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🌱 Patch AM: Fuel Costs: The Cheapest, Most Expensive Places To Get Gas In Avon

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Hi there, Avon! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • See how Avon's gas price stacks up to state and national averages
  • How Avon boys soccer powered into Connecticut's Top 10 rankings.
  • Why Avon's book fair still captures that classic Scholastic thrill.

Also on today's calendar: Join Us For Morning Networking with the Chamber at Ethan Allen! and 14 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 75, low: 47.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fuel Costs: The Cheapest, Most Expensive Places To Get Gas In Avon (patch.com) — Avon drivers are paying about the same for gas as the statewide average, with the latest report showing $4.45 per gallon for regular at the Gulf station on West Avon Road. The story compares that price with Connecticut, New England, and national averages, and reminds residents that prices can change several times a week.
   

• Boys Soccer Power Rankings (Oct. 6): A new team joins the Top 10 (nhregister.com) — Avon High boys soccer has surged to a 7-0-1 record and cracked GametimeCT's statewide Top 10, riding a seven-game winning streak after an opening draw with Conard. The rankings rundown shows Avon joining Bethel as the only Class L teams in the poll, alongside perennial powers like Staples, Greenwich, and Xavier.
   

• What 'The Baby-Sitters Club' tells us about why we're still chasing that Scholastic Book Fair high (ctpublic.org) — Roaring Brook School in Avon is highlighted as students dive into their annual Scholastic Book Fair, still chasing the excitement many remember from childhood. The visit anchors a broader look at how "The Baby-Sitters Club" and other Scholastic hits shaped generations of readers, now explored in Connecticut Public's new "Generation: Baby-Sitters Club" podcast season.
   

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    I called Flamig but they weren't sure when they'd start them. (Nextdoor Secret Lake)
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🗞 Nearby News

Farmington

  • Fuel Costs: The Cheapest, Most Expensive Places To Get Gas In Farmington (patch.com)
  • Dump Household Hazardous Waste In Simsbury This Weekend; 6 Towns Eligible (patch.com)

West Hartford

  • 21 Vera St #21, West Hartford, CT 06119 (zillow.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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