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  • How are crowds soaking up Labor Day at Hammonasset Beach?

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Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 80 and low of 73 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How CT neighbors are spending Labor Day weekend: the unofficial end of summer (fox61.com) — Labor Day weekend is drawing crowds to Hammonasset Beach in Madison, where families from across Connecticut are squeezing in one last summer outing before fall. Locals and visitors alike shared how they're celebrating the long weekend, from birthday beach trips to embracing early pumpkin-spice season, as the calendar inches toward the official start of autumn.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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