🌱 Patch AM: Wildlife Out Your Window with Brad Timm and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Boy Scout Troop 96 Meetings at Ellington Congregational Church
• Wildlife Out Your Window with Brad Timm at Hall Memorial Library
• Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Warmer with clearing, with a high of 71 and low of 51 degrees.
• Tuesday: Showers late in the afternoon, temps: high: 66, low: 59.
• Wednesday: Some sun; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 71 and low of 49 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ellington

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★ Featured events ★

Monday October 12
• Boy Scout Troop 96 Meetings →
  Ellington Congregational Church, 72 Main Street, Ellington
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday October 14
• Wildlife Out Your Window with Brad Timm →
  Hall Memorial Library, 93 Main St, Ellington
  6:00 pm
• Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting →
  31 Arbor Way, Ellington
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• The ECC Sewing Circle →
  Ellington Congregational Church, 72 Main Street, Ellington
  9:30 am
• Upcoming Veteran Events In Ellington →
  Hall Memorial Library, 93 Main St, Ellington
  10:30 am
Friday October 16
• Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale →
  Hall Memorial Library, 93 Main St, Ellington
  10:00 am
• Sound Meditation Concert (AKC) →
  American Karate Center, Ellington
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Friends of the Somers Library Fall Used Book Sale →
  Somers Public Library, 2 Vision Blvd, Somers
  9:00 am
• Pumpkin & Squash Harvest Day at the Ellington Farmers Market →
  Ellington Farmers Market, 72 Maple St, Ellington
  9:00 am
• Ye Olde Blacksmith Shoppe →
  Maple Street & Pinney Road, Somers
  9:30 am
• Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale →
  Hall Memorial Library, 93 Main St, Ellington
  10:00 am
• Tombstones Tell a Story →
  Ellington Historical Society
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Baker in Tolland. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Rockville

• Retirees Are Discovering An Affordable Connecticut Town So Pretty They Wish They Had Found It Sooner (newsbreak.com)
• Inside Week 5 of CIAC football: 'Eat the Bear,' 5-0 starts and an NVL thriller (thehour.com)

Tolland

• Jury Finds Hebron Man Guilty of Operating Under the Influence (ct.gov)

Vernon

• Karen (Paduch) Bolton, 70 (theweektoday.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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