Government/Town
Suffield Swag at the May Market
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Suffield “swag” will be 50% off at the May Market on Saturday, May 20!
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.
Organizations
Art Exhibit at Phelps-Hatheway House
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Harmonizing Four, a new series of fiber constructions by Suffield artist and resident Lynne Centore, will be on display at the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden (55 South Main Street, Suffield), from May 6 through October 3. Centore describes Harmonizing Four as “an elaboration of the themes and processes” explored in Bits and Pieces, her November 2022 exhibit at Suffield’s Kent Memorial Library. As with that exhibit, the textiles assembled in Harmonizing Four are created of found fabric that is hand-painted, sewn together manually or machine stitched, and layered with additional materials. The resulting works evoke the artist’s emotional response to landscape, memory, and observations of contemporary life. Photo provided by the author Great Pond acrylic on fabric by Lynne Centore
Centore received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Connecticut and a Master’s in Arts Education from Central Connecticut State University.
Organizations
Cetto Chamber Singers in Concert!
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On Saturday, June 3 at 3 p.m., a concert performed by the Cetto Chamber Singers will be held at Second Baptist Church.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
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A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny. Minotaur Books 2022, 384 pp. and FOSTER by Claire Keegan.
Organizations
Suffield Land Conservancy
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Spring is a busy time for the Suffield Land Conservancy (SLC), and we have several events planned.
Organizations
Suffield Players: First Date Comes to Mapleton Hall
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Suffield Players presents First Date, a modern musical love story, May 4 through May 20 at Mapleton Hall 1305 Mapleton Ave, Suffield, Conn.
Organizations
Girl Scouts Embrace New Adventures on Scouting Trip
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Scouts in Suffield Girl Scout Troop 10981 traveled to Rocking Horse Ranch in Highland, N. Y., in March to attend a scouting weekend full of fun, adventure, and new opportunities.
Organizations
Troop 66 Patrol Competition Campout
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March 24-26 was a Troop 66 camp out at Sunrise Park.
Organizations
Spring Cleaning
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In the Alexander King House Museum attic are two bathtubs from the 1800s. Early Americans did not bathe much.
Organizations
SFES Holds Backpack Fundraiser
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Although the end of the year is still several weeks away, it is not too early to think about the supplies your students will need on the first day of school in the fall.
Schools/Sports
Spring Comes to Suffield House
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Suffield High School Agriscience Group cut hundreds of daffodils
Schools/Sports
Local Students Win Big at Science & Engineering Fair
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Now in its 75th Diamond Year, Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair (CSEF) held its finalist award ceremony at Quinnipiac University in Hamden on March 18th, 2023.
Organizations
SFES To Induct Hall of Honor Class
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After a three year delay due to COVID, the Suffield Foundation for Excellent Schools (SFES) will induct its Class of 2020 into the SFES Hall of Honor.
People/Business
Four Dads Pub Comes to Congamond
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A local Granby restaurant is coming to the Congamond Lakes area.
Columns
Joe Froggers Cookies
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Joe Froggers Molasses Cookies are named after Joseph Brown (1750-1834) who owned a tavern called Black Joe’s Tavern in Marblehead, Mass.
Government/Town
A Year in the Life of the Observer Trivia
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For one year, in order to commemorate the first publication of The Suffield Observer, 25 years ago, this trivia column will contain questions about the newspaper and the articles which appeared in it over the years.