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🌱 Patch AM: How Ellington’s new four-day town schedule changes your access hours

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Wednesday August 26th Patch AM (Patch graphic)

Hello Ellington! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Ellington's new four-day town schedule changes your access hours

Also on today's calendar: FAMILY FEST by Lutz Children's Museum and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 82, low: 67.
  • Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 81 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Several Connecticut towns make the switch to four-day municipal work weeks (newenglandnewspress.com) — Ellington residents now have a four-day town office schedule, with employees working 40 hours Monday through Thursday and enjoying three-day weekends since August 2022. The town is part of a growing group of Connecticut municipalities, including Vernon and Plainville, that are compressing hours to improve hiring and extend weekday access to services while closing offices on Fridays.
   

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  • Police say Connecticut man broke into his estranged wife's house. Then he fatally shot a sleeping Man upstairs while two kids were inside (knewz.com)

Enfield

  • Fundraiser Launched For Children Of Enfield Dad Killed In Somers (patch.com)
  • ESPN Founder Bill Rasmussen Never Forgot His Enfield Roots (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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