Upriver History: The Pinney farm's brick barn, a rare New England form from about 1825

Upriver History: St. John's in Warehouse Point, an 1809 meetinghouse remade as a Gothic church

St. John's Episcopal Church in Warehouse Point grew from an 1802 petition, was built on the village green in 1809, moved in 1844 and remodeled in Gothic style in 1855, according to its National Register nomination.

Suffield lists five Veterans Day ceremonies Nov. 11; Enfield shifts yard waste pickup to Nov. 14

Suffield's town calendar lists a VFW ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park at 11 a.m. on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, plus four school ceremonies, with town offices closed. Enfield skips its Nov. 13 yard waste pickup and collects barrels only on Saturday, Nov. 14.

Upriver History: Thompsonville's carpet mills, from Scottish hand looms in 1828 to Bigelow-Hartford

Carpet making in Thompsonville began in 1828 with Orrin Thompson and Scottish hand-loom weavers and grew into the largest carpet mill complex in the country by the 1920s, according to a 1994 National Register nomination.

Upriver History: Babb's Beach grew from an 1898 fishing camp into a Congamond Lakes dance hall

Curtis Babb's 1898 fishing camp on Middle Pond in Suffield became a family amusement park and one of the Connecticut Valley's most popular dance halls, according to its 2006 National Register nomination.

East Windsor charter panel advances language cleanup, tables spending-limit sections, draft minutes say

According to draft Oct. 26 minutes, East Windsor's Charter Revision Commission approved multiple language changes and tabled sections including 8-5, 8-6, 9-1 and $20,000 spending-limit language in 10-8.

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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