Three years have passed since the album Suwalki - the Town and the People was published. It seems like it was only yesterday. It was well received by the local people: the intellectual circles, the artists, and the ordinary people young and old, but also by the discerning authorities. About two and a half thousand copies were sold locally and some to visitors from outside the town. The former town's president Jozef Gajewski probably contributed to this success. Early this year the initiative came from the Town Hall to continue the work. This will be a separate book, a sort of a second volume, if somebody would like to publish a third one some day. We are retaining the same layout: the format, the placement of the text and historical photographs to maintain the consistency of the two albums. Most of the fresh material contains the latest photographs dating back three years or less. It touches nearly all the aspects of the local peoples life, as well as the newcomers, tourists and former residents. For the past few years there has been a noticeable rise of culture in many fields including the high culture and music, together with the classical. As a matter of fact the local authorities (of the highest rank) come regularly to nearly all the biggest events like the previews of art exhibitions in the museums, classical music concerts, plays, films, and numerous festivals (some of them international).