Avon High School Reduces Capacity For Sporting Events

Hey, Avon! It's Wednesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

Occasional rain and drizzle. High: 43 Low: 34.

Here are the top stories in Avon today:

1. Due to rise in COVID cases, some schools limiting attendance at events (Collinsville Press)
2. COVID-19: Town of Avon Operations Update (Avon Website)
3. Three Schools Get First-Place Votes In Scholastic Wrestling Poll (Avon Patch)
4. Avon Library presents Memory Care Programs (Avon Website)

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Today in Avon:

• (In-person Event) Morning Book Club: The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper (10:30 AM)
• Morning Book Club (10:30 AM)
• AHS Chorus Concert - Avon High School (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Avon Free Public Library: "Teen Advisory Board Tuesday, January 18th @ 5:00 pm open to teens in grades 9-12 This meeting will be held in the large Community Room (capacity 46 people). Register to save your spot. There are 20 spaces for January TAB. Masks are requi..." (Facebook)
• Avon Free Public Library: "Memory Care Series: Dementia 101 Thursday, January 13th @ 6:30 pm (via Zoom) Did you know there are over 80 kinds of dementia? This presentation will define dementia, explain why it is not part of normal aging, identify the warning signs..." (Facebook)

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