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🌱 Words in the Woods: A Poetry Reading Featuring Margaret Gibson and Frederick-Douglass Knowles, II. and 10 more events

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Tuesday September 15th Patch AM (Patch graphic)

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Coming up on the calendar:

  • Colchester Cruise On the Green by Good Time Motoring Club at Colchester on the Green
  • BA Open House at Bacon Academy
  • Words in the Woods: A Poetry Reading Featuring Margaret Gibson and Frederick-Douglass Knowles, II. at Bulkeley Hill Preserve

... and check out 3 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny; low humidity, with a high of 70 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 76, low: 61.
  • Thursday: Rather cloudy and humid, with a high of 79 and low of 63 degrees.

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