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Good day Wethersfield! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Wethersfield voters to weigh $4M fire truck funding and tax impact
  • How a new bike trail could change Wethersfield's tree canopy
  • Plan a witchy Wethersfield-to-Windsor Halloween road trip this October

Also on today's calendar: New World Trio "Autumn Reflections" and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 67 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Sunday: Some rain in the afternoon, temps: high: 63, low: 54.
  • Monday: Some rain in the morning, with a high of 69 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Wethersfield Voters To Decide $4M Fire Truck Project (patch.com) — Wethersfield residents will soon vote on whether to approve $4 million in borrowing to replace two aging fire department vehicles, a ladder truck and a heavy-duty rescue truck. Town officials say the project would modernize equipment, reduce downtime for repairs, and modestly raise property taxes starting in 2028, with a median-assessed home paying about $41 in the first year. The referendum question will appear on the Nov. 3, 2026 Election Day ballot.
   

2. Wethersfield To Plant 65 Trees With State Grant, Review Bike Trail Tree Removals (patch.com) — Wethersfield's Shade Tree Commission will meet Oct. 13 to decide where 65 new state-funded trees will be planted around town and whether eight trees can be removed for a proposed Marsh Street bike and walking trail. Members will also weigh additional plantings at the new Highcrest Elementary School site, review several other tree removal requests, and outline the town's fall 2026 tree work.
   

3. Spooky Day Trips in Connecticut: Witchy History for Halloween (mommypoppins.com) — Wethersfield families can dive into local witch-trial history with a Halloween road trip that starts at the Webb-Deane-Stephens Museum and Wethersfield Village Cemetery, then continues to Hartford, Windsor, and Old Newgate Prison. The guide highlights specific tours, memorials, and spooky-but-family-friendly stops you can visit this October, many within a short drive of Wethersfield.
   

4. TikTok love note, DNA helped link Enfield man to $10K Motel 6 robbery, warrant says (nhregister.com) — Wethersfield police say a TikTok love note and DNA evidence helped them arrest a 45-year-old Enfield man in a July armed robbery at the Motel 6 on the Silas Deane Highway, where a clerk was assaulted and over $10,000 stolen. The suspect is free on bond and due in New Britain court Oct. 13, while a second suspect remains at large.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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