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Serving Enfield, Suffield, Somers, East Windsor and Windsor Locks, ConnecticutVol. 1, No. 20

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Schools

Windsor Locks facilities task force meets today on planning scenarios

The district's Long-Term Educational and Facilities Planning Task Force meets 5–7 p.m. Oct. 21 at the high school library; its posted agenda includes a vote on scenario(s) for further study.

Schools desk · Wed.

Suffield zoning panel delays hearing on 100-unit affordable housing plan to Nov. 16

Suffield's Planning and Zoning Commission voted on Oct. 19 to continue the hearing on a 100-unit affordable housing site plan off South Main Street to Nov. 16, at the applicant's request, draft minutes show.

East Windsor planner presents 10-year town plan; hearing continues Oct. 27

East Windsor's town planner presented the proposed 2026-2036 Plan of Conservation and Development Oct. 13; the commission continued the hearing to Oct. 27, revised draft minutes show.

Education: Somers board took up superintendent search committee; Enfield posts tax estimates for school question

School board news and calendar dates for Oct. 21–28 in Enfield, Suffield, Somers, East Windsor and Windsor Locks

Suffield library commission hears AI-based review of the collection's political balance

Director asked for the method and prompts; the commission will hear her response at its next meeting

Latest
  1. Wed.

    No one speaks at Enfield hearing on 99-year Old Town Hall lease to historical society

  2. Wed.

    Midweek games: Enfield hosts Suffield in field hockey; soccer and volleyball continue

  3. Wed.

    Friday football: Enfield hosts New Britain; co-op and Somers on the road slate

  4. Wed.

    Monday and Tuesday high school scores from our towns

  5. Wed.

    Suffield curriculum panel to take up grades 3–5 science and preschool materials Oct. 23

  6. Wed.

    249 years after Saratoga, Enfield's own papers show how a river town fed the Revolution

Government

No one speaks at Enfield hearing on 99-year Old Town Hall lease to historical society

Schools

Suffield curriculum panel to take up grades 3–5 science and preschool materials Oct. 23

Public safety

Phelps Road work in Suffield to stop at Newgate Road for now after Copper Hill Road culvert failure

Sports

Midweek games: Enfield hosts Suffield in field hockey; soccer and volleyball continue

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ObituariesAll →

  • Philip A. Prisk Jr., 91

    Enfield · Visitation Mon. Oct. 26, 2026, 10 a.m.-noon, Leete-Stevens Enfield Chapels, 61 South Rd., Enfield; funeral service immediately following at noon at the funeral home; burial with military honors at St. Patrick's King Street Cemetery, Enfield.

  • Robert "Bob" Cenate, 84

    Enfield · All services private, per the family. Donations in his memory may be made to The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp (holeinthewallgang.org) or the Children's Heart Foundation (childrensheartfoundation.org).

  • Lawrence W. "Larry" Tauro II, 79

    Broad Brook (East Windsor) · Mass of Christian Burial Sat. Oct. 24, 2026, 10 a.m., St. Catherine Church, 6 Windsorville Rd., Broad Brook, with military honors at the end of Mass; private burial. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Dementia Society of America or a local food pantry.

  • Irene H. Percoski, 90

    Enfield · Services already held: Visitation Sun. Oct. 18, 2026, 1-3 p.m., Leete-Stevens Enfield Chapels, 61 South Rd., Enfield. Funeral service Mon. Oct. 19, 2026, 10 a.m., at the funeral home; burial at St. Adalbert Cemetery, Enfield. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Connecticut State Grange, P.O. Box 3, Winchester Center, CT 06094.

  • Gary B. Frechette, 62

    West Suffield · Services already held: Calling hours Mon. Oct. 19, 2026, 4-7 p.m., Windsor Locks Funeral Home, 441 Spring St., Windsor Locks. Mass of Christian Burial Tue. Oct. 20, 2026, 10:30 a.m., St. Robert Bellarmine Church, 52 S. Elm St., Windsor Locks; burial at St. Mary's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to St. Luke Foundation (link in notice).

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