The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/page/2/)
It is no surprise to anyone in Suffield to read that our library has suffered extraordinary tumult in the last few years, with much repair work and many code requirements needing to be met and less than stellar temporary accommodations during the interim. We all rejoiced when it reopened last summer, its beautiful new Mary Anne Zak entrance offering much-needed handicapped access.
On the fourth weekend of February the walls of Suffield Middle School’s Sisson Auditorium bulged with delighted applause and laughter as a great bunch of enthusiastic students presented Peter Pan, Jr.
Aces High, Team 176, the Suffield/Windsor Locks team in the FIRST Robotics Competition, attended its first meet in Waterbury on the first weekend of March and things just couldn’t seem to go wrong. This was a New England regional qualifying meet that Aces High hoped would start them on the road to the World Championship in Detroit in late April.
The manner of financing the planned renovations to the Suffield Town Hall has been under study by the Town administration. As reported in last month’s issue, part of the $5.13 million voted by the Town in 2015 has been spent in architectural studies and other pre-construction payments.
In the main corridor at SHS on October 10, soccer star Katie Davis, with pen, is poised to sign her agreement to play soccer for Case Western Reserve University, where she has been offered a scholarship.
A harmonica quartet adds a novel dimension to the pre-lunch music at the Friends of Suffield’s Valentine Social, February 15 at the Suffield Senior Center.
Rob Howe explains the operation of his big evaporator to neighbor Donna Barton and her cousin Jerry MacDonald. With sugaring partner Scott Miller, Rob boiled down over 100 gallons of sap into three delicious gallons of maple syrup that lovely Saturday morning in mid-March.
There wasn’t much left at the Suffield Country Club on the morning after the 1932 New Year’s Eve fire.
The Connecticut Rose Society dedicated their display at this year’s Flower & Garden Show in February at the Connecticut Convention Center to all the farms, residents and the town of Suffield on our 350th Anniversary.
The weather on March 1 was perfect for Maple on Main! Many families came to the Phelps-Hatheway House on Sunday to see the boil and taste the sap and syrup.
This year’s public production of the customary spring musical at Suffield High School was cancelled at almost the last minute by the Town’s bold, understandable response to the national emergency – among other closings, the COVID-19 pandemic had silenced The Sound of Music.
In 1999, Suffield through its Planning & Zoning and Conservation Commissions established a 10-year goal to preserve 55% of the Towns residentially zoned land as open space, or 13,445 acres.
