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.

People/Business

Dedication to the Observer – A Family Affair

By the Warren family | May 1, 2023

Bob Warren served on the Editorial Board for the paper’s first issue and was Chairman of the Observer’s Board of Director’s from 2001 to 2012.

Organizations

May Front Page News Over The Years

By Beth Chafetz | May 1, 2023

Over the past twenty-five years the Observer has covered many stories about local people, events and businesses.

Organizations

Observer’s First Volunteers

| May 1, 2023

Can You Name the Missing Person?

FOFAH

Local Farm Products Come to Hilltop Creamery

By Tony Peterson | May 1, 2023

“We now carry local fresh milk and yogurt from Hastings Farm, home-made fudge and other products from Cupola Hollow Farm, honey from Hilltop Farm and freshly cut flowers from Julie The Garden Fairy,” says Jason Siemienkowicz who operates the Hilltop Farm Store and Creamery with his wife Crystal.