History
Ice Harvest
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The ice cutting at the Noble & Cooley Mill Pond in Granville will take place, weather permitting, on Saturday, February 3.
Bringing Endless Joy to Kids: a 43-year-old Tribute
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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.
7th Annual Dustin Doyon Memorial Road Race
After seven meaningful years, this year’s Run for Dustin will be our final race.
Cut the Cord
If you are tired of paying high cable TV prices then you might want to consider switching to an internet streaming service.
History
A Moment in Time: Old Photos Invited from Our Readers
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Suffield Episcopalians brought the town’s old Calvary parish (1865-1923) back to life in 1949 with services in the Masonic Temple and opened their own building in 1951.
History
100 Years Ago in Suffield
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From the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal, selected and lightly annotated by Lester Smith, Historian of the Town and the Suffield Historical Society
People/Business
Educator Receives National Award
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Burton Harrison Griffin of West Suffield is one of only six individuals nationwide selected for the 2017 National Association of Agricultural Educators Lifetime Achievement Award.
Through the Looking Glass
Ukrainian Borscht at the Yak & Yeti
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One evening in 1971 I found myself on a street in Kathamandu with three acquaintances discussing where to go for dinner.
People/Business
Frostbite Warning
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If you’re outside in freezing temperatures and it’s a windy condition (wind chill–critical to factor in) you are at risk for frostbite.
People/Business
Local Couple Receives Award
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The Jimmy Fund Council of Western Massachusetts (JFCWM) recently presented the prestigious Sadowsky Visionary Award to Chris and Denise Nikolis, co-coordinators and organizers of the Suffield Pan-Mass (PMC) Kids Ride.
Now and Then
True False Alarm
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The false alarm in Hawaii sounded a real alarm nationwide. Accompanied by vulgar terms, it deepened our national communications crisis.
People/Business
See the Little Honey Bee?
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Next to the Christmas tree in the First National Bank of Suffield, Cheri DeMaria, right, helps a young reader appreciate the children’s book she wrote in 2016.
Churches
First Church Events
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First Church of Christ, An Open and Affirming Church, is offering the following events in February.
History
Polish Heritage Society
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The Polish Heritage Society closed out 2017 with some very joyful Christmas carol (Kol?dy) singing at its December meeting.
Churches
Powerful Preacher Shows Pentecostal Spirit
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This year’s community celebration of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., planned by the Suffield Ecumenical Council, was different in several regards.
Government/Town
Gift Supports K-9 Work
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Four days before Christmas, Suffield Police Chief Richard Brown happily accepts a $1,000 check from proprietor Joe Scata at the Scata Auto & Truck repair shop in Windsor Locks.
Government/Town
Blue Cart Recycling
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Suffield residents have been doing a good job of utilizing their blue, single-stream recycling carts but we hope to make 2018 even better.
Suffield Observations
We’ve been slimed!
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I recently got a call from my daughter’s school informing me that she and a few other girls had gotten into a little bit of trouble on the bus.
Government/Town
Suffield Police Department Activity Report November/December 2017
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The following table has been adapted from data provided by the Suffield Police Department.
Government/Town
Mock Exercise Trains Town for Emergency Response
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On December 5, the Town of Suffield and the Suffield Public School District prepared for the worst.
Government/Town
Internship Completed at SPD
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Last week concluded the internship of our fall 2017 college intern, Nate Marshall, at the Suffield Police Department.
Government/Town
New Officer Gets His Badge
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Candidate Alex Scata, a Farmington resident, was so enthusiastic about his intent to become a Suffield police officer that he attended Interim Chief Tony Riello’s departure party in the Suffield High auditorium two Decembers ago.
Government/Town
Where We’ve Been. Where We’re Going. Nowhere?
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As many of our readers know, a Town referendum was held in October 2015 asking the town to vote to “appropriate $8.4 million for renovations and improvements to Bridge Street School for conversion to a town community center.”