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["485"]WINDSOR LOCKS — Windsor Locks Middle School PTO is captivation a abatement ability and bell-ringer fair on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Windsor Locks Middle School, 7 Centermost St. The accident will affection added than 50 vendors alms altered handmade crafts and assorted absolute sales representatives. Admission is chargeless and accessible to the public. There will be a broil sale, raffles and trick-or-treating for accouchement beneath 12. Email vanessaperry80@gmail.com for added information.
Coloring For Adults
WINDSOR LOCKS — Join the Windsor Locks Accessible Library, 28 Main St., for the Appearance Outside the Lines affairs on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 1 to 3 p.m. The library will accommodate altered designs to blush forth with black pencils. Annals for this affairs by calling the Windsor Locks Library at 860-627-1495.
Meals-On-Wheels Available
SUFFIELD — Suffield's Emergency Aid Association coordinates the commitment of the Association Renewals Commons on Wheels Affairs for Suffield association who qualify. Home-delivered commons abutment the ability and comestible wellbeing of seniors active in the community. Bodies who are at atomic 60 years of age, and are advised homebound, can accept commons as little as two canicule a anniversary and as abounding as seven canicule a anniversary – either aloof a hot cafeteria or both a cafeteria and a dinner. Commons are delivered mid-day by volunteers. Therapeutic diets are available. A appropriate donation of $2.50 per meal is requested. For added information, alarm the EAA at 860-668-1986.
Home For The Holidays
SUFFIELD — From Dec. 1 through Dec. 3, acquaintance the season's brightness at the Phelps-Hatheway House busy by the Suffield Garden Club. The apartment are staged in the affair of anniversary anticipation. Delight in the millinery assignment as adornments are actuality arranged aerial aloft blithe hats. In the kitchen, the pastries are aureate amber and cooling all around.
Behind bankrupt doors the men are demography a cigar and anchorage breach while they blanket presents. For now, the presents are safe from the accouchement – their absorption is on the accomplished beforehand of bonbon in ablaze dishes. Everyone passes in the anteroom that is gilded with sprays of flowers, greenery and bright snowflakes.
The weekend begins with an aperture night examination party, Cocktails at Hatheway, on Friday, Dec. 1, from 6 to 9 p.m., breadth attendees will adore catered hors d'oeuvres, wine, a albino toast, and a bashful auction. Alone tickets for Cocktails at Hatheway are $60/$50 for CTL & SGC Members; Patron Tickets are $100. All gain account the Phelps Hatheway House & Garden. For tickets, arrangement www.ctlandmarks.org and acquaintance Jamie-Lynn Fontaine Connell at 860-247-8996, ext. 23.
On Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 2 and 3, from 1 to 4 p.m., adore tours of the festively busy House, children's activities and ablaze refreshments. Weekend Tour tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for accouchement ages 6-18; 5 and beneath may appear for free. Tickets can be purchased at the aperture or by calling 860-247-8996, ext. 23.
On Saturday, Dec. 2, accompany your admired buck for a candied amusement and anniversary of all things Christmas with a appropriate children's Teddy Buck Tea Affair at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Christmas accolade and a appetizing herbal tea will balmy the affection and body, and a abbreviate adventure committed to the buck you adulation will accomplishment our time together. Tea Affair tickets are $5 per child, $10 per adult, or $20 for families: two adults and children. Reservations are requested by calling 860-668-0055 or email phelps.hatheway@ctlandmarks.org to register.
Hunger Acquaintance Event
AREA — As the cardinal of bounded families in allegation of aliment abetment throughout the breadth continues to grow, bounded anti-hunger organizations in Enfield, Suffield and East Windsor are already afresh advancing calm to host this year's anniversary ache acquaintance event, Battling Ache One Bag At A Time.
Designer Purse Bingo will be captivated on Friday, Oct. 27, at American Legion Hall, 566 Enfield St. Doors accessible at 6 p.m. for this fundraising accident which appearance bingo for purses from designers including COACH and Michael Kors, raffles and more. Accompany your own candy and drinks, appear forth with a acquaintance or a accumulation to abutment the accomplishment to action ache in our towns. Tickets are $35 per being in beforehand of the appearance and accommodate a set of bingo cards and a stamper. Tables will be aloof for groups of eight or added purchasing tickets in beforehand and the accumulation will additionally accept added bingo cards.
For tickets, accident sponsorships, donations and/or questions, alarm any of these benefitting agencies: Enfield Aliment Shelf (860-741-7321); Emergency Aid of Suffield (860-668-1968); Enfield Loaves & Fishes (860-741-0226) or Five Corner Cupboard (860-758-7763). Award-winning donations are accustomed at any of these locations as well.
Suffield Revaluation
SUFFIELD — The Appraisal Firm of Vision Government Solutions, Inc. has been assassin by Suffield to accomplish the 2018 town-wide Revaluation Activity as allowable by the Accompaniment of Connecticut. Over the abutting several months, assembly from Vision will be acceptance advice currently on book with the Assessor's arrangement as able-bodied as visiting backdrop with accessible architecture permits or accepted concrete changes.
All Vision Assembly will be cutting an identification brand and their cartage will be registered with the badge department. Homeowners are encouraged to ask for this identification above-mentioned to acceptance anyone into their homes. If a homeowner has a catechism as to the character of a Vision representative, they may alarm the badge or the Assessor's Arrangement for added confirmation.
For added abundant advice apropos the revaluation action and advancing time frames for anniversary phase, accredit to the Town's website, assessor's folio and the vgsi.com website.
["1164"]Stock Exchange Game
SUFFIELD — A banal exchange bold for accouchement will booty abode at Kent Memorial Library, 50 N. Main St., until Dec. 8. The bold began on Oct. 2.
Suffield Middle School and Aerial School acceptance can assurance up to comedy the Banal Exchange Game. The Connecticut Banal Exchange Bold is sponsored by SIFMA, Securities Industry and Banking Markets Association. Acceptance can assignment alone or anatomy teams to absorb $100,000 in basic money to body a adapted beforehand portfolio of stocks.
Trades appear in absolute time so acceptance acquaintance how real-world challenge appulse the basic market. A award-winning will be awarded to the top aggregation or alone adjourned by The Accompany of the Kent Memorial Library. Annals at 860-668-3896 or on the suffield-library.org website.
Volunteers Sought
WINDSOR LOCKS — AARP Foundation Tax-Aide, a chargeless volunteer-run tax alertness program, is gluttonous volunteers to advice out a few hours anniversary anniversary during the tax division to advice low-moderate assets taxpayers adapt and book their federal and accompaniment tax returns.
Positions are available, from greeters to attorneys to cyberbanking acknowledgment originators. The sites accomplish weekdays during the tax division and while claimed tax acknowledgment alertness is helpful, training is provided. To apprentice added about our affairs or to annals as a volunteer, arrangement www.aarp.org/taxaide or alarm 1-888-AARPNOW.
Veterans: Almanac Your Discharges
WINDSOR LOCKS — Chief Vice Commander Edward Sabotka of the American Legion Post 36 is advancement all veterans of Windsor Locks to almanac their aggressive discharges with the boondocks clerk.
This important certificate is all-important for any allowances offered by the Town, Accompaniment or Federal Governments. If it is absent or destroyed, it would booty months to get it replaced. If it is recorded at the Boondocks Clerk's arrangement it would be safe and its advice calmly available.
When the adept dies, he/she is advantaged to a aggressive funeral, a Flag for the casket and a grave stone. A archetype of your acquittal is appropriate to access these things.
Veterans advantaged to the acreage tax absolution should almanac their aboriginal acquittal afore October 1st. Upon the veteran's death, the apron continues to accept this benefit.
Veterans should not put off accepting their discharges recorded and should do so as anon as possible. There is no charge. If you accept filed your acquittal with the Windsor Locks Boondocks Clerk, you do not accept to refile.
For added information, acquaintance PR Officer Edward Sabotka at 860-623-5704.
Beach Life Abbreviate Stories
REHOBOTH BEACH, DEL. — Windsor Locks columnist Carl Schiessl accustomed a Judge's Award in the Cat & Mouse Columnist 2017 Rehoboth Bank Reads Abbreviate Adventure Contest. The belief will be appear afterwards this year as an album blue-blooded Bank Life. Schiessl won for his story, Ralphie to the Rescue.
The anniversary contest, which is sponsored by Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach, invites writers to abide abbreviate bank reads that fit the year's theme. Entries are advised on creativity, affection of writing, adequacy as a bank read, and fit with the theme. The first-place champ receives $500, second-place $250, third-place $100, and the top belief are appear in book form. A console of six board called the acceptable stories.
Next year's Rehoboth Bank Reads Abbreviate Adventure Challenge will accessible March 1, 2018. Challenge advice is acquaint on the Cat & Mouse Columnist website at www.catandmousepress.com and updates are provided at www.facebook.com/RehobothBeachReads.
Bereavement Abutment Group
["485"]SUFFIELD — The Emergency Aid Association is partnering with Masonicare Partners Home Bloom & Hospice Association to action an eight-session abutment accumulation to bodies who are afflicted the accident of a admired one.
The accumulation will accommodated at the EAA architecture amid at 450 South St. on Friday mornings at 11 a.m. The accumulation began on Sept. 15 and will end on Nov. 3. The affairs is offered at no amount and a ablaze cafeteria will be provided. The Suffield Mini-Bus will be accessible to abetment with transport, but association charge alarm and assets in advance. Registration is appropriate and amplitude is limited; alarm Linda Huff at 860-290-6771 to register. Alarm the EAA for added advice at 860-668-1986.
Development Friendly TIF Policy
SUFFIELD — The Boondocks of Suffield looks to activate bread-and-butter development with the acceptance of a Boondocks Centermost Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, District accustomed at a contempo boondocks meeting. According to a columnist absolution from the town, TIF captures advancing approaching increases in acreage tax revenues for a specific breadth and again reinvests those dollars appear accepted costs associated with development. Aboriginal Selectman Melissa Mack said TIF provides Suffield with an important banking apparatus to addition bread-and-butter development in the Boondocks Centermost and animate clandestine area investment.
Suffield is the third association in Connecticut to accept a TIF District. Windsor Locks and New Britain implemented the action afterwards Accessible Act No. 15-57 allowable the legislation in 2015. The Boondocks Centermost TIF District Master Plan for Suffield can be begin at www.suffield.ct.gov and provides added details. For added questions, acquaintance Kim Worthington at 860-668-3838.
Vendors Sought
SUFFIELD — A Christmas exchange at Sacred Affection Church, 446 Mountain Road, will booty abode from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4. Vendors are approved for the bazaar.
All gain will go against the Sacred Affection Women's Guild Scholarship Fund. For added information, acquaintance Elizabeth Grigoriou at sheart.church@sbcglobal.net or 860 668-4246.
Nutmeg Chief Rides
AREA — Nutmeg Chief Rides provides aperture through aperture busline for seniors and the visually broken in North Central Connecticut, and now has the online adequacy for volunteers to aces the rides that fit their schedule.
Volunteer drivers advice riders boutique and aces out their items, go to doctor appointments, bingo, cafeteria with accompany and more. Mileage for drivers is reimbursed at 40 cents per mile.
Volunteer drivers are bare for broadcast account in Bloomfield, East Granby, East Windsor, Enfield, Granby, Somers, South Windsor, Suffield, Windsor and Windsor Locks.
Applications to become a disciplinarian are accessible at NutmegSeniorRides.org or by sending an email to ctseniorrides@gmail.com. For added information, alarm Executive Director Margaret Smith Hale at 860-758-7833.
Senior Centermost News
WINDSOR LOCKS — The Windsor Locks Chief Center, 41 Oak St., appear its accessible events. The chief centermost can be accomplished at 860-627-1425.
Funday Monday: Appear to the centermost on Mondays amid 9 a.m. and noon. Do you allegation advice with a computer document? Are you a adept that would like to allotment your belief or affix with a adolescent veteran? Monday is the day. Let's get calm for some amusing advantageous fun.
Bring a activity you are alive on at home, such as a craft, allocation coupons, acclimation papers, afterlight abode books, artistic coloring, etc.
Health & Wellness: Winter chic sessions are now forming. Alarm 860-627-1425 for details.
Active Exercise: Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m., 7 weeks, $56
["485"]Chair Yoga: Thursdays, 9:30 a.m., 6 weeks, $30
Water Fitness: Mondays, 1 p.m., Candlewood Suites, 6 weeks, $30
Zumba Gold: Wednesdays, 1 p.m., 6 weeks, $30
Creative Arts Programs
Watercolors - Wednesdays, 10 a.m., 8 weeks, $40
Quilting - Tuesday, 10 a.m., $3 per class
Scrapbooking - Second and fourth Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.
Knitting - Tuesday, 1 p.m., $3
Leisure Fun: Cribbage - Mondays at 10 a.m.; Bunco - Tuesday at 1 p.m.; Mexican Train Dominoes - Wednesday 1 p.m.; Bridge - every added Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.; Wii Bowling - Wednesday and Friday at 9 a.m.; Bingo - Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 12:30 p.m.; Setback - Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m.; Billiards Tuesdays at 10 a.m.; and Poker Fridays at 10 a.m.
Daily cafeteria is served at noon, with a appropriate donation of $2.50. Breakfast is served on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9:30 a.m., with a donation of $3. Appear allotment a chat with new accompany or reconnect with some old acquaintances.
Health Clinics
WINDSOR LOCKS — Ask the Nurse: Sponsored by Bickford Evergreen Healthcare aboriginal and third Thursday. Stop in for medication questions, bloom apropos and claret burden checks. Footcare: $29 by appointment. Alarm April at 860-605-8283 to schedule.
Operation Ammunition Alms Activity Assistance
HARTFORD — Operation Fuel's statewide arrangement of ammunition banks started demography activity abetment applications on Wednesday, July 5, from households that are in banking crisis and are in crisis of accepting their account casework terminated.
Individuals who allegation activity abetment should alarm 211. The anniversary winter moratorium, which prevents households from accepting their electricity and gas shut off, concluded on May 1 and will not resume until November 1, 2017.
Energy affordability is a year-round botheration for added than 322,000 Connecticut households. Operation Ammunition is Connecticut's alone statewide nonprofit activity abetment program. For the budgetary year, which ends June 30, Operation Ammunition has provided over $3.3 actor in activity abetment to added than 7,830 households. This includes $2.1 actor in activity abetment for the 2017 winter affairs and $1.2 actor in activity abetment aftermost summer.
Now in its 40th year, Operation Ammunition is a statewide nonprofit affairs that provides emergency activity abetment year-round to lower-income alive families and individuals, the elderly, and disabled individuals who are in banking crisis.
For added advice on Operation Ammunition or to accomplish a donation, go to www.operationfuel.org. Donations additionally can be beatific to Operation Fuel, 75 Charter Oak Avenue, Suite 2-240, Hartford, CT, 06106.
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