Schools/Sports

Adventures in Animal Science

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Recently the Suffield High School Agriscience Department welcomed some baby piglets! The production animal science classes had the opportunity to monitor and care for two sows (female pigs) that were due to have piglets. The pigs are owned by Brittani Burke, who is a senior in the agriscience program and raises cows, sheep and pigs at her farm. The piglets were born and the students have been able to assist with their postnatal care and have learned more about the swine industry through this hands-on experience.

Churches

Easter Breakfast

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It is with sadness but concern for the well-being of the local community that the West Suffield Congregational Church has decided not to host a breakfast after the Suffield Easter Sunday Sunrise Service this Easter April 12.

Government/Town

Sugaring Time

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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.

Schools/Sports

Wrestling Team Earns State Championships

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The wrestling team captured their first Class M State Championship in school history, along with three individual champions (Josh Nieroda, Zach Johns, and Dylan Washburn).

Government/Town

Presidential Preference Primaries

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Democrat and Republican Presidential Preference Primaries Tuesday, June 2. Only registered and pre-registered voters, enrolled in the political party holding the primary, are eligible to vote in their party’s primary.

Government/Town

Voting Methods Available

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There are several voting options available for Suffield’s voters. Absentee ballot voting options available to eligible voters are 1) regular absentee balloting, 2) supervised absentee balloting, 3) emergency absentee balloting and 4) permanently physically disabled absentee ballot processing.

Organizations

Troop 66 Events

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Troop 66 from West Suffield has had a great fall and winter. We had a canoe campout where we paddled down the Delaware River, a video game lock-in where we stayed up late and played videogames, and a Thanksgiving campout where we cooked a Thanksgiving feast for our families. Our most recent outing was to a local Boy Scout camp called Camp Mattatuck, where we stayed in a cabin. Some of our upcoming events include: a second video game lock-in, the Klondike Derby (a winter scouting competition), and a camping trip to Washington, D.C. Our troop was featured in the November 2019 Boys’ Life magazine with two pages of pictures and quotes. These pictures were taken during our 2018 Thanksgiving campout.

Government/Town

Suffield’s Affordable Housing

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Did you ever wonder about affordable housing in Suffield? Where are these affordable homes? How many choices are there? Where are they located? Here’s everything you ever wanted to know. Well, maybe not everything.

Organizations

Friends of the Windsor Locks Canal

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Volunteer members of the Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail met monthly with local and state officials throughout the winter months, making plans for moving forward in our quest to preserve and enhance the park and trail for your enjoyment. Our volunteers have been cleaning up the winter debris and servicing and repairing equipment in anticipation of many visitors. At the southern entrance to the trail in Windsor Locks, a new park with tables and ample parking has been completed. Future plans for this area include historical signage and a kiosk to welcome and inform visitors. The park remains open year round with the exception of the gated section along the canal.

Library

Local Staff Member Now New Librarian

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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. The original building, with the addition, has provided if not exactly a new life–since many of its original challenges still exist–but certainly a renewed energy. Into this milieu has stepped even more energy, this time in the person of Garrett Pinder, our newly appointed Head Librarian. Garrett grew up in the Bahamas; he is a transplanted New Englander, though he attended both secondary school and college in Virginia.

People/Business

Phyllis Stafford: a Master of Miniatures

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I once thought about living in a dollhouse when as a child I curled up in a comfy armchair to read The Borrowers by Mary Norton. The “borrowers” were a tiny family, who would have loved the miniature rugs and tapestries designed by Phyllis Stafford, instead of the paper rugs and postage stamps which adorned their floors and walls.

Government/Town

Town Accepting Private Roads

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For a number of years, the Town highway crew has maintained many of the town’s private roads as a matter of public service and safety, particularly those around the Congamond Ponds. The effort has regularly included snow plowing and local patching.

Government/Town

February 25 Vote Results

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There were two different ballots distributed to voters on February 25: white ballots for the tiebreaker vote for one seat on the Water Pollution Control Authority, required by State Statute, and yellow ballots for referendums on two questions concerning Town property.

People/Business

Edward Jones Ranks No. 2 in Best Places to Work in Connecticut

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The Hartford Business Journal teamed up with the Best Companies Group of Harrisburg, Pa., to rank the state’s top 41 employers. Companies named Best Places to Work in Connecticut for 2020 were divided into 14 large companies and 27 small or medium companies by the number of people they employ in Connecticut.