Enfield council restores one Saturday yard waste pickup and approves Old Town Hall lease

Friday and Saturday games beyond football: soccer, field hockey and volleyball

Beyond Friday night football, teams from our towns have seven soccer, field hockey and volleyball games Friday and four games Saturday, including CREC football at home.

Suffield field hockey beats Enfield 2-1; Wednesday scores from the five towns

Suffield field hockey won 2-1 at Enfield and Suffield volleyball beat Rockville 3-0 on Wednesday; Windsor Locks boys soccer lost 4-3 to Granby Memorial, Somers girls soccer lost 1-0 at Portland, and Comp Sci went 1-2.

Somers and Suffield boys soccer win Tuesday in late-posted scores

CIAC final scores posted after Wednesday's edition: Somers boys soccer beat East Windsor 4-0 and Suffield beat Coventry 8-0 on Tuesday; Comp Sci volleyball won 3-0 at Capital Prep on Monday.

Weekend Events: Oct. 23–25

Eight first-party-listed events Friday to Sunday across Enfield, Suffield, Somers, East Windsor and Windsor Locks: Art Squash, Angel Street's closing weekend, Halloween events and Broad Brook concerts.

Connecticut's only Shaker village farmed its way into Enfield history

A National Register nomination describes the Enfield Shakers, who built their first buildings here in the 1780s, peaked between 1830 and 1860, sold garden seeds statewide and left in 1917.

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).

Enfield auctions surplus snow plows and a road saw