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Why This Year’s Enfield Holiday Market Might Be the Best One Yet

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Christina Tetreault has a very specific challenge for this year's Enfield Holiday Market: how do you build a crafts fair that appeals not just to women, but to the people who are hardest to shop for—men? "I'm trying to make a market that will cater to shopping that everyone needs to do," said Tetreault, a market organizer. And that means a market has items that offer potential gifts, which may be great gifts for men. She has made it a mission to increase the variety and depth of the market. Town Support Matters The Enfield Holiday Market is unique. The Town of Enfield sponsors the event and provides the space at no cost. The town's support goes a long way to helping makers of independent crafts survive. The November-December timeframe accounts for most of their sales and determines whether they break even for the year. This year's market begins Saturday, Nov. 29, at Fermi -- Enfield Annex -- at 10 a.m. and runs through 2 p.m. It continues on Sundays through De...
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Enfield finally gets its own Central Park

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  The improvements to Higgins Park, the area behind the town hall, are giving Enfield something it never really had: a central park. This park is large enough for community events and gets many of them. The town is adding parking, exercise stations, and "potential additional walking trails, a sidewalk connecting the upper and lower parking lots, and a brick-paved courtyard that would be built behind Enfield Express," reported the Journal Inquirer on Aug 5th. The new bandstand also seems complete. Enfield has a lot of open space and walking areas, especially around the Scantic River area, but it's never really had a park that the entire town could call its own. Brainerd Park, in the northern part of town, is more of an area for that neighborhood. It's never been a place for town-wide activities. Enfield's central park (i.e. Higgins Park) is especially attractive because of its connection to the walking path across from the town hall along Freshwater Brook that lead...
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Location: Enfield, CT 06082, USA
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If I were running for a seat on the Town Council, here's my platform

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  Local elections can be an opportunity to discuss the issues. If I were running for Town Council, here are some issues that would make up my platform. In no particular order:  It's time to revisit Enfield's flooding risks   Are we prepared for storms that can deliver 5-plus inches of rain in an hour or a day? Climate change is increasing rainfall intensity generally in the Northeast. West Point, NY, recently saw as much as 10 inches of rain over 24 hours in July, and that same storm delivered three to nine inches of rain in Vermont, causing massive damage.    The proposal:  Hold a public information session in the JFK Auditorium on flooding risk in Enfield. Invite people to speak and share their experience with overflowing streams and flooded basements. The hearing will begin with a presentation by town officials reviewing flood maps and risks. It could include scenario discussion. What would happen if we saw 5" or more rain in 24 hours? Let's find out how...
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