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🌱 Patch AM: Move-In Week At UConn: A Look At The Numbers

Also check out Welcome Back Celebration and Carillon Concert on the Mansfield Patch calendar

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Good morning Mansfield! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Thousands of new Huskies arrive in Storrs, reshaping Mansfield for fall

Also on today's calendar: Welcome Back Celebration and Carillon Concert and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Humid with periods of sun, with a high of 80 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 79, low: 58.
  • Saturday: Clouds and sun; less humid, with a high of 76 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Move-In Week At UConn: A Look At The Numbers (patch.com) — Move-in week at UConn's Storrs campus is bringing more than 21,000 undergraduates to town, including about 4,500 first-year students who will call Mansfield home this fall. With nearly 7,400 new undergrads across all campuses and classes starting Aug. 31, the influx of students, many first-generation and high-achieving, will significantly shape daily life, traffic, and business activity around Mansfield.
   

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Storrs

  • Move-In Week At UConn: A Look At The Numbers (patch.com)
  • UConn football team shows competitiveness amid training camp uncertainties (fox61.com)
  • STORRS SCOOP: New collegiate apparel shop & restaurants coming to Storrs Center (theconnecticutscoop.com)

Coventry

  • 11 Connecticut Farmers Markets Where $15 Fills Your Tote With Local Produce (takingthekids.com)

Tolland

  • Tolland Schedules Free Metal, Bulky Waste Pickup for October (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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