🌱 Patch AM: 25 Years: Ellington To Hold 9/11 Remembrance Friday Morning

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In today's newsletter:

• Ellington plans solemn 9/11 remembrance at local fire station

Also on today's calendar: $4000 Cash Bingo - St Joseph Church Vernon CT and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: I'm a rock group with 4 members; one member was assassinated. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Turning sunny; low humidity, with a high of 76 and low of 50 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 78, low: 59.
• Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 73 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 25 Years: Ellington To Hold 9/11 Remembrance Friday Morning (patch.com) — Ellington residents are invited to a Friday morning ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, held at Fire Station 243 on Nutmeg Drive starting at 8:30 a.m. Timed near the moment the first plane hit the World Trade Center, the observance offers a local opportunity to reflect, while Somers has no separate public event listed.
   

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Friday September 11
• $4000 Cash Bingo - St Joseph Church Vernon CT →
  St. Joseph Catholic Church, 33 West St, Vernon
  6:30 pm
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday September 11
• Tag Sale →
  8 Moser Dr, Ellington
  9:00 am
Saturday September 12
• Tag Sale →
  8 Moser Dr, Ellington
  9:00 am
• Health Fair at the Ellington Farmers Market →
  Ellington Farmers Market, 72 Maple St, Ellington
  9:00 am
• Blacksmith Shoppe →
  Maple Street & Pinney Road, Somers
  9:30 am
• Block Party →
  Old School Harley Davidson, 398 Somers Rd, Ellington
  11:00 am
• Ice Cream Social →
  Congregational Green, 22 Maple St, Somers
  12:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Welcome to Somers Museum →
  Somers Historical Society Museum, 11 Battle St, Somers
  1:00 pm
• Audition Call for Ellington Epitaphs-A Family Mystery →
  Ellington Historical Society, 70 Main St, Ellington
  2:00 pm
Tuesday September 15
• Panthers - Storrs Adventure Camp Trip
  Ellington Middle School Ellington, CT 06029
  6:30 am
• Homeschool with horses →
  , Ellington
  1:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Rockville

• Dad charged in baby's hot car death in East Windsor returns to court Thursday (ncadvertiser.com)
• Looney: Private Equity Has No Place in Public Safety (ct.gov)

Tolland

• Church buys former Nerac property in Tolland for new campus (thehour.com)
• Beware of Greeks taking gifts (christopherfountain.com)

Vernon

• Lines Finally In Place On Road Leading To Schools In Vernon (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Mount Rushmore (Thank you J.J. W. for sending it in!)
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