🌱 Patch AM: What the permanent BrightPath daycare closure means for Avon families now

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• What the permanent BrightPath daycare closure means for Avon families now

Also on today's calendar: Celebrate Memorial Day in Style at Ethan Allen!❤️🤍💙 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What can you catch but not throw? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Warmer; rain in the morning, with a high of 75 and low of 54 degrees.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny and warmer, temps: high: 83, low: 59.
• Wednesday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 85 and low of 59 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Avon daycare closes as civil lawsuits and criminal investigation continue (nbcconnecticut.com) — Families in Avon are dealing with the permanent closure of a BrightPath daycare facility in town while police and state officials continue a criminal investigation and related civil lawsuits. Parents have had to find new childcare quickly, and attorneys say they expect more legal filings as they seek additional witnesses and potential victims.    

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📸 Around Avon

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Avon

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★ Featured events ★

Monday May 25

• Celebrate Memorial Day in Style at Ethan Allen!❤️🤍💙 →
  Ethan Allen, 135 Albany Turnpike, Canton
  10:00 am

Saturday May 30

• Relay For Life Of Farmington Valley →
  99 Thompson Rd, Avon, CT, 06001,
  8:00 am
• Ye Olde Lebanon Towne Militia Comes to Farmington →
  Stanley-Whitman House,
  12:00 pm

Saturday June 20

• Socceropolis Summer Soccer Classes for boys & girls ages 3-8yrs →
  Renbrook School Turf Field, 2865 Albany Ave, West Hartford
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday May 26

• The Foursome: Christina Baker Kline (Ticketed Event/Friends Fundraiser) →
  Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd, Avon
  1:00 pm

Saturday May 30

• St Ann Flea Market →
  Church of St. Ann: Fr. Bennett Hall
  9:00 am

Monday June 1

• $2,500 Scholarship for Avon 250 Celebration! Deadline is June 1st. →
  510 W Avon Rd, Avon
  9:00 am

Tuesday June 2

• A Novel Crime: Deborah Levison in conversation with Marilyn Simon Rothstein (in-person) →
  Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd, Avon
  6:30 pm

Friday June 5

• First Friday Dinner 250 Celebration June 5 at 5:30 Avon Congreational Church →
  6 W Main St, Avon, CT, 06001
  5:30 pm

Saturday June 6

• Edwin, Jenna, and Joseph: Murder Has Never Looked This Good (in-person) →
  Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd, Avon
  2:00 pm

Tuesday June 9

• Birding by Ear (In-Person Event) →
  Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd, Avon
  2:00 pm

Wednesday June 10

• Penguins, Polar Bears, Parks and Peaks: Bio-Geographical Journeys to the Four Pole (In-Person Event) →
  Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd, Avon
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Raymour & Flanigan posted a job opening for Customer Service Lead Starting at $19 hourly in Avon. Apply here.
• The Cleaning Authority, LLC posted a job opening for Professional House Cleaner in Avon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Avon here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Farmington

• Avon softball finishes regular season 18-1 with win over Farmington (wfsb.com)

West Hartford

• Property of the week: Luxury condominium community with rooftop terrace (courant.com)
• Veteran who served in Middle East starts new role as CT firefighter. He missed military brotherhood (courant.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A cold (Thank you Stanley G. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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