Government/Town
Seeking Candidates for Town Positions
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Ask not what your town can do for you but what you can do for your town.
Garden Club Volunteers Bring Beauty to Phelps-Hatheway Gardens
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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.
History
A Moment in Time: Old Photos Invited from Our Readers
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Taken in about 1898 looking upstream near the mouth of Stony Brook at the end of Paper Street, this old photo shows the Franklin Paper Mill in its third embodiment.
History
100 Years Ago in Suffield
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Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Wendy Taylor of Kent Memorial Library.
Churches
Social Action Ministry
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The Social Action/Human Needs Ministry of Sacred Heart Church has had to adjust some of its work because of the COVID-19 epidemic. The goal of the committee is to try to help those who are trying to help themselves and their families.
Churches
Happenings at First Church of Christ Suffield
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First Church is excited to be celebrating the Easter holiday at the beginning of April! Our theme, “A Way Other Than Our Own” is based on the devotional book by Walter Brueggemann.
Churches
Zak Grant Provides Defibrillators to Church
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Second Baptist Church has received Automated External Defibrillators (AED) units through a grant from the Amiel P. Zak Public Service Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Government/Town
Correction
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The Bridge Street School demolition article in our March issue inadequately described what happened after the Town Meeting voted to appropriate funds and authorize bonding for the proposed community center.
People/Business
New Coffee Shop Coming
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Residents may recall that a few years ago a FOR SALE sign was set on the front lawn of Webster Bank, next door to the Kent Memorial Library. Webster had been renting out space that the bank didn’t need, as branch banks don’t need the space for other functions that the former Suffield Savings Bank had enjoyed.