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Hilltop Farm in Suffield, which is on the national historic register, just opened an ice cream shop. They are having a grand opening on July 31, where they will collect crayons for kids in the hospital.
- Barista Cafe serves coffee, specialty breads and more
- Parents and leaders of the Suffield Race Relations Coalition have brought forth concerns and recommendations about recent racial incidents that occurred within Suffield Public Schools to Suffield Superintendent Timothy Van Tasel and the Suffield Board of Education.
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- A Suffield teacher is on paid administrative leave after students reported the teacher had used “harmful and highly offensive racial and gender stereotypes in classroom discussion,” according to a letter from the district.
- Windsor Locks gets late surge to beat rival Suffield in boys basketball quarterfinals
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- A national wholesale grocer announced layoffs of 175 workers at its Suffield warehouse, a move likely prompted by the self-distribution strategy of a major customer.
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- NCL (Windsor/WindsorLocks/Suffield/Bloomfield) meets Northwest (Tolland/Stafford/Willington) in American Legion baseball
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- A hot residential sale market in Connecticut that is sending purchases and prices soaring spilled over into the new home construction market in 2020.
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- The UConn women’s basketball team has finalized its nonconference schedule for 2022-23 season. The Huskies will play Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville on Jan. 26, the programs announced.
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- Arriving units attempted to stop the Passport, but the operator continued on the highway into Farmington, then exited and re-entered to head east, police said.
Local politics
- After losing House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz’s district after he retired in 2020, Berlin and Southington Democrats are looking to a well-known former town manager to get them back in power in November.
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- The CDC relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person.
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- We know bears come for the food and not our company and the problem seems to be growing as more Connecticut residents report issues with the large, clawed animals. Earlier this summer, a bear that broke into multiple homes in Canton was euthanized by DEEP.
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- Dari Delite, the East Windsor ice cream shop that has delighted residents of the town for 66 years, announced that the store would close for good at the end of the season.
- Hartford Public Schools welcomed teachers from Puerto Rico Wednesday as part of the district’s effort to fill vacancies and enhance cultural enrichment through Hartford’s new Paso a Paso Puerto Rico Recruitment Program.
- West Hartford's GastroPark, which has been serving breakfasts and lunches for two years, now is doing weekend brunch.
