🌱 How a $2M grant will transform Coventry’s Orchard Hill Estates
Coventry, Connecticut Patch AM: a 4 min readCheers Coventry! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a $2M grant will transform Coventry’s Orchard Hill Estates
- When Coventry drivers will see new speed limit signs installed
Also on today's calendar: Meditation – The Silence That Awakens and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the turtle cross the road ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 81 and low of 57 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 84, low: 64.
- Friday: Humid with showers around, with a high of 78 and low of 62 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Block Grant Funds Headed To Mansfield, Coventry For Housing Rehab (patch.com) — Coventry is receiving $2 million in state and federal block grant funds to modernize the Orchard Hill Estates public housing complex, including driveway replacement, added ADA parking, new lighting, and upgraded water systems. The project will also replace heat pumps, improve drainage, add accessible gazebos, and upgrade security cameras, aiming to improve safety and quality of life for local low- and moderate-income residents. 
• Replacement of Speed Limit Signs on Local Roads in Connecticut (ct.gov) — Speed limit signs on rural roads in Coventry will be replaced with new, more visible versions as part of a statewide CTDOT project running from July 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027. Drivers can expect shoulder closures and alternating one-way traffic at times, with police or flaggers directing vehicles while the $1.56 million project is completed.
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Meditation – The Silence That Awakens →
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Board of Education Meeting
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Strength and Stability with Margie →
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Economic Development Commission meeting →
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Grief Support →
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Wednesday June 24
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Wood Carving Group →
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Tai Chi →
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Spanish Conversation Group →
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Wednesday June 24
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- Dunkin' posted a job opening for Baker/Finisher in Coventry. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Storrs
- 2026 Malka Penn Award Recognizes ‘The Teacher of Nomad Land' and ‘Coming Home' (uconn.edu)
- Post Malone pays tribute to Oliver Tree at Connecticut concert (stamfordadvocate.com)
- Study Reveals Probiotic Breakthrough in Preventing Salmonella (lifetechnology.com)
Mansfield
- Willimantic Stop & Shop To Raise Money For Eastern Food Pantry Through July Flower Program (patch.com)
Tolland
- Pétition · Prosecute All 100 Attendees of the Tolland Cockfighting Event — Watching Is Not Innocent (change.org)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She was going to the shell station (Thank you Nettie D. for sending it in!)
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