new resident in town, it is a privilege to hear Betty’s story and to know she lives just down the road.
