Around Suffield: Retiring fire chief selected as 2026 Memorial Day Parade grand marshal

- Pauline Persons

Img 1777The Suffield League has tapped Robert Rasnick as the grand marshal for the 2026 Annual Memorial Day Parade.

For more than 47 years, Robert (Bob) Rasnick has served the Suffield community in various ways. At the age of 19, he began to serve Suffield in many non-elected capacities: as a zoning inspector, in the road department, as a school bus driver and as Town Hall administrator (following Mary Lohr).

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