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🌱 How you can help Columbia’s Main Moose win a big award.

Columbia, Connecticut Patch AM: a 3 min read

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

In today's newsletter:

  • How you can help Columbia’s Main Moose win a big award.

Also on today's calendar: Board of Selectmen and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Turning sunny; not as warm, with a high of 73 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Sunday: A thick cloud cover, temps: high: 65, low: 54.
  • Monday: Rather cloudy and breezy, with a high of 70 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Eastern Connecticut Restaurant Once Considered Dead In Its (Moose) Tracks Now Up For Major Industry Award (patch.com) — A Columbia favorite, the Main Moose on Route 6 has bounced back from a near-permanent closure and is now a finalist for a prestigious Connecticut Restaurant & Hospitality Association CRAZIES award. Just months after reopening in July, the rustic roadside spot is competing for Windham County Restaurant of the Year, and residents can support it by casting an online vote.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Spectrum posted a job opening for Retail Sales Specialist - Part-Time in Willimantic. Apply here.
  • Town Fair Tire posted a job opening for Driver - Store / Wholesale in Willimantic. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Columbia here.

🗞 Nearby News

Coventry

  • $1 million was CT Lottery's largest prize claimed in September. See the full list of winners (ctpost.com)
  • Nightmare on Main returns this weekend (thechronicle.com)
  • BlockToberFest Returns: Community block party on Riverside Drive (thechronicle.com)

Mansfield

  • Medical Instrument Maker Among 9 New Mansfield Businesses Registered In September (patch.com)

Storrs

  • 'Haunted' trains, glowing pumpkins and more Halloween events in Connecticut (ctpost.com)
  • Connecticut high school boys cross country top performances (Sept. 24-Oct. 1) (thehour.com)

Ok Columbia! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Columbia

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