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First Place Winners]]></image:caption>
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10K Runners, ready to go.]]></image:caption>
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Amy Pott (right), Director of Worship Arts at First Church of Christ, presents Elizabeth Kaplan of Suffield Community Aid with a check for $800.  The funds were donated by those attending the recent Concerts for a Cause, held on May 30 at the church. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by Suffield Garden Club&lt;br&gt;
New Member Kelly Knight, joining in 2025, is already recruiting for the future.]]></image:caption>
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Suffield Conservation Commission Chairman Art Christian delivered remarks and helped hand out prizes at the 2026 Fishing Derby at Sunrise Park.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photos by Pamela J. Webster&lt;br&gt;
Sibbil Dwight Kent boulder on the Suffield Town Green. ]]></image:caption>
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Judith Hanmer (left) and Kaitlynn E. Webster (right).
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan&lt;br&gt;
These leggy creatures can easily be spotted. The black swallowtail caterpillar may be munching on parsley or dill and the monarch caterpillar on milkweed.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beatrice Marcavitch
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spaulding School students’ mural was a beautiful collaborative effort.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photos submitted by the author&lt;br&gt;
Cadence Leach, SHS Senior, designed this impressive mural.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by the author&lt;br&gt;
Artwork created by Joseph Burger]]></image:caption>
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&lt;br&gt;From left to right is Aparna Divyadarshini Acharya’s three family members, State Rep Jane Garibay, Aparna Divyadarshini Acharya, Kathryn Claire Tini, State Rep Tami Zawistowski, and Kathryn Claire Tini’s mother.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Saani Nalla&lt;br&gt;
The 7th and 8th grade Math Olympiad team: Junior Saanvi Nalla, Viktoria Crnkovic, Luke Forsman, Nolan Forrest, Charles Schuyler, Sophia Michalman, Jacob Hopkins, Alexandra Nastase, Walker Merritt, Jacob Lenk, Ayra Singhania, Lillian Roberts, Kayla Berg, Mrs. Jennifer Plourde, Tyler Kuzmenko, Siddharth Dusety, Shaylan Anderson, and Elias Vega.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Saani Nalla&lt;br&gt;
The 6th grade Math Olympiad team: Mrs. Kristin Karam, Srinika Nalla, Jude Solytys, Zoe Horazy, Elina Benton, Karlee Dudack, Jayden Li, Mary Avila, Rachel Toskin, Carson Senecal, Holden Alicea, Vir Singhania, and Spencer Reed.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Sarah Hamylak&lt;br&gt;
Zoe Hamylak and Olivia Grenier]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Two smiling students holding scholar award plaques]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Bright red arching flowers with blurred green background]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Book cover: The Winds from Further West]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alexandra Strawinski]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Dancer in tiara holding dance competition awards]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photos submitted by Michelle Strawinski&lt;br&gt;
Aleesa Strawinski
]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Award winner wearing sash and tiara]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield Reads poster showing man and books]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[2026 Best Communities for Music Education banner]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Amy Kappen&lt;br&gt;
From l to r:  Tommy Bishop, Harry Stauffer, Niko Kappen, Jackson Davis, Joe Zenczak, Nayan Tummalapally, Arnav Ukidwe, Tim Dubovyy, Avishkar Kasilya, Calvin Adappoort, Coach Carl Casinghino]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Tennis team posing with championship plaque and medals]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by the author&lt;br&gt;
L-R: VFW members Brian Benito, Bill Moryto, John Blake, John Gwiazdowski, Bill Arendt, Sal Covino, Lee Wilson, Fritz King, Paul Marin, Paul Haas, Jim Hunter pose in front of the mobile Freedom 250 museum.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Men standing before Celebrating 250 Years trailer]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Vintage printed recipe text for Portugal cakes]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Vintage recipe page for orange and lemon tarts]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Venmo QR for Rotary Club of Suffield]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[SHS Baseball team made it to the Quarterfinals of the State Tournament.  Way to go!]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Girls Tennis won the NCCC Championship. Very nice, girls.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Boys Tennis won the Class S State Championship. Congratulations!]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Girls Lacrosse made it to the Quarterfinals of the Class M State Tournament. Well done!

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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Suffield’s own Coach Rayce Bianchi was named Class S Coach of the Year for Boys Lacrosse
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo from SHS&lt;br&gt;
Parents and guests celebrating with their students on this gorgeous Saturday!]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Class of 2026 diploma with congratulations]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by Animesh Chandra&lt;br&gt;
SHS students celebrate their graduation with the traditional tossing of the caps!]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Eric Hamylak&lt;br&gt;
Suffield resident Connor Mahar accepts his prizes at the 2026 Suffield Fishing Derby.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Tena Smith&lt;br&gt;
SCA had amazing support from more than 20 volunteers at the Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive on May 9. We are so grateful to all those that give their time to support the SCA Food Pantry. Pictured L to R: Mary Curtin, SCA Director, with volunteers, Joe Houde, Darlene Fabrizi and Matt Costanza of Resilience Physical Therapy and Wellness.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo By Robin Zatony&lt;br&gt;
TADA!!! &lt;br&gt;
June 3, 4 p.m.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Tony and Ellen Peterson&lt;br&gt;
June 2 , 2 p.m.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Tony and Ellen Peterson 
 June 2,  10 a.m.]]></image:caption>
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June 1, 3 p.m.]]></image:caption>
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May 17]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Tony and Ellen Peterson
April 12]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo from the collection of Grace (Ford) Hanrahan
This old house stands on Main Street today, but with  a few changes, do you know where it stands? Clue: Written on the back of the picture, ”Moved back, turned, roof changed and added another floor. I you can’t figure it out come visit the King House Museum this Summer for the answer and other more updated pictures, we are open 1 - 4 every Saturday until the end of September.”]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by Sue Begin&lt;br&gt;
June 14 was a wonderful Sunday at Second Baptist Church. The children celebrated “Growing in God’s Garden”. They recited poems and scriptures and reminded everyone that we’re still growing and God is watering. Back row left to right: Addie Begin, Madisyn Beyers, Mila Lisk, Mia Hagen, Grace Hagen, Sue Schneller. Front row: Jack Lisk, Michael Preli, Betty Begin, Bri Hagen.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield Middle School planning options infographic]]></image:title>
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&lt;br&gt;Third grade class representatives mulched their new tree and came up with its name – “Mulchy”!
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Graphic by Tony Peterson
Suffield’s Repair Cafes launched in March ’25 and are held quarterly.
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The Suffield Observer chair, Kacy Colston, presents a $2,000 scholarship check in memory of Sam Fuller and Bob Warren to Phoebe Kaplan, a Suffield High School graduating senior who will be attending the University of New Hampshire in the fall. Congratulations, Phoebe! 
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Aerial maps comparing four project options and costs]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Greg and Kathy Werth, with the Observer, visit Glen Garioch Distillery, one of the oldest operating distilleries in Scotland. Glen Garioch has been making its mighty malt in the quaint and historic market town of Oldmeldrum, near Aberdeen in Northeast Scotland, since 1797.]]></image:caption>
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(l-r) Talan Gauthier, Marie Gauthier, Sheilyn Brown, Zoe Brown, Jean Eagan and Nathan Shenoy pose with their new trees.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Selling perennials donated by members, the major source of revenue for our fundraiser, are, 
(left to right): Jean Egan, Kelly Knight, Betty Gilbert, Emily Grand and Erin Calender.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Five volunteers at outdoor plant sale booth]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p33_n63-5_COLOR_May_Market_Marie_Gauthier_and_kids.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The children are learning from Marie Gauthier about tracking animals based on their footprints.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Children and adult drawing together on floor]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p33_n63-4_COLOR_Suffield_in_MayBooths_Chafetz.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p33_n63-4_COLOR_Suffield_in_MayBooths_Chafetz.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[May Market booths line the Green on this beautiful Saturday.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Outdoor artisan market with colorful vendor tents]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cheri DeMaria shows her creative works in concrete.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Woman selling crafts under canopy]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The patriotic pair, in red, white and blue, are May Market co-chairs, Dave Witkins and Myron Marshaus.
]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Two men in red hats at patriotic booth]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p33_n63-1_COLOR_May_Market_Vo-Ag.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p33_n63-1_COLOR_May_Market_Vo-Ag.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vo-Ag students sell tomato plants and flowers to area gardeners. 
]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Outdoor agriscience booth with plants and signage]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Small_GC_Logo_green_cmyk.png</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Small_GC_Logo_green_cmyk.png</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield Garden Club green floral logo]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/p31_n56_COLOR_PR_Honors_Donna.png</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/p31_n56_COLOR_PR_Honors_Donna.png</image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by Parks &amp; Rec
Donna (holding a bouquet of flowers) and her husband, Stephan, with his parents (left) and Parks &amp; Rec Director Peter Leclerc (right).]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Five smiling adults posing indoors, woman holding bouquet]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/p31_n52_COLOR_Parks_and_Rec.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/p31_n52_COLOR_Parks_and_Rec.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Large group in Hawaiian shirts on cabin porch]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suffield_Observer_Nicholson_June_ad_2026.png</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suffield_Observer_Nicholson_June_ad_2026.png</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Funeral home preplanning advertisement with staff photo]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CRW_2025.06_3.92x2.5.png</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CRW_2025.06_3.92x2.5.png</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[CRW Landscapes ad for hardscape design services]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Windsor_Federal_2026.06_10x7.png</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Windsor_Federal_2026.06_10x7.png</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Windsor Federal Bank business lending advertisement]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p30_n28_COLOR_DAR.png</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by the author&lt;br&gt;
Flags decorate graves at the Old Cemetery behind First Church in Suffield.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[American flag and memorial pennant at grave]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p29_COLOR_Snapping_Turtle_1.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan&lt;br&gt;
Newly emerged from her water home, with duckweed camouflage still on her shell, this snapping turtle laid her eggs in some freshly turned soil in my garden.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Algae-covered turtle resting on dry muddy bank]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p28_n13-3_COLOR_May_Photos_Blueberries.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p28_n13-3_COLOR_May_Photos_Blueberries.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Cluster of ripe blueberries on bush branches]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p28_n13_COLOR_May_Photos_Dogwood.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p28_n13_COLOR_May_Photos_Dogwood.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[White dogwood flowers with green veined leaves]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p27_n11_COLOR_KIds_Book_review.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p27_n11_COLOR_KIds_Book_review.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Book cover: girl running by window, garbage truck]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p27_n09_COLOR_Library_ribbon_cutting.png</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p27_n09_COLOR_Library_ribbon_cutting.png</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Gold scissors cutting red ribbon on invitation]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p25_n17_T2T_Golf_Dalrymple.png</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p25_n17_T2T_Golf_Dalrymple.png</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Venmo QR code for Shute Family Foundation]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p24_n03-2_COLOR_NEAM_Vincent_Wu_Terry_Fogarty_Scott_Gentry.jpg</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Three men smiling in an airplane hangar]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p24_n03-1_COLOR_NEAM_B29.png</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p24_n03-1_COLOR_NEAM_B29.png</image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Ray A. Dalrymple
&lt;br&gt;The B-29 Superfortress.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Polished silver bomber on display in hangar]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p23_n14_COLOR_Book_review.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p23_n14_COLOR_Book_review.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[How to Read a Book novel cover]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p23_n02_COLOR_Bus_driver_appreciation.png</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p23_n02_COLOR_Bus_driver_appreciation.png</image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Patti Uricchio]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Town committee smiling together in municipal room]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p22_n53_COLOR_Arts_Council.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p22_n53_COLOR_Arts_Council.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by Fran Milliken
]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Impressionist painting of blossoming tree branches]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p22_n26_COLOR_Recipe_apple_cake.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p22_n26_COLOR_Recipe_apple_cake.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fannie Farmer Apple Cake]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Round apple tart with caramelized apple slices]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p21_n48_COLOR_Rotary_Students.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p21_n48_COLOR_Rotary_Students.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by author
&lt;br&gt;Rotary honored Students of the Month Nayandeep Tummalapally (April) and Erika Lavery (March)]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Two smiling individuals holding certificates by fireplace]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p21_n30_COLOR_Scouts_Prusi.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Nate Prusi&lt;br&gt;
Troop 66 Scouts ventured around historic Philadelphia in honor of America’s 250th birthday. Pictured in front of Independence Hall L-R: Sawyer Prusi, Nathan Prusi, Graham Marcavitch, Jack LaFreniere, Blake Matlach, Alex Richter and Dean Prusi.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Group of people on lawn before historic building]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p20_n27_Tag_Sale_clipart.png</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Tag sale sign with hanging price tags]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Baseball rules comparison table]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Baseball rules comparison table]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p20_n04_Wheelman_clip_art.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p20_n04_Wheelman_clip_art.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Vintage baseball player with bat wearing mascot head]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p18_n59_COLOR_Suffield_Academy.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Hillary Rockwell Cahn&lt;br&gt;
Members of Suffield Academy’s Class of 2026 who reside in town proudly wearing apparel representing the colleges and universities they will be attending this fall.
Front: Connor Pikula, Santiago Bourgeois, Ronan Sullivan, Seth Healy, Kate Willcutts, Raegan Carty, Amelia Curtin, Emersyn Nutini, Ava Carroll, Dani Stanley, Alanna Dolan, Sean Atkins Jr.
Back: Nicholas Warren, Fischer Stevens, Soren Nelson, Will Ludwig, Declan Lynam, Mackenzie Dutton, Sophia Romaniw, Seamus Sullivan    Not pictured: Ava Willcutts, Caelyn Zwirko
]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Group of students wearing college sweatshirts]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Flyer for Declaration of Independence exhibit in Suffield]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Moe Shea&lt;br&gt;
Cubmaster Patrick Nicholls congratulates Suffield’s newest scouts. From Left to right, Top Row: Gabriella Savelli, McArthur Shea, Ollie Quiroz, Casey Bialka. Bottom Row: Addie Begin, Leila Prusi, Ava Forest.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Scout troop posing on wooden deck]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p16_n25-1_SCA_COLOR_flowers.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p16_n25-1_SCA_COLOR_flowers.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Lauren Marino&lt;br&gt;
Thank you, Suffield Garden Club, for the beautiful flowers for the SCA Meals on Wheels recipients.
]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Colorful mixed flower bouquets on stainless steel counter]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p16_n25_COLOR_SCA_Thank_you_clip_art.png</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Multicolored &quot;Thank You!&quot; text with decorative script]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[
Suffield Rotary EDOS volunteers paint the fence at Hilltop.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Three volunteers painting white fence post outdoors]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[
Some of the many painters who helped paint the fence at Hilltop.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Large group of people wearing blue shirts]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Suffield Rotary EDOS Committee L to R: Amy Reay, Karlene Sullivan, Chairman Rob Klesczewski, President Natalie Donais, Deborah Agrafojo]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Group of five people wearing matching blue shirts]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p14_clip_art_PR.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p14_clip_art_PR.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[People walking, biking, and jogging in park]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p13_n62_Moment_in_Time_-_Sikes.png</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[                                                                              Photo submitted by Art Sikes, part of the Thea Coburn collection, Suffield Historical Society&lt;br&gt;
Another Old House on the Move
The Thomas Archer house, built in 1790, moving from Bridge Street to 463 South Main Street in 1970.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[House being moved through street by crew]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p11_nxx_new_pastor_from_website.png</loc>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p11_nxx_new_pastor_from_website.png</image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo from the church website&lt;br&gt;
Pastor Jeff Cedarfield]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Smiling man holding open Bible at pulpit]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p11_clipart_Fathers_Day.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/p11_clipart_Fathers_Day.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Silhouette of father and child, Happy Father&#039;s Day]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[West Suffield Sunday prayer and schedule]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Nalanda Bodhi Connecticut meditation center Sunday flyer]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Juneteenth Freedom Day logo, June 19]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Pink mountain laurel flower clusters]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Sustainable Suffield newsletter showing food scrap dumpster]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Cartoon kids in pool with beach balls]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Red White and Suffield banner with QR code]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Governor&#039;s Prevention Partnership logo with two figures]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Time to license your dog!]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Framed pins beneath Suffield Town Clerk sign]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kacy Colston]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Farmers market fresh produce stand]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Suffield’s new Fire Chief Brian Gauthier. He, his wife Nicole and their three sons, ages 7 to 13, live in Suffield.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Ariel Gragnolati
First Selectman Colin Moll, Sue Mayne, sophomore Lana Millette-Fanous, eighth-grade student Riley Dougherty, senior Nayan Tummalapally and State Representative Tami Zawistowski
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Community group posing at tree-planting ceremony]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Free garden club event flyer May 16]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Kathryn Roberts&lt;br&gt;
Cetto Chambers Singers.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Women&#039;s choir in church wearing blue scarves]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Hardwood floor before and after refinishing ad]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Personalized memorial services banner with butterfly]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Spazzarini epoxy garage flooring advertisement]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Driveway sealcoating before and after ad]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Press Release&lt;br&gt;
Cast members (left to right) Elizabeth Reynolds, Lisa Parker, Kelly Siep, Barbara Gallow work on their next production.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Four women onstage examining small object]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[2026 Suffield PMC Kids Ride group photo]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Chain-link gate at entrance to modular buildings]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Volunteer painting white fence community service flyer]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Bird nest with three bright blue eggs]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan
Often secretive, the towhee may be noticed first by the sound of industrious scratching in the leaf litter under dense thickets. You may sometimes be pleasantly surprised to see one in your yard.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Eastern towhee perched on grassy lawn]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Book cover: What&#039;s With Baum?]]></image:title>
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Phelps-Hatheway House]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Historic white colonial house with American flags]]></image:title>
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Melanie Motter (on keyboard), Paul Motter (on guitar) and Eric Roth (on cello) perform.]]></image:caption>
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The cast poses during the song “At the End of the Day.”
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Students in red shirts with robot at competition]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From the SHS Newsletter
The Academic Quiz Team surged into the semifinals on As Schools Match Wits on March 27 and 28. Watch their championship matches on NEPM or your local PBS station on June 6 and June 13. Congratulations to the team - Senior MK Mormino, Juniors Arnav and Shaunak Ukidwe and Jane Kelly, and alternate freshman Finn Kappen, for beating out over 30 teams this year to make it into the Top 4!]]></image:caption>
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Check out the bookshelf at Kent Memorial Library highlighting Kwame Alexander’s book collection for readers of all ages. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by the author
Kwame Alexander
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by SCA&lt;br&gt;
Thank you to Stephanie Salerno Team for going door to door and again gathering four full cars of groceries, personal care items and cleaning supplies for our Spring Basket distribution. This was their fourth year doing this for the Spring Basket program!   From left to right: Stephanie Salerno, Mary Curtin from SCA, Alyssa Salerno, Emma MacDougall and Kevin Hull from Stephanie Salerno Team
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Colonial militia ambushing British redcoats in battle]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by the author &lt;br&gt;
Charles Loomis House
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Victorian house with tower and ornate porch]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by ArtSikes
In the process of researching old homes, sometimes they are not where you expect them to be. The home/farm in this picture is shown at the intersection of Thompsonville Road, River Blvd. and Burbank Ave., NW corner. It was built by Asa Manchester in 1835. It was listed as J. Sperry on the 1855 map and D. Cowen on the 1869 Suffield map. It’s now at 890 Burbank Ave. It’s a three family, but all the farm buildings are gone.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Enfield Safe Harbor benefit concert poster]]></image:title>
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Flowered Cross made for Easter.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Blue doors decorated with floral wreaths and cross]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Nalanda Bodhi meditation center logo and tagline]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Crowd of sign-holding protesters outside brick church]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield Summer Fair 250th anniversary poster]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Tony Peterson
The Verogy company’s 2,500-panel solar array on town landfill property will generate $1.3 million in revenue for Suffield over 20 years. The town can earn more if it exercises lease extensions with Verogy.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Solar panels on cleared field with woodchips]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Sustainable Suffield green flyer with map pins]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Happy Mother&#039;s Day floral greeting card]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Red, White and Suffield America250 banner with QR]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan&lt;br&gt;
Gardeners are looking forward to transforming the now brown space into a lush and bountiful garden as pictured in 2025.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Dog waste station by lakeside path]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Suffield post card - Washington Elm is the second tree from the left.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Tree-lined town common with soldier&#039;s monument]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[FY 2025–27 municipal budget comparison table]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Octagonal gazebo with cupola and round window]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided  by the author
(L to R) Local builder Elzear Roy, Social Services Commission Chair Robin Zatony, Suffield Rotary President Natalie Donais and Drake Smith, project manager for The Barn Yard in Ellington, at the new bandstand site. Rendering shown at right.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Four people outdoors holding a long white tube]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by National EMS Management Association(NEMSMA)&lt;br&gt;
Left to Right: Pat Songer (Executive Director NEMSMA), Captain Jacob Audet (SVAA), Administrative Director Jennifer Ferguson (SVAA), Chief John Spencer (SVAA).]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Four uniformed EMS professionals at awards ceremony]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Marty Aligata 

Burbank Sycamore was named in 2024 by the Trees for Suffield Initiative.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Massive tree beside white house and porch]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hilltop Farm]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Rural farmhouse sunset with white fence]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[QR code with red arrow and scanner frame]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Children playing on wooded hillside]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by Kathy Banak&lt;br&gt;
Ron and Mary Banak, then and now.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Elderly couple celebrating 70th anniversary with cake]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Outdoor artisan market with tents and visitors]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Donna Carney-Bastrzycki&lt;br&gt;
St. Patrick’s Weekend Hiking Workshop fun on Sunrise Parks’ Upper Pavilion
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Group of people on waterfront deck]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Rob Faber Photography. &lt;br&gt;
(L-R): Amanda Tini, Anthony Newondowski, Melissa Mack, Jordan Adison, Chris Kellogg, Peter Leclerc, Andrew Kerski, Anastasia Barhatova, Tony Dovolani, Anastasia Abrashin, Joe Artioli, Anastasiia Alekseienko, Allise Markowski, Karen Rolocut and Serghei Cusnir. ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Diverse group in patriotic costumes on stage]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Group of teens promoting seniors volunteer program]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by Brian Casinghino&lt;br&gt;
Brian at the ski slope at the Paralympics in Cortina, Italy.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Spectator at alpine ski racecourse with mountains]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Kathryn Roberts
Cetto Chambers Singers.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Large women&#039;s choir wearing blue scarves in church]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Headshot of smiling blonde woman on neutral background]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Family moving into first home advertisement]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Windsor Federal Bank Mutuals Matter poster]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Nicholson &amp; Carmon funeral home cremation ad]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by Jen Metcalf
Music Director Corey Killian at the Suffield District Concert
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Conductor leading concert band flute section]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by Barbara Rodgers
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Outdoor farmers market with canopy tents]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[AI poster featuring humanoid robot head]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Cozy library with desk, computer, bookshelves]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Kent Memorial Library FY2025 at a glance infographic]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by Erik Hamylak&lt;br&gt;
 (L to R)  MaryKate Mormino and Prarthana Ray.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Two smiling women holding certificates]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by Danna Gauntner
Whether attending for the history, the music, or the chance to take home a tree, Suffield residents are invited to gather, reflect, and celebrate the roots of liberty that continue to grow today.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Black-and-white illustration of child under tree]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Tony Peterson&lt;br&gt;
The entire Les Mis ensemble in a rousing rendition of “Do You Hear the People Sing?”
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Musical theater cast on stage waving red flag]]></image:title>
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&lt;br&gt;Top row left to right: Nayandeep Tummalapally, Evan Held, Anish Jindal  &lt;br&gt;Bottom Row left to right: Kylie Tinnirella, Eliana Lavoie, Quinn Thompson]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Six school yearbook portraits in grid]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Summer camp poster with tent and campfire]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by the author&lt;br&gt;
Thank you to the students, staff and families of McAlister and Spaulding Schools for the “Souper Bowl” donations to support the Food Pantry. From left to right: Deb Grob and Rich Carney, Suffield Public Schools
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Two volunteers packing boxes in food pantry]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Yellow trout lilies with mottled green leaves]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Mary Curtin
The Suffield Lions Club made a donation to support the Suffield Community Aid Food Pantry from donations received at the Lions Food Drive in December. Pictured are Mary Curtin, Suffield Community Aid Director with Scott Wheeler, Suffield Lions Club President. ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Woman presenting envelope to smiling man]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by Robert Molleur
                                                                    Haying in Suffield
Hermann Roesberg raking hay on his Case 730 tractor in Suffield in June 1985. The photo is from North Street looking at his farm on the hill on Mapleton Ave. The fields are houses now, ironically Farmstead Lane. Robert Molleur who sent this in, worked for Hermann and his father Otto during and after high school and spent many days in those fields and on that tractor.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Tractor plowing field beneath expansive cloudy sky]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[                                                                                      Submitted by Sara Zak
Academy Hall, West Suffield]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Red White and Suffield America250 banner]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Candlelight group meditation flyer, Healing Center]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Navy ET2 Dustin Doyon
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Susan and her precious smile outshines the garden of flowers.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Senior standing beside blue puppet theater with duck]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Photo by Em Tu Waddell&lt;br&gt;
At the Inaugural Suffield Balance Project chapter meeting on February 26, a group of Suffield parents came together, off-screen, to share ideas, discuss tech-life balance, and build community. Scan the QR code to join a growing group of almost 60 Suffield families!
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Noted horticulturist Warren Leach to visit Suffield.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan&lt;br&gt;
Tree Swallows taking in the game.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by Suffield by the River&lt;br&gt;
104-year-old Fran Morway is all smiles on her birthday.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Elderly woman wearing sash celebrating 104th birthday]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photos by: Donna Carney-Bastrzycki, Director of Special Programs&lt;br&gt;
(Left to right) Ryan Brady, Dan Leonard, Donna Carney-Bastrzycki, Sarah Tschannen, Irene Kraft, Helen Thresher, Stephen Bastryzcki enjoy the party.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Group in 1920s-style costumes holding signs]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Colin Moll, First Selectman, Ryan Brady and Stephen Bastryzcki. They were the guest card dealers for the event.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Danielle Chicaiza&lt;br&gt;
Suffield Girl Scouts enjoyed a day of fun racing their derby cars.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joe Artiole&lt;br&gt;
High school basketball buddies, Jackson Walters and Joey Artioli.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Two people shoveling snow on tennis court]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Volunteers painting white farm fence outdoors]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[EPIC Day of Service logo, Do More Good]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Emile Backes
The artist supplied the image of the Bulgarian flag captured during his trip through Europe.v]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Bulgarian flag with royal coat of arms]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Theo of Golden book cover with feather]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Caricature of two agents with Coldwell SOLD sign]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Smiling woman funeral director portrait at funeral home]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Janeine Kirwan-Ward is holding the Observer on the South Perth foreshore with the Swan River in the background in Perth, Western Australia.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carol Dembek, Diana Dunn, Steve Dunn, Ann Borracci and Zig Dembek with the Observer enjoying a vacation on Oahu. Diamond Head monument is in the background.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Group of people posing by oceanfront volcanic crater]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Karen Jason and Rick Kirschbaum with the Observer at Victoria Falls, Zambia.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deedee Presser is working at Lavigno, Italy for the Winter Olympics and reads the Observer between races.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Person wearing beanie holding newspaper at outdoor festival]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo courtesy of the Tuesday Morning Music Club
TMMC’s Champlain Trio – Letitia Quante, Hiromi Fukuda and Emily Taubl]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eagle Scout Jack Ryan]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Smiling person in red jacket and beanie]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Kevin McCormick
Proof that Troops 260 and 262 are cooler in January weather at the Butternut Ski Resort.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Group of children in winter coats indoors]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by Johanne Presser
The Advanced Winners were, (left to right) Champions Coach Bobby (Bobby Defray, Cinely), Keith Woods from SFES, Runners-up Greenwood crew (Kelly Canniff and Stacey Fortin).]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Five pickleball players posing with awards]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by Chris Kellogg
Kindness Award Winner Olivia Grenier]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Student holding certificate in front of kindness mural]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Hoopla, The Palace Project, and Libby logos]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Book cover: Lois Lowry&#039;s Tree. Table. Book.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Colorful Hello March floral spring illustration]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Ellen Peterson
Tony Peterson, co-chair of Sustainable Suffield, flanked by Suffield Garden Club members, (L to R) Anita Wardell, chair of the Betty Jean Stroh Committee, Jackie Hemond and Lisa Parker, vice president of the club. Missing from the photo are Jean Matejek, a Betty Jean Stroh Committee member, and Joyce Zien, Garden Club President.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo credit: CTHistoricGardens.Org
Lovely gardens grace historic Roseland Cottage in Woodstock, Connecticut
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Pink Victorian house with manicured flower garden]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Weathered barn in snowy field with bare tree]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Cluster of white snowdrop flowers in spring]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Donna Carney Bastrzycki
Easter Bunny with Rocco Marotta and Debbie Chevalier
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Hazel Qua celebrates her record-breaking scoring: (l-r) Gabe Qua, Becky Kline, Hazel Qua and Jason Qua.]]></image:caption>
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The Suffield Fire Fighters Association donated $500 to support SCA this holiday Season Pictured: Roger Dubiel, President of the Suffield Fire Fighters Association and Alan Fahrenholz, SCA Board Member.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo By Joan Heffernan
A Gray Treefrog enjoying the spring warmth after hibernating through the bitter cold of winter under rotting logs, rocks or leaf litter.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Close-up dewdrop on green grass blade]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photos by Amy Vessella
Bug - up close and personal]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Hoverfly on pink flower with colorful bokeh]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cast and crew of SHS’s Les Mis at SHS]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Class of 2027 Trivia Night flyer]]></image:title>
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The Girls’ Basketball team congratulates Hazel Qua on her signficant accomplishment as a junior!]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Submitted by Art Sikes
                                                    Post Card of Terrett House, after 1869
The building shown was built in 3 sections, the oldest and smallest facing Mountain Road was built as early as 1718, but for sure by 1728, it was removed in 1960. It had many owners. The 1855 Suffield Map just called it “Hotel”. The 1869 Suffield map called it “Gruendler Hotel”. In 1869 it was sold to Benjamin Franklin Terrett.
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Tree Fund Committee
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Suffield offers several options for sneaker recycling, so you needn’t throw them away.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Graphic by Anna-Kristin Daub-Murphy
Interested in promoting sustainability in Suffield? Scan the QR code to become a block leader.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Neighborhood block leaders needed flyer with QR]]></image:title>
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Historical Society King House Sampler]]></image:caption>
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At our January Repair Cafe, we hosted a special Urgent Care Clinic for stuffed animals. Our seamstresses literally had their hands full.
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From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 14, West Suffield residents can pick up free bins to collect their food scraps at the Ebbs Corner fire station.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield Sidekicks teen volunteer program flyer]]></image:title>
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Deacon Sonia Hill Przybylek directs the Third Baptist Youth Choir in some inspiring music!]]></image:caption>
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Tobacco barns evoke fond memories of the past in Suffield.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Sunset light shining through old wooden barn]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Three penguins standing on rocky shoreline]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield Developmental Preschool peer model screening flyer]]></image:title>
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Hanging out at the birdfeeder.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Collage of small backyard birds at feeders]]></image:title>
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An Act technician installs parking sensors on a GMC truck.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Greg Mark
Bowling Buddies enjoying a bite to eat at McDonalds in Agawam, Mass.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Natalie Donais
Helped by the Grinch, one Elf, and one very cute puppy, Rotarians “Ring the Bell” during the holiday season to raise money for the SCA.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Group in Christmas costumes with Salvation Army sign]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Charles Kurvin House (1912)
Although Charles Kurvin inherited the Elihu Kent, Jr. House, he wanted a more modern house and built this Queen Anne house next door between 1912 and 1914 leaving the Kent House vacant for 50 years. He added a carriage house to the new house which is similar to the one at the Kent House.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Light-green Victorian house with turret and porch]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Elihu Kent
Elihu Kent’s second home.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[White Cape Cod house with picket fence]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Elihu Kent, Jr., House (1786)
This house was built in 1787 for Elihu Kent, Jr., who lived here with his wife Elizabeth and their four children, Rebecca, Betsy, Samuel and Azel. Elihu was a farmer and tavernkeeper, and he also served in the American Revolution alongside his father, Elihu Kent, Sr. He was captured at he Battle of Long Island and subsequently spent a long time in one of the infamous sugar house prisons in New York City, where, according to historical records, he “suffered greatly.”
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			<image:title><![CDATA[White two story colonial house with blue door]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Terrett House (1750)
The Terrett House can be found at the interesection of Mountain Road and South Grand Street. It is a building consisting of two attached structures with the oldest building dating back to 1750. For many years the building was the Terrett House Hotel and tavern. In 1837, the first post office in West Suffield was operated out of the Terrett House, the tavernkeeper serving as the postmaster.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[White two-story house at street intersection]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Mildren Guzman Young 
Mandy Young-Guzman speaks at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Book cover: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans]]></image:title>
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Globe trotting penguin visits students at McAlister.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Children viewing a penguin in aquarium tank]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photos by Kelly Blais
The Teal Cast’s Jack Loranger struggles to connect Elianna Vega to the telephone as she holds up a perpetually falling wall by ways of connecting arms (and sometimes feet) with Ethan Boldt, MaryKate Mormino and Emma Gerkin.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Actors in comedic stage performance]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by the author
Staff Shirts provided by the Kindness Matters Grant through the Meghan Voisine fund. L-R Sandy Chmiel, Hollie Garrity, Amy Vessella, Sabine Schneider, Pinki Shah, Anna Cierocki and Wendy Taylor.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Group of women in matching pink shirts smiling]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/p19_n57_COLOR_Rotary_SOM_Hamylak.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kameron Aldridge &amp; Beatrice Williams

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			<image:title><![CDATA[Two smiling students holding framed certificates]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[White and blue shuttle bus]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield High School bingo fundraiser poster]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by the author
Congratulations to the Kid Governor candidates from Suffield Intermediate School l-r – Isabella Rodriguez, Addie Begin, Madelyn Bousquet, Everett Pillsbury, Chase Cauchon and Luke Chase (missing Khloe Barnes).
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Smiling students holding certificates against brick wall]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Lauren Marino
The Suffield Police Department donated $500 through the police union to support the Suffield Community Aid Food Pantry. Pictured: Officer Alex Scata with SCA Social Services Coordinator, Beth Sheridan
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Smiling police officer and woman holding envelope]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/p16_n32_COLOR_Chickadee.jpg</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Black-capped chickadee perched on branch]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Ron Kirschbaum
Sarah Roberts of Muddy Brook Farm in Amherst, Mass. drives the horse and wagon]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Two draft horses pulling carriage through snowy street]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Ron Kirschbaum
The perfect (cold) night to kick off the holidays.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Evening winter market crowd under string lights]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Ron Kirschbaum
Sibel and Azra visit Santa and Mrs Claus.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Children with Santa and Mrs. Claus by lights]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by Art Sikes
Suffield Center Store front about 1880. From left to right- Mrs. Mary Jane Thompson, Mrs. Sackett, Leverett Sackett (in front of wagon), Hiram Jones and Zella Sackett in wagon and Edward Perkins and Emily Sackett in wagon. Horace D. Sackett store - then Martinez, until taken down in 1968. Delphia H. Clark photo collection, KML]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Historic Victorian street with horse-drawn carriages]]></image:title>
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	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Ron Kirschbaum
Ice sculptor Billy Poe works to finish his creation.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Artist carving &quot;SUFFIELD&quot; ice sculpture with chainsaw]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pastor Christopher Hart  ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Bearded man with glasses wearing clerical collar]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by the author
Proud children stack the donations.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Children performing in church with canned food donations]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/p09_n16_COLOR_Milk_Day_At_Hasting_Farm.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Ron Kirshbaum
(l-r) Jaime Smith - Dept. of Agriculture, Rebecca Eddy - Dept. of Agriculture, State Representative Tami Zawistowski, Seth Bahler - Dairy Farmer, Arthur Spielman - Dairy Farmer, Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Jon Hermonot - Dairy Farmer, (mostly hidden) Susan Hastings and State Senator John Kissel celebrate Milk Day with a milk toast.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[People toasting beside dairy display at outdoor event]]></image:title>
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	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by the author
Kindness Awards (left to right): Scott Ryder, NCCCC, Anthony Hibbert, SHS Principal, Peyton Libby, Class of 2027, Ashton Egan, Class of 2026, Karen Campbell, NCCCC, Leanne Sullivan, SHS Science Teacher, Larry Plano, SHS Volleyball Coach and Chris Stone, NCCCC.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Group of people posing indoors with certificates]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/p08_nxx_COLOR_Sustainable_Column_rev.jpg</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield 2025 sustainability infographic: recycling, repairs, events]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Two Valentine gnomes holding red hearts]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Citizen&#039;s Police Academy seal]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Johanne Presser
Observer’s Valentine Couple, Dave and Joanne Thayer]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Smiling elderly couple by fireplace mantel]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/p01_n08_COLOR_Carol_Martin_Tribute.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by the author
Pictured second row, third from the right, at the 2024 Volunteer Party is Carol Martin with her fiesty, enthusiastic energy. She loved gatherings and she was having a blast with everyone.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Large smiling group portrait indoors]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[America&#039;s 250th anniversary 1776-2026 patriotic graphic]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Holiday funeral home collage with fireplace]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[First Church of Christ Congregational building exterior]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield community food support flyer]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Dec_Jan-25.-26-SO-column.png</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Goats and cow surrounding discarded Christmas tree]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/p07__COLOR_Holiday_band.jpg</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Winter animal brass band playing in snow]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield Lions and Springfield Thunderbirds event flyer]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/p31_n38_COLOR_Park_and_Rec.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Donna Carney-Bastrzycki, Director of Special Programs
A good crowd gathered for the Situational Awareness and Personal Safety Session for Seniors, Tweens, Teens, and Everyone in Between.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Large group of girls posing in gymnasium]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Illuminated carved jack-o&#039;-lanterns on front steps]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/p30_n41_COLOR_Recylce_cell_phones.png</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/p30_n41_COLOR_Recylce_cell_phones.png</image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by the author
Cell phone recyling machine]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Cell phone recycling kiosk]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by the author
(l-r) Don Miner, Gil Ahrens, Kelly Alexander and Natalie Donais]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Four smiling adults standing together in living room]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Repair cafe poster with teddy bear repair]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/p29_n46_COLOR_PMC_kids_Ride_news.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photos from a press release
Organizers Chris and Denise Nikolis stand with hundreds of kids ready to start the 2025 PMC Kids Ride.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Children and adults gathered for bike race]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Colorful handmade signs on chain-link fence]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/P29_n46_COLOR__PMC_Check_Total_Raised.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Pan Mass Challenge has raised more than $78 million dollars for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute since 2009. From left Patrick McMahon,  Lou Saledas and Chris Nikolis stand with the PMC sample check.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Three men holding $78,000,000 donation check]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Arctic Rafting staff
A big thank you to our fearless leaders (past and present) for guiding our scouts through these amazing adventures and using your vacation time to camp in the woods.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Group whitewater rafting on turbulent river]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/p28_n54_COLOR_Troop_66_Bike_Hike.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by John Matlach
Members of Troop 66 at the start of their bike adventure.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Group of cyclists on a wooded path]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tiger papercut by Landi Hou
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Black-and-white stylized tiger papercut artwork]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Painting of the Declaration of Independence by John Trumball]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Delegates signing document in grand historic chamber]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/p27_n42_COLOR_Clipart_Book_Review.jpg</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/p27_n42_COLOR_Clipart_Book_Review.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Book cover: The Winds from Further West]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/p26_n59_Hanukkah.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by author
Two of our family’s menorahs that we light every year. (l-r) A wedding gift 54 years ago and my husband, Mel’s, mother’s music box menorah which is about 70 years old.
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Library staff participating in 2024’s PJ Day for the Kids.
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Rugelach]]></image:caption>
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Some recent finds while trekking amongst the trees. “Look carefully and what do you see?”]]></image:caption>
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10th-grader Koa Matteson showed off Apollo, a leopard gecko, at the Agriscience Open House on November 6.]]></image:caption>
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The FFA Students (L-R) Lillian B., Katie T., Alanna W., and Wyatt show off beautiful poinsettas.]]></image:caption>
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Interact Club Members who helped staff the table collecting donations for the Food Pantry on Election Day. (Pictured L to R) Beatrice Williams, Taylor Abbiatti, Dallas Janick, and Rachael Logie
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Anna Rucci adds to her painting on the flower stand at 584 Thompsonville Rd. Anna is a family friend of Traci Artioli,  who founded Rue &amp; Co. Flower Farm two years ago. You can follow them on Instagram @rueandcoflowerfarm and Facebook @rue&amp;co.flowerfarm. 
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Honoring our veterans, first responders and personal heroes.]]></image:caption>
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              How do I get their attention? Maybe just spin the parasol. Spaulding School 1986
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Back row (left to right): Bob Parks, Fr. Joe Keough, Peg Parks and Meg Atwood. Front (left to right): Grayson Borawski, Rylan, Harper and Austin McIntyre.
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Erica Leigh Caginalp (Nutmeg Empire-Ceramic Artist) and daughter Clara look to sell their products at the Fire Auxiliary event. Check them out on Facebook and Instagram. 
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 At The Second Chance Shop, Kelly Alexander shows off the many Christmasy items for your home available at great prices.
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At Sacred Heart, Shawna Nelson (STROOPS! There it is) has Stroopwafels, cakes,bakery items, sourdough, gluten free sourdough and gluten free baked goods. Check her out on Facebook.
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 The West Suffield Congregational Church’s ladies and gentlemen cook up a storm at their event.
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At First Church’s event, David Witkins poses with his Christmas wares.
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Tree Committee members - Judy Hanmer and Danna Gauntner are all smiles about the successful matching grant challenge!]]></image:caption>
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A newly painted tobacco barn in West Suffield as seen on Mountain Road.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[541 NORTH MAIN
Built in 1776 and known as The Saddle Shop, Consider Williston, who fought in the Revolutionary War, had this shop built to house his leather goods business where he made and sold saddle bags and saddles. It was eventually converted to a private home and displays stunning colonial era wide pine floors, exposed beams, and even the original fireplace. The exterior wood siding and gently sloping roof preserve the Georgian-Saltbox typical of late 18th century New England dwellings.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[532 NORTH MAIN
Built in 1818 by or for Apollos Norton, this distinguished historic residence underwent a comprehensive renovation in 2016 by its current owners. The exterior was meticulously restored to reflect its original architectural detailing, including solid mahogany trim around the window alcoves, eaves and gable roof. Inside, thoughtful restoration uncovered and preserved wide plank floors, exposed brick walls, authentic wood beams, and more.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[500 NORTH MAIN
According to the Suffield Historical Society, the best research to date gives this historic farmhouse a build date of 1837 by Daniel M. Warner. When the 37-acre property was purchased and subdivided in 2018, it included a house, a barn, a tobacco warehouse and a large tobacco shed used to hang and cure tobacco leaves. The tobacco shed can still be seen at what is now 510 North Main Street.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[71 STONEGATE
Built in 1900, this barn as well as the main house were previously part of the 20-acre property at 480 North Main Street. Old photos show the barn once faced west and sat closer to Main Street. Today it looks south, welcoming friends and neighbors. Set back from Main Street, it’s become a favorite gathering spot for the owners, who see it as a perfect backdrop for celebrations in the heart of the town where they both grew up.]]></image:caption>
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480 N0RTH MAIN
Built in 1795, Alden House, or “Aldenheim”, was built by Dr. Howard Alden. He and his wife Rhoda (Williston) and their 12 children lived there until his death in 1841, after which the property changed hands many times. In 2018, the property was subdivided, and the house and barn were renovated with modern updates. The owners were dedicated to preserving and restoring their original character.]]></image:caption>
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A group calling themselves the “Suffield Easy Riders” holding the Observer on a sailing/bike trip in Denmark and Sweden. All are current or former Suffield residents.  ]]></image:caption>
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It was so great that our vacations coincided. So fabulous to connect with Suffield Public School co-workers in Brugge, Belgium this spring. Anne Kelly, Diane Phelon and Kim Moriarty to read the Observer.]]></image:caption>
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Roy and Donna Gosselin, with the Observer, on a Scandinavian cruise, pictured with “The Little Mermaid” in Copenhagen Harbor.]]></image:caption>
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Suffield FD Chief Scott Cunningham (left) and SFA President, Firefighter Roger Dubiel are pictured at the recently completed garden. 
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Second Lieutenants Ethan Amburn and Matt Moryto from Suffield cross paths in Quantico, Virginia. 
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Fire Chief Scott Cunningham stands with the EMS equipment that will be placed on the fire apparatus so his firefighters can respond to EMS calls.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Our family just returned from an incredible adventure with the Observer in Pray, Montana where we hiked, went horseback riding through Yellowstone National Park, and enjoyed all the epic views and rainbows in beautiful Paradise Valley. From left to right, Brendan, Kendall, Sullivan and Griffin Moore.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carol and Tom Kaput reading the Observer in Zakopane, Poland at the base of the Tatra Mountains.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lucille and Scott Miller holding the Observer with their Adventure Caravan friends in Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada. We started the trip as strangers but ended as friends during the 63 day Canada-Alaska camping tour.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fred Sweitzer and Martha Sandefer enjoying the Observer in Skagway, Alaska.]]></image:caption>
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Bowling Buddies Group having a fun time at their weekly bowling program at Spare Time Lanes.
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Rotary and SHS Interact Club members packing meals with other Rotarians and donating to Suffield Community Aid.]]></image:caption>
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Suffield resident Kevin Molligan was promoted to Major in the Air Force National Guard on October 11. Pictured in the photo (Left to right) are Kevin’s son, Marine Corp Corporal Hezekiah Molligan, Kevin, wife Nathaly holding son Nathan and Lieutenant Colonel Steven MacSweeney who conducted the ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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Guests at “Revealing Réveillon” partaking in a conservation demonstration by Studio TKM Associates. Image courtesy of Connecticut Landmarks.
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An abundance of color at Bielonko Farm Stand. ]]></image:caption>
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We look forward to hearing these vocal birds once again in the spring: song sparrow, Carolina wren, gray catbird, Dickcissel, and indigo bunting. The welcome sound of a Carolina wren may brighten your winter day as this hardy bird, with a voice to match, calls Connecticut its year-round residence.
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Students run through clouds of color dust (biodegradable, non-toxic) being thrown by high school and parent volunteers.
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Troop 66 works at their booth at Suffield on the Green.]]></image:caption>
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Noora Khaled and Nuvia Torrez-Flores]]></image:caption>
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Two Suffield Academy solar arrays are located about a 10-minute walk west of the main campus, accessible via a service road off Hill Street.
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Meals on Wheels is busy serving seniors five days a week. We couldn’t do it with our amazing MOW volunteers. Pictured are Bob White, longtime Meals on Wheels volunteer and Lauren Marino, SCA Outreach Social Worker.]]></image:caption>
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Participants at Walk For Thought display their  thank you banner.]]></image:caption>
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                                                           Lizzie Allen Delivers the Mail on Hill Street
It’s the same as today with just a little equipment upgrade. The house in the background is 1434 Hill St.
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Washington and Lafayette at the Battle of Brandywine by John Vanderlyn (in public domain)]]></image:caption>
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Poster contest winners (L to R): 6th-grader Mary Avila and 7th-graders McKenna Whitten and Maya Healy, who joined to create their winning entry.
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Chief Cunningham stands with his newest firefighters. From L-R Firefighter Wyatt McIntyre, Chief Cunningham, Firefighter Connor Fairchild, Firefighter Zury Romero-Andino. These three firefighters joined the department recently after graduating from the Connecticut Fire Academy Fire Recruit Program. At the Academy they went through 15 weeks of grueling fire training and physical fitness. Thanks to Town leadership, the fire department is able to send new firefighters to this extensive training program at the Connecticut Fire Academy. The Town of Suffield benefits from having such well-trained and motivated firefighters.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Suffield Police Department welcomes new member, K9 Rico who will be working with his handler, Officer Roman. ]]></image:caption>
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Karen, Jerry and RoseMarie’s eldest daughter, and Don Naida, also former Suffield residents, with daughter Lauren and grandsons pose before the dedicated sign in the NICU.
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Suffield Sidekicks Natalie Ho and Anthony DeLucco gladly assisted resident Nancy Bixby.]]></image:caption>
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Quentin Kuczaj shows off his Sidekicks skills.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Illuminated red X marking closed runway]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Community group in matching Sustainable Suffield shirts]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Community fix-it workshop poster with sustainability logo]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Labor Day greeting with boy and dog]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Black bear walking through leafy underbrush]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[One leaf equals two leaves]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Happy Labor Day sign with tools]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[At the War Memorial nearby, a group is seen visiting Suffield’s Field of Flags on the Center Green. They included several veterans, all members of the Fox Hollow Gun Club in West Suffield, who came with family members and friends to discover their sponsored flags. The Field of Flags made a lovely scene that nice morning.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Volunteers placing American flags on town lawn]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Red coneflowers blooming in raised garden]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photos by Lynn Mervosh
The gravel path invites visitors to stroll through the gardens, while red coneflowers welcome hungry birds and butterflies.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Sunlit gravel garden path between lamp posts]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Outdoor tented buffet with guests in line]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Dog wearing oversized pink sunglasses]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Group watching large wooden bonfire at night]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Creamy trifle with cherries in glass bowl]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Group gathers around table with fresh flowers]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Seniors making flower arrangements together]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield Academy circular seal with torch 1833]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Vertical town sustainability newsletter with photos]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Red-bordered ad: solar generators and survival supplies]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by author]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Berry-topped layered cream cake slice]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kathy Berube works the Garden Club booth.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Person in green apron behind garden club table]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Julie the Garden Fairy and her beautiful plants.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[White flower truck with colorful tulip buckets]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Garden Club sells their member plants under the yellow-striped tent.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Shoppers browsing potted plants under yellow tents]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deirdre Ducharme, Molly Poirier, and Lynne Mervosh man the Hatheway House shop. during May Market.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Three smiling women behind tea shop counter]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lots of beautiful and varied flowers for sale this year.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Potted elephant ear and pansies at plant stall]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Birdhouses for sale!
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Colorful miniature birdhouses displayed outdoors on shelves]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some of the creative crafts for sale.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Blueberry farmers market wreath with ribbons]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers at the Garden Club’s annual May Market.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Outdoor farmers market with tents and shoppers]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield town green aerial with race banner]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Black swallowtail butterfly on purple flower]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Windsor Federal Bank blue triangular logo]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Will Hermann
In April, Suffield Country Club had a new concrete walkway poured to replace the existing asphalt walkway between the drop-off circle and the main entrance of the clubhouse and Tavern 1927, which is open to the public. The new walkway features updated lighting accented with river rocks and is now fully accessible for everyone. The project was funded by a recent capital campaign. 
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Outdoor clock and chairs overlooking golf course]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Natalie Donai
Suffield Rotary RYLA students Reagan Bennett, Jack Ryan and Anna-Maria Nastase.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Three smiling people in matching tie-dye shirts]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by the author 
Troop 66 Scouts paddle their funyaks down the Deerfield River.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Children in blue kayaks wearing red helmets]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan
Often preferring dense cover, this brown thrasher made an appearance on an exposed perch. You are likely to spot this bird in pesticide free areas as this bird eats beetles, along with grubs, wireworms, army worms, cutworms, tent caterpillars, gypsy-moth caterpillars, leafhoppers, cicadas, grasshoppers, crickets, wasps and bees to name a few.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Brown spotted songbird perched on leafy branch]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Book cover showing a large ocean wave, &quot;Clear]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Nick Sarnelli
The Second Chance Shop’s annual donation to The Village for Families &amp; Children. (L to R) Sharon Sheridan, a shop manager, Village President Hector Glynn, Ellen Peterson, shop president and Darlene Burrell, treasurer.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Four adults presenting large donation check]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The work of Patricia Conant]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Victorian mansion with vintage family photograph collage]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The work of Tara Conant]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Wooden posts and beach huts along calm shore]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The work of Pui Yee Law
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Painting of lighthouse on rocky coast at sunset]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Sally O’Sullivan
As Principal Anthony Hibbert looks on, Karen Doyon presents Christian Flanagan with this year’s Dustin Doyon scholarship.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Dustin Doyon Memorial Scholarship award presentation]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Sally O’Sullivan
As Principal Anthony Hibbert looks on, Karen Doyon presents Natalie Ho with this year’s Dustin Doyon scholarship.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Three people on stage during scholarship presentation]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Purple bellflower cluster on green stem]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/p22_n02_Suffield_Players_Schedule.png</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Theater season schedule for 2025-2026]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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Kindness recpients (left to Right): Karen Campbell, Matt Dobi, Ann Barowsky, Avishkar Kasiliya, Zeyu Wu, Scott Ryder, Anthony Hibbert, Kris Karam and Margaret Kaplita
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Free Library box]]></image:caption>
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Sophie (center with the trophy) is joined by SMS French teacher Devlyn Bent, Principal Ken Smith and her parents and brother in celebration of her State Champion win.
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Rotary students of the month (Left to Right): Annie Vincent, Teraziah Teodorczyk and Joshua Zenczak
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Krystal Holmes
A large crowd of well-wishers turned out to celebrate this year’s graduating class.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Hillary Rockwell Cahn
Front row: Reagan Silva, Katy Caron, Mercedes Bourgeois, Maeve Selvitelli. Back row: Evan Riccelli, Eddie Grace, Keegan Mine, Ryan Haines, John Rusnock, Guru Anand, Jack Carey, Andrew Mack.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Mary Curtin
SCA had amazing support from volunteers at the Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive on May 10. We are so grateful to all those that give their time to support the SCA Food Pantry. Picture above from left to right are: Elizabeth Kaplan, SCA Board President and Marla Adelsberger, SCA Board President Emeritus.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Janet Winter
Three-year-old Black Lab “Lilo” and her owner Maria demonstrating agility skills. Dreilander Dog Club was at Hilltop Farm’s Open house on Saturday, June 14 giving demonstrations of tracking, agility, scent work and obedience skills.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Janet Winter
Pictured in an appropriate uniform is Dan “Short Order Cook” Manager of the Westfield Wheelmen, with a classic vintage bicycle.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Janet Winter
Scout Troops 260 and 262 had a booth at Suffield’s Summer Fair on Saturday, June 14. Pictured with the Scouts’ famous kettle corn, which was for sale at their booth, were (left to right): Owen Quinoz,  Laura Fitzgerald and Liam Martin.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Shannon Foley
Richard and Linda Bixler, parents of Cpl. Stephen Bixler, USMC KIA, were Memorial Day speakers. Richard Bixler spoke eloquently of his son’s service to the nation and his ultimate sacrifice.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[National Register of Historic Places plaque]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Provided by Art Sikes
 A Bridge Across Muddy Waters – The Johnson Family notes the high tech bridge construction on the bridge across Muddy Brook on Stiles Lane around 1915.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by the author
 Out with the bad and in with the good. Cameron Emonds from Bill’s Landscaping helped swap out replacement trees provided by the nursery.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Donna Barten
Sgt. Miner describes the items on his 40 lb. vest. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Beth Chafetz
New concrete urns filled with flowers grace the dividers in town.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Road median with three flower planters]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Beth Chafetz
Economic Development Specialist Chad Kuzontkoski, Chris Stone, President of the North Central Chamber of Commerce, Jeannie Miller (center), new owner of Paths to Progress, First Selectman Colin Moll and Karen Campbell, Executive Director  of the North Central Chamber of Commerce participate in the ribbon cutting at the opening of another new business in Suffield.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Ribbon-cutting at 11 High Street storefront]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Field of American flags for Veterans Day]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Sustainable Suffield newsletter: rain barrels, composting program]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Donna Barten
Officer Mitchell with his K9 partner, Mylo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by McKayla Mills
CRVGRC	members and their beautiful Golden Retrievers are all smiles after donating pet oxygen masks to Suffield Fire and EMS departments.]]></image:caption>
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The Suffield Fire Auxiliary recognizes, top row: Tom McCabe, Lew Cannon, Ron Carlson; bottom row: Judy Chapman, Gwen Gorski.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Women cutting cake with uniformed officials standing]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Rob Raber Photography
Suffield Baseball  celebrating their semi-final win at Muzzy Park against Stonington. This 5-4 walk -off, extra inning victory sent Suffield to the Class M Championship. Bottom row (left to right): Aidan Ragion, Logan Bonazelli, Logan Baril, James Nikolis, Connor Mandriola, Manager Evan Waite, Joe Blair, Caleb Kleinman. Top row (left to right): Coach Kevin Betts, Will Winiarski, Colin Faber, Carson Zolciak, Avery Fry, Ryan Organ, Dylan Holmes, Vinny Mandriola, Kierman Kaletza, Jacob Gagnon, Dashel O’Dell, Noah Schermerhorn, Coach Bill Gaynor, Coach Matt Souviguey.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Baseball team in blue uniforms posing on field]]></image:title>
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A Selection of Wonderbooks]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Rotating wooden library book display with children&#039;s books]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Rotary International gold gear wheel logo]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Close-up of sunflower with green center]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Repair Cafe flyer featuring bicycle repair]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Connecticut Landmarks
Photo collage of activities at Connecticut Landmarks’ historic house museums.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton book cover]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan
The male Scarlet Tanager rests high above in an oak tree after his long night flight across the Gulf of Mexico from South America. He will spend the breeding season here and then return south in winter plumage (greenish color with black wings).
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by Judith Hanmer
State Representative Tami Zawistowski, Rowena O’Sullivan, Benjamin Palmer and State Representative Jane Garibay at the SIbbil Dwight  Kent DAR Good Citizen Award  Ceremony at the King House Museum on May 18. 
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Members of the Suffield Public Library Foundation stand with Trevor Timm. From l-r Chris Childs, Carl Casinghino, Trevor Timm, Lisa Coatti, John Kearney and Mel Chafetz
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carl Casinghino (L) interviews Trevor Timm before the question-and-answer section of the program.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Debra Ty
A sample  of Debra’s photography 
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Angelo Marinone
Four members of a Tunnel for Towers team]]></image:caption>
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Suffield Fire came through when Agawam Fire department had their truck in for service. We appreciate all our local communities coming together to support this important fundraising event.]]></image:caption>
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Nolan Forest looks ready for dinner and the weather!]]></image:caption>
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First Year scout Jayce Caroll is learning knife and saw safety and earning his Totin Chip.
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Relaxing at the top of the Hawksbill in Shenandoah National Park are L-R Graham Marcavitch, Henry Bloniasz, Tommy Bishop, Dean Prusi, Sawyer Prusi, and Alex Richter. ]]></image:caption>
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Hilltop Farm]]></image:caption>
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Suffield Middle School students accompany Dan Kinzer as they explore Stony Brook Park.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Tony Peterson     
To replace plastic in your kitchen and home, try a stainless steel bottle, cellulose cloths, beeswax wrap, wool dryer balls, a wooden cutting board and reusable silicone bags.
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Suffield Board of Education members include Chairperson Maureen Sattan, Vice Chairperson Melissa Finnigan, Secretary Debra Dudack, Brian Fry, James Mol, Gianna Rossi, Michael Sepko, Greg Sparzo and Sam Toskin.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Owen Szmigiel]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[My Friend Benny book cover, eerie house]]></image:title>
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Outgoing SMBA board members Andrea Marcavitch (President) and Rachel Eckley (Treasurer) stand with their graduating daughters Beatrice and Maddie who are both choir students. (Left to right: Rachel Eckley, Maddie Eckley, Beatrice Marcavitch and Andrea Marcavitch)]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wildcat’s midfield #18 Ava Petrovich hustles down the field  past the Granby bears.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wildcats midfielder #2, Ariana Nikolis, is up for the challenge. Nikolis is Suffield High School’s record-holder in career points and goals.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wildcats midfielder #14 Hazel Qua runs through Granby Bears defense.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Suffield High School Wildcats girls’ varsity lacrosse team prepares to take home field on Tuesday, May 13, against the Bears of Granby Memorial High School.]]></image:caption>
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SCA Meals-on-Wheels recipients were lucky enough to receive spring tulips from Julie the Garden Fairy. Thank you, Julie. These really brightened folks’ day.]]></image:caption>
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Summer bounty from last year’s SCA garden.]]></image:caption>
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Enjoying a game.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sheila and Frank Beneski]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Roger Loomis 1953
                                                                Researching Old  Houses
When investigating an old house sometimes it’s not where you expect. This house, per Delphia H. Clark, is on the corner of Remington Street and Mountain Road. The picture is by Roger Loomis, 1953. The house was probably built by Francis W. Arnold ca. 1843. It’s not there today, but a multi-unit development called “Suffield West” is. The house was moved south and west of this location and it’s a little hard to see from Remington.]]></image:caption>
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                                                                            Cetto Chamber Singers ]]></image:caption>
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Bobby Jo Valentine]]></image:caption>
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Members of the Rotary Club of Suffield and incoming president Natalie Donais (far right) gather before heading out to collect trash on Clean-Up Day.]]></image:caption>
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To celebrate Arbor Day, students from Spaulding and McAlister Intermediate School help plant sugar maple trees.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Children planting young tree during community event]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield Summer Fair banner with fireworks]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Michele Urch]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Yellow Labrador retriever sitting on grass]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by Suffield Land Conservancy]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Lone deciduous tree in sunny grassy park]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Gisselle Rosado
The staff of Dr. Richard Segool (center back) donned mustaches, wigs and neckties as a fun way of saying goodbye on April 28, his last day.]]></image:caption>
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Joan and Tom Heffernan holding the Observer while visiting the Louvre Museum in Paris, France .]]></image:caption>
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Grace and James Foley stand in front of the Lincoln Memorial holding the Observer on a recent trip.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Beth Chafetz
Various sculptures at the King House exhibit.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Book collection flyer for Kent Memorial Library]]></image:title>
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There were smiles all around as two deserving SHS students received Garden Club awards. From left to right, student Kouthar Wehelie, Garden Club members Lisa Parker and Rita Chmura, and student Katie Cross.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by  Pete Leclerc
The Bowling Buddies Group
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Daniel  Leonard
Aaron Simmons assists his son Connor as they fish together during the 2025 Suffield Fishing Derby at Sunrise Park]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Stack of waffles with syrup and berries]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by the author 
Mark Cervione holding the ball stands with members of the “Over 40 and Over 50” soccer team (and kids).]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Laptop sticker: BUY NOTHING GROUP]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Do chicks in the library make a peep?]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Tabletop incubator with educational posters on wall]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photography by Vern Wells]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Three framed colorful paintings hanging in gallery]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Community tag sale sign-up flyer, May 17–18]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[May 25 SO column]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Aerial shot of nursery event and gardens]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Blue PeoplesBank advertisement with circular design]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Grinning black-and-white dog on green grass]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Two yellow zero-turn lawn mowers on grass]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ellen Cunningham and Guy Citarella with The Suffield Observer in Kralendijk, Bonaire. ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Pair holding newspaper on rocky seaside boardwalk]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Left to right: Joey Atwood, Liv Ballard, Meghan Atwood, Tim Atwood, Lily Atwood, Peg Parks, and Bob Parks on Eagle Beach, Aruba with The Suffield Observer.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Three generation family portrait on ocean shore]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Caroline and Etienne d’Otreppe holding The Suffield Observer off the coast of Chile on the Viking Jupiter.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Couple holding newspaper on ferry deck]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Yellow nodding lily with maroon anthers]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Kathleen Horrigan
“Suffield Gothic”, featuring Sally and Larry Peters and the renowned Spear Head Spade. Suffield’s own Gothic Cottage was built in 1846 by David Lyman Sikes, and is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Located on Mapleton Avenue, the property remains in the Sikes family.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Pair holding garden tools before ornate yellow house]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Donna Carney Bastryzcki
St. Patrick’s Weekend Open Mic and Talent Show at the Senior Center]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Mixed-age participants holding small prizes indoors]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Donna Carney-Bastrzycki
Hiking Workshop – Fitness and Photography Tips &amp; Tricks]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Group of hikers posing near trail shelter]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Colorful tulip bouquet with &quot;Mother&#039;s Day&quot; text]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Hezekiah Spencer House (1820)
 The Hezekiah Spencer House on South Main Street, was built in 1820. Its original color was white in keeping with the times. In the early twentieth century, the house was owned by Annie Markel, who wrote poetry under the name of Annie Marco.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Aretus Rising House (1854)
The Rising house was built in 1854 on South Main Street by Dr. Aretus Rising. He also built a house in 1846. This house has lattice-work columns in the Italianate style.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Two-story white house with wraparound porch]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lewis-Zukowski House (1781)
On South Grand Street, the house was built in 1781 by farmer Hezekiah Lewis. His house was constructed of brick, which was not a common material for Connecticut houses up to that time. But, because the house was not far from Windsor, which was the center of Connecticut brick making at the time, bricks were readily accessible. In 1794, Lewis married the widow Ruth Phelps. Later in the nineteenth century, Lewis’ successors as owners of the farm began to focus more and more on growing broadleaf tobacco, which had come to dominate the agriculture of the area. In 1888, Michael Zukowski, arrived in Suffield, and purchased the farm in 1905, thus becoming the first Polish landowner in town. His descendants continue to own the house.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Brick colonial house with stone foundation]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gay Manse (1742)
Built in 1742 for the Reverend Ebenezer Gay, the minister of the Congregational church. The “Gay Manse” was one of the earliest gambrel-roofed houses in New England. It is one of the oldest houses in Suffield and features a classic Connecticut River Valley doorway. Later, his son, Rev. Ebenezer Gay, Jr. ran a school in one room of the manse, while housing the town library in another.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Symmetrical white colonial house with brick chimney]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Happy Cinco de Mayo floral banner]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by the author
Phelps-Hatheway House in its patriotic glory.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Picket-fenced colonial house decorated with bunting]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Breakfast plate: eggs, bacon, pancakes, hash browns]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Pink lilacs before white columned house]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Warm-toned book cover showing two faces]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Key lime pie parfait in mason jar]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jay, Deedee and Johanne Presser at Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jay holds The Suffield Observer and Deedee holds a newspaper clipping of a young JFK taken at the same spot in 1941.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Trio of travelers at coastal lookout]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aha, now I’ve got it!]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Beaver on log floating in calm water]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beaver den dam]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Beaver-chewed fallen tree beside pond]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beaver Lodgedam]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Marshside beaver lodge of sticks and branches]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photos by Ron Kirschbaum
What to do, what to do...]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Wet beaver nibbling wood at water&#039;s edge]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Pink dogwood blossoms against blue sky]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[2025 PMC Kids Ride poster with children]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Speckled toad perched on weathered tree bark]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Karen Doyon
Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Doyon
]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Sailor portrait with American flag backdrop]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Krystal Holmes
Stunning sunrise peeking over the horizon at Mohawk State Forest.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Sunset through bare trees behind weathered shed]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Krystal Holmes
Cunningham Tower, in Mohawk State Forest, was constructed in 1912 by Seymour Cunningham.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Abandoned circular stone tower in leafless woods]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Blue circular &#039;Epic Day of Service&#039; badge]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Stacked rural farmhouse silhouettes with windmill]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Two stylized rural and suburban landscape icons]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Tiered pastry stand with floral teapot]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p13_n49_QR_code_Suffield_Historical_Society.jpg</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[High-contrast QR code on white background]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p13_n40_COLOR_Moment_in_Time.png</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This picture is from the Delphia H. Clark Photo Collection. Her notes say this is the home of S. K. Sikes and Carriage Shop. The 1880 Census has Seth K. Sikes, age 28, Carriage maker, Minnie M. Sikes, wife aged 26 and Elizabeth M. Sikes, Mother aged 54, all born in Connecticut. This house was about where PeoplesBank is today. ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Vintage farmhouse with children and horse-drawn carriage]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p11_clip_art_traffic_island.jpg</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Curved city street bordered by tidy flowerbeds]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Pastor Denise Peterson
John Nielsen: Korean War Veteran, current Guardian Angel]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Smiling elderly man with glasses and scarf]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p09_n50_COLOR_FOFAH.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan
The beautiful Hilltop Farm area
]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Sunlit farmyard with two red barns]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p09_n14-2_Arbor_Day_New_Tree.png</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Donna Carney-Bastrzycki
Cold weather was not a deterrent for these tree lovers who were on hand for the planting of a new Burr Oak at Sunrise Park, including a great team from Bill’s Landscaping pictured in front, in high visibility clothing.
]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Community volunteers pose by newly planted sapling]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Danna Gauntner.
Jackson Baldini was very pleased with the pink flowering dogwood he picked. The free native tree saplings were provided by Trees for Suffield and Bartlett Tree Experts. 
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Child holding sapling by Trees for Suffield banner]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Anna-Kristin Daub-Murphy
Volunteer fixer Ernie Begin, accompanied by his daughter, Addie, shown repairing a chair at Sustainable Suffield’s first Repair Cafe on March 29.
]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Man repairing wooden chair while girl watches]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo credit: Tony Peterson
Left over from previous Sustainable Suffield initiatives, the bins and composters are new.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Free food-scrap bins and backyard composter]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Neighborhood tag sale sign-up poster with QR]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p07_COLOR_clip_art_Memorial_Day.jpg</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Memorial Day sign flanked by American flags]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p04_n43_Town_budget.png</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Eric Harrington
Chart summarizing the proposed fiscal year 2025-26 budget compared to the current year budget.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Two-year fiscal budget comparison spreadsheet]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Needlepoint by Elizabeth Leavitt - 1806]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Ornate gold-framed seaside town landscape painting]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p01_n25_1_COLOR_King_House_Horses.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[“Horses at Hilltop” by Laurie Tavino]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Horses standing in snowy farm field]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p01_n23-2_Karen_Fieldstad_2.png</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p01_n23-2_Karen_Fieldstad_2.png</image:loc>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[ORBS by Karen Fieldstad
36 x 36 created wth non-traditional application tools]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Figure swinging through luminous treetop canopy]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Neon Havens by Lynelle Kuzont
Acrylic &amp; collage materials]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Turquoise and white abstract paper mosaic]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p01_n23-1_Ashley_Hyatt_1.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All photos by Chad Kuzontkoski
Two Wheels Collection by Ashley Hyatt
Stony Brook Studios]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Three cyclists on sunlit country road painting]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Octopus by Anna Smith
Ink, alcohol markers and colored pencil on paper]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Purple octopus with orange-splotched head]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p19_n19_BW_FFA_Bingo_Night.png</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by author
Big crowd at Annual Bingo Night]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Busy school cafeteria full of teenagers]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Eric Hamylak
NCCCC Kindness Award Recipients (left to right): Scott Ryder, NCCCC, Anthony Hibbert, SHS Principal, Aubrey Couchon, SHS Class of 2028, Azura Eckley, SHS Class of 2025. and Karen Campbell, NCCCC
]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Black-and-white group portrait on school stage]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by the author
Willie Wonka and guests take ride on the elaborate Wonka Boat.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Children in whimsical boat prop during school play]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by author
Willie Wonka and guests explore the wonderful Wonka Chocolate factory in the SMS production of Willie Wonka, Jr..]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Ensemble in vintage coats performing on stage]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Carl Casinghino
Trevor Timm speaks about freedom of the press.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Young presenter beside projected First Amendment text]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Stamp Out Hunger food drive logo]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by author
Thank you to Stephanie Salerno Team for going door to door and gathering four full cars of groceries, personal care items and cleaning supplies for our Spring Basket distribution. There was so much that it also helped replenish our shelves! From left: Kevin Hull, Sabrina Medeiros, Alyssa Salerno, Stephanie Salerno, Emma MacDougall]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Five friends sitting on SUV tailgate]]></image:title>
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Photo by Amy Reay
l-r Chief John Spencer with Lifetime Achievement Award winner Marie Bliss and Jackie Guzie who was recognized for making 1,000 calls.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Three formally dressed people with gift bag]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Amy Reay
Chief John Spencer with the Chris Schmeck Service Award winner Stephen Pedneault]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Two men posing with small award, string lights]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Amy Reay
l-r Chief John Spencer with Don Miner who was honored for his 35 years of service.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Man presenting open case at ceremony]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Help-wanted poster recruiting car auction drivers]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Cartoon cars on ad offering quick cash]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Four smiling children holding colorful toothbrushes]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Retirement Doctor moving announcement with new address]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p12_clipa_art_Paul_Revere.jpg</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Engraving of a rider galloping through colonial town]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Events flyer with initiatives and three QR codes]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Kathleen Horrigan
Prepare to load up on Member Plants this year!
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Potted bright green hosta plants on table]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan
Tulips]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Pink tulips blooming amid evergreen shrubs]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan
Crocuses]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Three lavender crocus blooms on mulch]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan
Glory of Snow]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Delicate blue star-shaped spring flowers]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan
Fragrant Purple Hyacinth]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Three purple hyacinths in rocky garden bed]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan
Spicebush, a native plant, a nice addition instead of forsythia    ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Sunlit yellow spring blossoms on slender branches]]></image:title>
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	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan
Trilleum at Lewis Farm]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Deep magenta trillium blossom atop dewy leaves]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Renee Wood
I’ll keep you dry under my big umbrella.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Children huddled beneath oversized black umbrella]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan
April shower droplets on a pansy]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Yellow pansy with water droplets]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/p36_n09-1_COLOR_Aptil_Photos_Hefferan_PJM_Rhododendron.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan
PJM Rhododendrom]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Pink rhododendron shrubs in soft focus]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/p33_n16-3_COLOR_Garden_Club_Parker_spearhead_spade_may_mkt.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Kathleen Horrigan
Garden Club member Ruth Greenberger is a big fan of the Spearhead Spade.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Woman in sunhat holding garden shovel]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo from Amazon
Tom Sayers with his photographs On the Wing. ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Bearded vendor selling bird-themed crafts outdoors]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Kathleen Horrigan
Garden Club to welcome author Jennifer McGuiness on April 7.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Bird-friendly gardening book cover with bird photos]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Smiling headshot in gold Dancing Stars poster]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Gold-accented dance fundraiser poster with portrait]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Elegant dance-fundraiser poster with central portrait]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Sparkling gala poster with tuxedoed judge]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Festive poster with formal portrait of man]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Black-and-gold gala poster with male portrait]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Gold-sparkled 2025 event banner featuring smiling woman]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Gold gala poster featuring dancer in red]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by Christos J. Nikolis
Last year’s ride donations totaled $41,897. They ended the year at $67,662 through the Kids’ Ride and all the other events and initiatives.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Children and volunteers in matching light-blue shirts]]></image:title>
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	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Built on South Main Street for Henry Phelps Kent, a tobacco merchant, in 1872. It was designed in the Second Empire style by local architect John Mead. Later, for almost sixty years, it was the home of Samuel Reid Spencer, the prominent merchant and philanthropist who had bought and restored the King House Museum next door. 
]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Yellow Victorian mansion with ornate mansard roof]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On North Street is a house built around 1723 by Lt. William King on a lot given to him by his father, James King. The lot was called King’s Great Field and the house is known as King’s Field House. William King (1695-1774) was a wealthy landowner, weaver and militia officer. He moved an earlier house to the property to form the rear of his new residence. The property was inherited by his son, William King, and then by his grandson, Seth King. The house was restored in the 1930s by Delphina Hammer Clark, author of Pictures of Suffield Houses (1940) and Notebooks on Houses in Suffield (1960). ]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Large white house framed by tall trees]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The house on High Street near the Green is an example of an eighteenth-century Cape Cod with very modern and large dormer windows. Known as the James Hall House, it was built in 1786.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Gray cottage with dormers and red door]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The house on Halladay Ave was built in 1824 by George Fuller. It remained in the Fuller family until the Town of Suffield bought the property in 1887 to serve as a town farm. The house became the town’s “poorhouse” or “alms house”. The house was sold back to private ownership at auction in 1952.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Two-story red brick home with arched window]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Second Chance Shop Suffield $100 gift card]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Ornate orange book cover &quot;LOOT&quot; with tiger]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Kaitlynn Webster
Patriotism on display.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Red flowers and basket of American flags]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo By Krystal Holmes
Joe Krar, Troop 260’s newest 
Eagle Scout]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Teen scout smiling in meeting room]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by the author
Chicken Cordon Bleu Lasagna]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Casserole with missing serving in oval pan]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/p25_nxx_womens_club.jpg</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Hands cradling stylized plant and people]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/p23_n05_COLOR_Stephanie_100th.png</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Steffanie Bulgier]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Older woman raising wine glass in toast]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/p22_n32_COLOR__Suffield_Arts_Council.png</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by the author
Art painted on  a window]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Framed geometric blue triangle wall art]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/p22_n01q_COLOR_Rock_Pigeon_Wolcott.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan
Although commonly seen in urban settings, pigeons can also be observed in agricultural areas foraging for grains, seeds and insects.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Gray pigeon with iridescent neck on ground]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[ Photo by Anish Jindal                      
2025 Robot - Black Swan]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Tall black-and-red competition robot with wiring]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Anish Jindal
And the win goes to Aces High Drive Team (l-r), Casey, Jack, Aidan and Katie.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Robotics team in red hoodies with banner]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/p21_n14-3_COLOR_Superbowl_Kupec.jpg</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Handmade Super Bowl 2025 scoreboard with logos]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by the authors
Donations ready to fill SCA pantry.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Car trunk packed with boxes and supplies]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo: by The Green Cremation
At The Green Cremation company, a $210,000 aquamation unit performs one water cremation per day, according to owner Tom Tierney.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Stainless steel pressure vessel on metal stand]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by Eric Hamylak
On March 5, the Suffield Rotary honored three Suffield High School seniors at the Suffield Country Club. Left to Right: Lourdes Lawson, Tryell Khouri, Quinn Boudreau]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Trio holding certificates with smiling companion]]></image:title>
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	</url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by author
TED Fellow Dr. M Jackson instructs 7th graders about the in’s and out’s of TED speaking for their upcoming TED Talk assignment.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Speaker addressing seated students in auditorium]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo provided by author
Dr. M Jackson inspires middle school girls with the power of science.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Woman speaking to students in school library]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://thesuffieldobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/p17_n08-5_COLOR_Suffied_Musicians_5_Navandeep_Tummalapally.jpg</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nayandeep Tummalapally
 Bass Clarinet
]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Studio portrait of young man with blue backdrop]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kylie Tinnirella
 Trumpet]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Heidi Storey
French Horn
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sam Melendez
Alto 
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Young woman smiling against soft blue backdrop]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eliana Lavoie
 Soprano]]></image:caption>
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Thank you to the Windsor Federal Bank employees for the donations to support Suffield residents. From left to right: Jonathan Kozloski, Windsor Federal Bank AVP Branch Officer and Mary Curtin, Suffield Community Aid Executive Director.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Tom Frenaye
A plume of smoke rises above the Southwick Wildlife Management Area on Friday, March 14. The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife had requested assistance from the Southwick Fire Department for the planned prescribed burn. According to the agency “A prescribed burn is a planned fire set intentionally by natural resource professionals to provide habitat for wildlife.” Fire maintains grassland for rare plants, birds and animals. 
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[ Photo submitted by Art Sikes
This is a picture of a home at 1125 Mountain Road. Delphina Clark gives the builder’s name as Dr. Oliver Wolcott Kellogg, and a build date of 1845-1852. This picture is part of a collection that is believed to have been taken between 1880-1885. Using Delphina Clark’s Land record collection, we know that the owner changed in 1865 to Charles M. Owen. The 1869 Suffield map has C. M. Owen living opposite the West Suffield Cemetery. Using the 1870 and 1880 Federal Census we find Owen’s family with three members and some hired help. Starting left to right Charles Milton Owen born 1827 East Granby, Conn., daughter Mary E. born 1868 in Suffield, wife Jane Louise McRoy born 1844 in Ireland [not Connecticut as stated on the Census] and farm hand, maybe Michael Eagan aged 24 on 1880 census, born in Massachusetts. The picture is probably nearer to 1885, being the daughter was only 12 on the 1880 census.  ]]></image:caption>
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The food drive was a big success!                  ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Pastel floral poster advertising Hilltop Farm craft fair]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Paul Benjunas, CT DEEP Wildlife Div.
A wood frog venturing out at night
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Anna-Kristin Daub-Murphy
VFW group from last year’s clean-up with their prize-winning bag of collected nips.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Community cleanup volunteers posing with collected trash]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Sustainable Suffield events flyer with QR codes]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Black arrow pointing right on tag sale sign]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Johanne Presser
Sam Coatti’s beautiful Ponderosa lemon tree stands tall.]]></image:caption>
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Guest preacher Pastor Jeff Powell stirred the passions of MLK service celebrants.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Green hosta leaves filling nursery containers]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo from a press release
l to r: Dr. Don Ledoux, Paul Januszewski and Pastor Mark Renner in front  of one of the two campers donated to the Parrottsville Church of God, Tennessee with the help of Suffield Samaritans.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Sustainable Suffield flyer with QR code]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield Police Citizen&#039;s Academy emblem]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Yoga studio flyer with lululemon logo]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by: Jacob LaValley
To commemorate Scouting America’s 115th anniversary, Troop 260 &amp; 262 visited the State Capitol on February 7 to participate in presenting the Scouting America report to state legislatures. Additionally, the scouts were able to tour the building and meet their representatives. From left to right: Leo Wenzel, Cole Snyder, Robbie Snyder, Daniel Craig, Alex Sebastiao, Jack Ryan, Jaydalin Smith, Ethan Boldt, Tristan Smith  
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Boy Scouts posing inside ornate legislative chamber]]></image:title>
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Back Row: Vir Singhania, Everett Pillsbury, Magnus Smetana, Ryan Smetana. Middle: Mary Avila, Ollie Reed, Autumn Herchuck, Spencer Reed, Jack Fendt. Front Row: Teddy Tschannen, Luke Cianci, Caleb Hercheck]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Group of kids under neon &quot;Good Vibes&quot; sign]]></image:title>
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From left to right: NCCCC Executive Director, Karen Campbell, Connecticut State Representative Tami Zawistowski, Dymond Nelson, SHS Class of 2026, Valerie Torrez-Flores, SHS Class of 2025, Jackson Dapo, SHS Class of 2025, T. Meyer Associates (Award Sponsor), Theresa Meyer, SPS Superintendent Matthew Dunba]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Seven people pose with student award certificates]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo byKelly Giannuzzi
Suffield SMS &amp; SHS Youth Leadership Councils are making waves in our schools and community by championing mental health awareness, substance abuse prevention, and positive change. L to R: Avery McNerney, Finley Nazlian, Loralye Benito, Zoe Hamylak]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Vibrant Wizard of Oz high school poster]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Paetra Michaud]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photos provided by Armar Nalla
Saanvi Nalla, a sophomore at Suffield High School, recently won an honorable mention from the CT Scholastic Art Awards, where she was recognized for her photography work. The Scholastic Art Awards is a prestigious program, where only seven percent of over 2000 applicants received an honorable mention.Below is her photography submission.]]></image:caption>
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Students Katie Michael and Meghan Beach strategize how the robot will perform on the game field by engaging in a mock human-based competition.]]></image:caption>
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Students from the 8th grade Drama Prop and Sets course complete the backdrop for the upcoming school musical Willy Wonka, Jr.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Mary Curtin
Principal Gina D. Olearczyk dropped off 684 items for the SCA Food Pantry. Students and staff at Spaulding gathered all these items as part of their Souper Bowl Challenge. Way to go team!
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Round Polish heritage badge with crowned eagle]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Shelf fungi row on mossy fallen log]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photograph 1950, by Roger Loomis
1950 Suffield Soft Ball League Champions
Team Sponsored by J &amp; B Service Station, on the corner of Mapleton Ave and Thompsonville Road
Owner &amp; Operators - Jasper &amp; Beatrice Phelps
This appears to be an end-of-the-season celebration, in the cafeteria of the Suffield High School.
Front Row left to right: Russell Mills, Sr, wife Marge, Amel Zak, Fred Blakeslee, Margaret Williams, Jasper A. Phelps Sr, wife Beatrice (Colson) Phelps, owners of J &amp; B Service Station.
Back Row, (around the table) left to right: two people unknown, Henry and wife Drenowski, Alvin Peterson, unknown person, Walter Drenzak, wife Shirley, Horace (Bud) Halladay, wife Dorothy, Chester Madley, wife Madey, unknown person, Thomas Cain, and five unknown persons. Any corrections or updates will be welcome.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Purple-draped cross with candle and palms]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Close-up of color-coded Connecticut county map]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by the Suffield Ambulance Department
Left to right:  Paramedic  Joshua Andrews (North Channel EMS, TX), Field Operations Supervisor Jacob Smith (DeKalb Ambulance Service (AL), Division Chief Stephanie Ashford (St. Charles County Ambulance District, MO) John Spencer and Compliance Officer Michael McLean (Symbiosis Care, CA)]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Five colleagues posing at indoor conference]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Vivid orange clivia blossoms with yellow centers]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Anna-Kristin Daub-Murphy
In colder climates like Suffield, heat pumps are outfitted with legs to keep them above accumulating snow.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Outdoor heat pump condenser mounted on stand]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Repair cafe event and food waste chart]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Green March letters with top hat and carrot]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Small raptor exiting wooden nest box]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Lucille Miller
Scott Miller’s birdhouses, all in a row.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo credit Tony Peterson
According to the Christian Science Monitor, nearly 3,200 Repair Cafes now operate in over 40 countries. The first launched in the Netherlands in 2009.
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Older man using cordless drill at craft table]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Robert H. Howe]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Close-up of carved 1810 gravestone inscription]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Gold-rimmed GFWC shield with Unity In Diversity]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Snow-dusted backyard bench and wooden garden shelter]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Black cat staring at calves on porch]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Black cat at glass patio door]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Bear standing on deck behind glass]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Large bear and cubs beside tipped trash can]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bernie]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Pug lying on patterned rug looking up]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kacey]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Sleepy golden dog curled on patterned afghan]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pippin]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Black pug on colorful patterned cushion]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Round coconut-covered layer cake on stand]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Ginny Apple
Bald eagle owning the skies over Connecticut.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Soaring bald eagle with outstretched wings]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Cartoon leprechaun beside festive green holiday greeting]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photos by Dan Leonard

Grades 3-4 basketball tips off on Saturday, February 1 inside McAlister Intermediate School gym.
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Girls Grades 1-2 chant at the end of practice on Saturday, January 4.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Youth basketball huddle near McAlister gym wall]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo from the Internet
Susan Racine displays her paintings at an art show.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by the author
Suffield retiree and Rachel’s Table volunteer Marla Adelsberger has helped pick up and distribute surplus food for nearly five years.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Volunteer loading donations into open car trunk]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Pileated woodpecker perched on weathered tree stump]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Woman in tiara celebrating 103rd birthday]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Joan Heffernan 
If you do not have the opportunity to see thousands of crows roosting in winter at dusk in Hartford, perhaps you can observe one in milder conditions right in your own backyard!]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Glossy black crow foraging near garden plants]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Top-down snowy book cover with lone red figure]]></image:title>
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Award winners of the CT VFW District 3 Voice of Democracy high school competition are congratulated by: Linda Ciccone (left), President, CT VFW District 3 Auxiliary and Lee Wilson (right), Commander, CT VFW District 3. Winners are (L-R): Ryan Carroll, third place, senior at East Catholic High School, Manchester; Charlie Morello, first place, senior at Suffield High School; and Soham Shah, second place, senior at South Windsor High School.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Michele Urch]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pickleball Players]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo from MIS Facebook page 
Congratulations to fifth grade musicians Rachel Toskin and Charlotte Wilson, who were selected by a state level committee for the Connecticut State Elementary Honors Band festival at CCSU in March. McAlister fifth grade band members, and sixth grader Mason Cauchon will be representing Suffield Middle School at the festival. 
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Suffield Garden Club circular green emblem]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Kelly Giannuzzi, Director of Youth Services
Together, with the youth in town and our amazing intern, Teraziah, Suffield Youth Services is empowering young minds and building brighter futures. We hope you join us at our upcoming programs!
Back row (L to R): Teraziah Teodorczyk, Dawson Stalega-Soucie, Lexi Blake, Mary Avila, Maeve Young. Front (L to R): Daniella Martorello, Carrigan Boucher, Ella Bolduc 
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Group of children showing handmade potted crafts]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Community flyer advertising energy night, QR code]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Smiling kids display decorated cups and gift bags]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jackie Guzie]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Neha Sharma from Pixabay
Keeping digital devices as long as practical helps reduce carbon dioxide.Manufacturing a new iPhone is comparable to driving more than 200 miles, according to grist.org.]]></image:caption>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Photo-filled iMac and laptop on cluttered desk]]></image:title>
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Players enjoy a round of pickleball at the new Suffield Pickleball facility.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deedee and Mandy Presser, along with former Suffield resident Arianne Semar with the Observer in Mos Espa, Tunisia, the movie home of young Annakinin Star Wars, Episode 1.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Boy Scout Troop 66 takes the Observer to Denali as part of their Alaskan high adventure trip.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The 5th Grade Boys Travel Basketball Team brought the Observer to the Vertical Hoops Basketball Tournament at Mohegan Sun.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Anzhela Mashukova and Yury Altyev were on vacation with the Observer in Quepos, Costa Rica.]]></image:caption>
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Troop 66 kayaking in the mouth of a mile wide glacier in Seward, Alaska.]]></image:caption>
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Pictured from left to right: Suffield Women’s Club (SWC) President Dian Friedman, residents Grace and Athenia and SWC Treasurer Lisa Pepe deliver table favors to the residents of Suffield by the River.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Beth Chafetz
Outside her shop, Cupola Hollow, Kathy proudly holds her certificate of appreciation from the State of Connecticut honoring her many years of dedicated work in Suffield.]]></image:caption>
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New inductees are: MaryKate Mormino, Ethan Boldt, Jack Tautic, Maggie Nikolis and Bea Marcavitch (missing Nayandeep Tummalpally, Eva Adappoor). ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Art by Susan Racine
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A tufted titmouse firmly clasps a black oil sunflower seed before flying off to a nearby tree to crack it open.]]></image:caption>
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Members of 261 helped each other to build a fire to stay warm in the frigid conditions.
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Suffield Academy’s food service director, Sean Hennessey, with some of the school’s empty and cleaned food scrap recycling containers.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Ellen Peterson
You’ll find standard and refrigerated Flashfood lockers at the front of Stop &amp; Shop stores.
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Eva Adappoor, Natalie Donais and Maya Sadaria]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo submitted by Sharon Bourque
Students pose proudly with their new Kindness Matters mural .]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New Honor Society Inductees]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Suffield High School Model UN Delegates]]></image:caption>
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 CABE recognizes BOE leadership team and superintendent.
(L-R) Melissa Finnigan, Superintendent Matthew Dunbar, Connecticut Department of Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker, Maureen Sattan and Debra Dudack.
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Noora Khaled, Anwesha Chandra and Olivia Mishtal attend the Suffield High School Model UN as delegates.
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by the author
The new inductees of the Suffield Athletic Hall of Fame are from L-R: Ken Parent, Jeff Parent, Dan Hinckley, Walter Soule, Albert Ford, Tom Jennings, Larry Tavino, Don Suzenski, Mark Sullivan, Tom Chase, Chris Martin, Dan Cannon, Travis Tucker, George Galiatsos, Mark Stewart, Jim Modzelesky, Lindsay Sall, Deedee Presser, Natalie Mazzetta.
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SCA Volunteer Keith Davis served as chief wrapper and greeter this season. He helped make the holidays more cheerful and joyful. Thanks, Keith!
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			<image:title><![CDATA[A Few Good Men poster with American stripes]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Ellen Peterson
Ice sculptor Mike Rondeau is also a third-generation owner of Rondeau’s Dairy Barn in Palmer,Mass. where he sells homemade ice cream from March through October.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Phot provided by  the author
Children create sculptures from donated cans of food during last year’s Souper Bowl of Caring honoring Debbie Halladay-Pierce at West Suffield Congregational Church.]]></image:caption>
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Chief Operator Adam Kaminski shows the 4th graders how the lab is used in treating  wastewater using bacteria.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Real estate flyer featuring log cabin]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Peter and Christine Tofil bring the Observer on a cruise to Mount Denali and glacier in Alaska.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo by Beth Chafetz
One of the town’s annual recognition of veterans is the Field of Flags, 100 of which were flying on the town green in November. Townspeople who wished to remember or support a veteran could visit the town website to arrange for a dedicated plaque to be added to the field. ]]></image:caption>
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Ron Corriveau is congratulated by past District Governor and LCIF Club Coordinator Kathy Randall for his many years of service to the Lions Club.]]></image:caption>
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One of the beautful winter themed arangements by guest speaker Ahrayah Julian. ]]></image:caption>
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The Veterans Memorial is flanked by the new monuments honoring military who served in the Global War on Terror.]]></image:caption>
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Dave Gauthier, Chariman of the Veterans Memorial Expansion Committee, speaks at the town’s Veterans Day Ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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Stay on the trail when hiking to avoid stepping on this native evergreen.]]></image:caption>
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Ethan Coleman, Troop 260’s newest Eagle Scout, takes the stage to receive his eagle award.
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The new 2’ x 14’ polycarbonate sign sits atop the Second Chance Shop at 116 Mountain Road.
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Kindness Award winners Drew Fiore and Marie Conley received their awards at a recent ceremony. Left to right: Family and Consumer Science teacher Julie Haefner, Social Studies teacher Kelly Blais, Drew Fiore, Marie Conley, Assistant Principal Matt Dobi and Counselor Gina Garfield
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Board of Education Members recognize our Kid Governor finalists. (l-r) Israel Nti, Maddie Charette, Skylar Mol, Maeve Baker, James Gamache, and Justin Zdroykowski (not pictured Michael Tartsinis)]]></image:caption>
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SCA Volunteer Shirley Grandahl made holiday decorations for our Meals on Wheels Participants. They really brightened people’s day. Thank you, Shirley!]]></image:caption>
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Pictured at their booth at Suffield on the Green are, from left: Andrea Marcavitch (President), Sam Litvac, McKenna Lepage, Lelia Risdon, Angela Maiorana Bloniasz (SOTG Chair) and James Peterson.  ]]></image:caption>
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Chick Austin House in Scarborough Road in Hartford]]></image:caption>
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Why throw out your broken radio when it may be fixed at a Suffield Repair Cafe?
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