FAST FACTS
Incorporated: 1670.
Land area: 43.1 square miles.
Form of government: Board of Selectmen.
Population: 14,139 (2005 estimate).
Elections: Municipal elections are held the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in odd-numbered years.
Web site: www.suffieldtownhall.com.
FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Ambulance: Suffield Volunteer Ambulance Association, 205 Bridge St., 860-668-3881.
Animal control officer: Angelo Dimauro, 860-668-3861.
Cemeteries:
West Suffield Cemetery, Mountain Road, 860-668-0540.
Woodlawn Cemetery, 860-745-2464.
St. Joseph Cemetery, Hill Street, 860-668-2880.
Emergency Management: John Woods, 860-668-0514.
Emergency services: Call 911.
Fire: Suffield Fire Department, 73 Mountain Road, 860-668-3888; Chief Thomas Bellmore, Acting Fire Marshal Michael Thibedeau.
Libraries: Kent Memorial Library, 50 N. Main St., 860-668-3896.
Museums: Phelps-Hatheway House Museum, 55 S. Main St., 860-668-0055, May to October, Saturday, and Sunday, 1 – 4 p.m.; King House Museum, 232 S. Main St., 860-668-5256, May through September, Wednesday and Saturday, 1 – 4 p.m.
Parks, town:
Bazin Bruce Memorial Park, Mountain Road: multi-use fields for baseball, soccer, field hockey, and softball; also, picnicking, volleyball, jogging, hiking, cross-country skiing.
Sunrise Park, Mountain Road: hiking trails, swimming, fishing, picnicking, horseshoe pits, skating, cross-country skiing, pavilion, and playground.
Stony Brooke Park, Remington Street: hiking, fishing, picnicking, cross-country skiing, camping.
Jesse F. Smith Memorial Forest, Halladay Avenue West: picnicking, camping (with permit), horseback riding, cross-country skiing.
Police: 911 Mountain Road; Chief Michael Manzi, 860-668-3870.
Post office: Suffield Post Office, 235 Mountain Road, 860-668-2959, Steve Buoniconti, postmaster; West Suffield Post Office, Patricia Amenta, postmaster, 1361 Mountain Road, 860-668-7857.
Public golf courses: Airways Golf Course & Country Club, 1070 S. Grand St., 860-668-4973.
Rubbish disposal, recycling: 2715 Mountain Road, 860-668-3837, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Town Hall: 83 Mountain Road, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday – Thursday, Fridays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 860-668-3838. Town clerk’s office is open 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Thursdays.
Town meetings: Board of Selectmen: meets at Town Hall at 7 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays of the month. June, July, and August third Wednesday of month only.
Board of Education: meets at 7:30 p.m. first and third Tuesdays at the middle school library;
Board of Finance: meets at the police station at 7 p.m. the second Monday; No meetings July or August.
Zoning and Planning Commission: meets at Town Hall at 7 p.m. the third Monday.
Voter registration: Darlene Burrell (D) and Lynn Joyal (R), 860-668-3850.
STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATORS
U.S. senators: Richard Blumenthal (D), (202) 224-2823 (Washington, D.C.) or 800-334-5341. Joseph I. Lieberman (I), 202-224-4041 or 549-8463.
U.S. representative: Joseph Courtney (D), 860-886-0139 or 202-225-2076 (Washington, D.C).
State senator: John A. Kissel (R), 860-240-0531.
State representative: Matthew Conway (D), 860-240-8585.
TOWN OFFICIALS
First Selectman: Tom Frenaye (D), 860-668-3838.
Selectmen:
Brian Fitzgerald (D) 860-668-5864, Timothy Reynolds (R), 860-668-1767, Eileen Moncrief (D) 860-668-0758; Joanne Sullivan (R).
Assessor: 860-668-3866.
Building Official: Edward Flanders, 860-668-3878.
Town Clerk: Elaine C. O’Brien, 860-668-3880.
Development Director: Patrick McMahon, 860-668-3849.
Town Planner: William “Bill” Hawkins, 860-668-3848.
Health Director: William Blitz, 860-745-0383.
Parks and Recreation Director: Wendy LaMontagne, 860-668-3862.
Zoning and Planning Commission:
Frank E. Bauchiero, Jr., (R), chairman, 860-668-4093; Alternate Mark Winne (R), 860-668-4964, Chester Kuras (R), Vice Chair, 860-668-2942, John J. Murphy (R); Ellie Binns (D); Francis Ravenola (R), 860-668-1267, Alternate Charles Sheehan (D), 860-254-5335, Robert (Glen) Vincent (D), 860-668-7673.
Public Works Director: Jack Muska, 860-668-3890.
Social Services: Janet Frechette, Director of the Suffield Emergency Aid, 860-668-1986.
Tax Collector: Jill Schechtman, 860-668-3841.
SCHOOLS
Administrative offices: 350 Mountain Road, 860-668-3800.
Bus company: First Student First Group America, 61 Ffyler Place, Suffield, 06078, 860-668-4668.
Superintendent: Acting Superintendent Mary Greenlaw-Dixon, 860-668-3800.
Board of Education:
Lori A. D’Ostuni, chair, (D) 860-668-6533, Michael J. Smith (D), 860-668-1716; Sue Porcello (?) 860-668-4798, Robert Eccles (R), 860-668-4065; Mary Roy, vice chair, (R), 860-668-2929; Lauren Life (R), 860-668-4188; Mary Ellen Tunsky (D), 860-668-7220, Mary Lou Sanborn, (R) 860-906-6468; Jeanne Gee, (R), 860-235-1768.
Elementary schools:
A. Ward Spaulding School, 945 Mountain Road, 860-668-3826; M. Angela Roman, principal.
McAlister Intermediate school, 260 Mountain Road, 860-668-3830; Karen Carpenter, principal.
Middle school: Suffield Middle School, 350 Mountain Road, 860-668-3820, John Warrington, principal.
High school: Suffield High School, 1060 Sheldon St., 860-668-3810; Donna Hayward, principal.
Other: Suffield Regional Agriscience Center, 1060 Sheldon St., W. Suffield, 860-668-3817; Anne Willard, Interim Director.
Private school: Suffield Academy, P.O. Box 999, Suffield, 06078, 860-668-7315; Charles Cahn, headmaster.
CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Chamber of Commerce: LuAnne Stone, 860-668-4848.
Democratic Town Committee: Bobbie C. Kling, chairwoman, 860-668-5905.
Republican Town Committee: Co-chairs J. Scott Guilmartin, 860-669-4818, and John P. Murphy.
Historical Society: Edward Chase, 860-668-5256.
American Legion Post 94: Gordon Loomis, president; 411 Mapleton Ave., 860-668-7752.
Boy Scouts: Troop 260, Larry Quinn, 860-668-6108; Troop 66, Matthew Joyal, 860-668—9519 or 860-654-2698.
Daughters of the American Revolution: Alice Dahms, 860-668-0456.
Girl Scouts of Connecticut: Charlotte Etier, 860-522-0163, ext. 3263.
Cub Scout Pack 209: Troy McFarlane, 860-668-5363.
4-H Club: Hartford County, Linda Horn, 860-570-9074.
Knights of Columbus: Mike Voisine, grand knight, 860-668-9911.
Lions Club: Murray Phelps, 860-668-1049.
Little League: Paul Eheandor, 860-668-4323.
Rotary Club: Bob Lowell, 860-668-4119.
Suffield Women’s Club: Judith Engle, 860-668-1058.
YMCA/YWCA: YMCA in West Hartford, 12 N. Main St., 860-521-5830.
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
Second Baptist Church, 100 N. Main St., 860-668-1661.
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, 140 S. Main St., 860-668-2880.
First Church of Christ, 81 High St., 860-668-7223.
West Suffield Congregational Church, 1408 Mountain Road, WS, 860-668-2271.
Sacred Heart Church, 446 Mountain Road, 860-668-4246.
Third Baptist Church, 188 Kent Ave., 860-668-7647.
Baha’i Faith, P.O. Box 97, Suffield, 06078, 860-668-1700.