Fire Chief Feted For 50 Years Of Service, Announces Retirement - Enfield, CT - Chief Charlie Macsata of the Shaker Pines Fire Department will retire at the end of 2021 after 50 years of service to his hometown.
UpdatedWed, May 5, 2021 at 1:30 pm ET
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Longtime Springfield College wrestling coach Doug Parker. (Springfield College)
SPRINGFIELD, MA Doug Parker, a World War II U.S. Army veteran who coached wrestling at Springfield College for 35 years and was the father of longtime Enfield High School wrestling coach Kirk Parker, died April 24. He was 95.
From 1955 to 1990, Parker compiled a career record of 518-169-11, a .750 winning percentage. His teams never had a losing season, and he was named New England Coach of the Year three times. Springfield won 21 New England titles and produced 24 All-Americans, including 1984 Olympic gold medalist Jeff Blatnick.
Parker was a member of the NCAA Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame. In 1999, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum awarded him the Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award in recognition of his years of dedication to the development of leadership and citizenship in young people through the sport of wrestling.
UpdatedThu, Mar 4, 2021 at 2:48 pm ET
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The former main office space of the old Enrico Fermi High School has been transformed into the new home of the recreation department. (Tim Jensen/Patch)
ENFIELD, CT After decades of serving the Enfield community from its headquarters on North Main St. in Thompsonville, the Enfield Recreation Department has moved into its new home in the old main office and D-wing area of the former Enrico Fermi High School at 124 North Maple St.
Access to the department is via Door 1, formerly the main entrance of the school.
The move is part of a recently-approved consolidation plan of town buildings, which involves shifting several departments into the former Alcorn School, the Enfield Express and the Enfield Senior Center, as well as the Fermi building.
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Published: 12/14/2020 1:17:13 PM
I have always been a minority. In my small-town Connecticut elementary school, my sister and I were often the only non-white people in the building, until I unexpectedly had a Black music teacher in fifth grade. That was the only time I ever had a Black teacher, out of 127 classroom teachers and professors.
I was always painfully aware of not being white. When fashion fads spread through the school, like feathered hair and cute ponytails that swung impishly to the side, I was stuck with braids that steadfastly refused to feather or swing. On Picture Day, while the others ran the free plastic comb through thin and silken strands that obediently arranged themselves into order, I ineffectually ran mine over hair already held down by blue hair grease. I was embarrassed that my hair was so puffy, so not-straight. After all, everyone I ever saw had hair that was the right kind.