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🌱 Patch AM: 25 Years: Ellington To Hold 9/11 Remembrance Friday Morning
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In today's newsletter:
- Ellington plans solemn 9/11 remembrance at local fire station
Also on today's calendar: $4000 Cash Bingo - St Joseph Church Vernon CT and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: I'm a rock group with 4 members; one member was assassinated. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Turning sunny; low humidity, with a high of 76 and low of 50 degrees.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 78, low: 59.
- Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 73 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 25 Years: Ellington To Hold 9/11 Remembrance Friday Morning (patch.com) — Ellington residents are invited to a Friday morning ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, held at Fire Station 243 on Nutmeg Drive starting at 8:30 a.m. Timed near the moment the first plane hit the World Trade Center, the observance offers a local opportunity to reflect, while Somers has no separate public event listed.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ellington
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St. Joseph Catholic Church, 33 West St, Vernon
6:30 pm - Jay Medal Soirée →
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Friday September 11
Saturday September 19
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Other local events
- Tag Sale →
8 Moser Dr, Ellington
9:00 am - Tag Sale →
8 Moser Dr, Ellington
9:00 am - Health Fair at the Ellington Farmers Market →
Ellington Farmers Market, 72 Maple St, Ellington
9:00 am - Blacksmith Shoppe →
Maple Street & Pinney Road, Somers
9:30 am - Block Party →
Old School Harley Davidson, 398 Somers Rd, Ellington
11:00 am - Ice Cream Social →
Congregational Green, 22 Maple St, Somers
12:00 pm - Welcome to Somers Museum →
Somers Historical Society Museum, 11 Battle St, Somers
1:00 pm - Audition Call for Ellington Epitaphs-A Family Mystery →
Ellington Historical Society, 70 Main St, Ellington
2:00 pm - Panthers - Storrs Adventure Camp Trip
Ellington Middle School Ellington, CT 06029
6:30 am - Homeschool with horses →
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Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
Sunday September 13
Tuesday September 15
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🗞 Nearby News
Rockville
- Dad charged in baby's hot car death in East Windsor returns to court Thursday (ncadvertiser.com)
- Looney: Private Equity Has No Place in Public Safety (ct.gov)
Tolland
- Church buys former Nerac property in Tolland for new campus (thehour.com)
- Beware of Greeks taking gifts (christopherfountain.com)
Vernon
- Lines Finally In Place On Road Leading To Schools In Vernon (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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