Parks and Rec

Bowling Buddies Zoom into the New Year!

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The need for community connections and meaningful events and activities has always been essential, but during these challenging and uncertain times during the COVD-19 pandemic, it has become even more vital.

Organizations

Calling All Suffield Seniors!

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The Friends of Suffield will once again host a variation of their popular Senior Valentine Social. This year’s feast – the group’s 34th annual – will be delivered to your home.

Government/Town

Senior Center News

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I’m sure it’s safe to say we are all wishing 2021 is a better year. COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out so we are very hopeful to be opening back up sometime this year.

Organizations

Keeping Up with The Suffield Players!

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While Mapleton Hall has been closed since March of 2020, The Players have been busy with renovations at our historic theatre home, while still producing virtual shows and theatre workshops!

Opinion

Getting Old is Not for Sissies

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This morning I was sitting in the doctor’s office waiting to have my blood drawn. I was mentally making a list of things to ask the doctor about when I thought “This is boring; why don’t you put it in verse.”

Organizations

Durable Demonstrators

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ABAR Suffield holds its last weekly BLACK LIVES MATTER demonstration for the season. It was late November, with a stalwart group surviving the nippy weather.

Organizations

What’s Happening with Troop 66?

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Over the past few months, Troop 66 has been doing many events. Troop 66 has made sure to follow all COVID-19 safety regulations while hosting these events. Some of the events we hosted were a Halloween camp out and party, a Thanksgiving dinner, multiple Eagle Scout projects, and two different bottle drives.

Organizations

Eagle Scout Project Underway to Honor Vets

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Suffield High School junior Matt Sinofsky has a dual-purpose idea for his Eagle Scout project. A member of Boy Scout Troop 66, Sinofsky proposes to build a ceremonial fire pit at Sunrise Park to be used exclusively for American flag retirement while honoring veterans with a brick and stone configuration surrounding it.

Farming/Nature

Bobcats

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On the afternoon of December 8, the photographer’s family in a Bramble Ridge condo off Bridge Street was super excited seeing these two bobcats in the backyard. They looked like a mother and her young.

Farming/Nature

Cardinals, Crayons and Colors

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I have a lot of fond memories from my early years at Bridge Street School where I learned to read and skip rope. But to be honest, a typical school day for me did include some sniffing of mimeos hot off the press and admiring their lavender ink while eating gobs of Elmer’s paste directly from the applicator.

People/Business

Gingerbread Contest Held Virtually

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This is photographer (and retired library director) Jackie Hemond’s entry in her distributed family’s holiday gingerbread contest, which was held virtually by texting photos to each other.

People/Business

Brittani Burke Does It Again

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In the October issue of the Observer, I wrote that Brittani Burke, a June graduate of the Suffield Agriscience program, had won two awards. Now she has won a third award, the prestigious Eastern Regional Star Farmer Award, which represents an area from Maine to West Virginia.

Schools/Sports

Rotary Student of the Month – November

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Suffield High School’s Rotary Student of the Month for November, Julianna is a senior and a member of our National Honor and World Language Honor Society, and is the president of both societies. She was also the World Language Student of the Month in her sophomore year.