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

SUFFIELD - Suffield will mark Veterans Day on Wednesday, Nov. 11, with a VFW ceremony at 11 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park and four ceremonies at its public schools, according to the town's community calendar. The calendar also lists town offices as closed all day.

The school ceremonies are listed at Suffield Middle School from 8 to 8:35 a.m., McAlister Intermediate School from 9 to 9:35 a.m., A. Ward Spaulding Elementary School from 10:15 to 10:50 a.m. and Suffield High School from 12:30 to 1:35 p.m. The calendar does not say whether the school ceremonies are open to the public.

In Enfield, the holiday changes yard waste collection, according to a town alert posted Oct. 21. There will be no yard waste pickup on Friday, Nov. 13. Instead, the town will empty brown yard waste tipper barrels on Saturday, Nov. 14, and will not take bags. Residents should have barrels at the curb by 6 a.m. that day, the alert says.

Source: Town of Suffield community calendar and Town of Enfield alert, Veterans Day holiday yard waste pickup, opened Nov. 1, 2026.

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