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1. Suffield Weighs Three Options For Aging Middle School (patch.com) — Suffield residents are being asked to consider three costly options to address aging systems, accessibility gaps, and outdated classrooms at the town's middle school, most of which dates to 1964. The Board of Education is weighing targeted repairs, major renovations, or new construction, and aims to bring a finalized proposal to voters in a spring 2027 referendum after community input sessions and school tours.
2. Let's Reduce Our Waste (thesuffieldobserver.com) — Suffield households are throwing out more trash than the state average, but the town already offers simple ways to cut back, from free food-scrap bags at the library to drop-off dumpsters behind Town Hall and at Ebbs Corner. This piece explains how those scraps are turned into energy instead of methane, highlights local recycling resources, and outlines how a future Pay-As-You-Throw system could further reduce waste and costs.
3. School bus crashes into building in Suffield sending 11 people to hospital (courant.com) — A small school bus carrying Region 12 students crashed into a building on South Grand Street in Suffield Thursday morning, sending 11 people to area hospitals with reported minor injuries. Police say the bus veered off the road near 425 South Grand Street, closing the area temporarily while first responders and school officials assisted students and began investigating the cause.
4. Suffield Steps Up, Again (thesuffieldobserver.com) — Suffield residents just helped raise more than $70,000 at the Shute Family's annual Tunnel to Towers golf outing, pushing the community's total contributions past $250,000 in only five years. Local farmers, shop owners, first responders, and everyday neighbors continue to fill the field, sponsor holes, and volunteer, turning a small-town effort into one of the region's most effective fundraisers for veterans' and first responders' families.
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