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🌱 How East Windsor police are piecing together the Rockville Road tragedy

East Windsor, Connecticut Patch AM: a 5 min read

Hi East Windsor! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How East Windsor police are piecing together the Rockville Road tragedy
  • What we know about the fatal truck incident at a local farm
  • Why neighbors say East Windsor’s farmland is turning into a sea of panels

Also on today's calendar: FAMILY FEST by Lutz Children's Museum and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Showers around; not as warm, with a high of 77 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Saturday: Humid with a few showers, temps: high: 75, low: 65.
  • Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 79 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Father Arrested After 1-Year-Old Son Dies Following Vehicle Incident in East Windsor – [your]NEWS (yournews.com) — A 1-year-old boy died after being left alone in a vehicle in East Windsor, and his father has been arrested on a risk-of-injury charge while police continue investigating. Officers say they found the father performing CPR on Rockville Road before the child was taken to Connecticut Children’s Hospital and pronounced dead. Authorities are still piecing together the timeline and considering additional charges.
   

• Father faces criminal charges after police say 1-year-old left in pickup truck dies (local12.com) — A 1-year-old boy has died after being found unresponsive in a pickup truck at a strawberry farm in East Windsor, and his father is now facing a felony risk-of-injury charge. Police say the child was left in the vehicle and later pronounced dead at Connecticut Children’s Hospital, while the ongoing investigation could bring additional allegations. A judge has imposed strict child-safety conditions for the family.
   

• Rural CT town opposes near 5-megawatt solar array. It targets farmland. (theday.com) — State regulators are weighing a new 5‑megawatt solar project in Ellington as residents there and in nearby East Windsor argue their rural landscape is already crowded with large solar farms. Locals and lawmakers are debating how much say towns should have when farmland is converted to energy projects. East Windsor is cited as a prime example of rapid solar build‑out on former fields and forests.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Windsor

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★ Featured events ★

    Friday September 11
  • Once An Outlaw →
    Broad Brook Opera House, 107 Main St, Broad Brook
    8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Vishay Intertechnology posted a job opening for Electron Beam Strip Weld Operator - 2nd shift in East Windsor. Apply here.
  • Hyundai MOBIS posted a job opening for Material Processor in South Windsor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near East Windsor here.

🗞 Nearby News

Windsor Locks

South Windsor

  • Evergreen Walk hosts back to school bash Friday, collecting supplies for kids in need (wfsb.com)
  • South Windsor family fosters dogs rescued from Iran war (nbcconnecticut.com)
  • New details released in East Windsor child death (fox61.com)

Enfield

  • Enfield Father Of 2 Young Children Fatally Shot: Report (patch.com)

Ok East Windsor! 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: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in East Windsor

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in East Windsor

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.