Wall of Honor + Gold Key Recognition: Ellington-Somers Daily

Happy Thursday, Ellington-Somers. Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

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First, today's weather:

Rain throughout the day. High: 71 Low: 57.

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Here are the top stories today in Ellington-Somers:

1. Who's Coming, Who's Going: The Latest Ellington Home Sales (Ellington-Somers Patch)
2. Public Invited To 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony In Windsor Locks (Windsor Locks-East Windsor Patch)
3. Gold Key Dinner Tickets Available; Honorees from Ellington, Somers Included (Southington Patch)
4. Mary Miller to Be Inducted To Ellington Wall of Honor (ellington-ct.gov)
5. Somers Fall Town-Wide Tag Sale (somersct.gov)
6. LETTER: Ideologically Driven Schools Constrain Objective Truth (Ellington-Somers Patch)

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Today in Ellington-Somers:

• Somers field hockey vs. Suffield, 4 p.m.
• Somers boys soccer at Lyman Memorial, 6:30 p.m.

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Ellington-Somers Patch Notebook

• Center School PTO: "Save the date! Picture day for Center School will be Thursday, Sept 16th. Order forms went home with students yesterday. You can return the order form with payment on or before picture day OR you can order them online and pay with card a..." (Facebook)
• Somers Congregational United Church of Christ: "Somers Congregational UCC is proud to host our friends at Somers Cooperative Preschool. Welcome back and here's to another amazing year of educating the children of our community! -Pastor Scott" (Facebook)
• Hall Memorial Library: "See what's new this week at the Hall Memorial Library at: *** http://wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?fb... *** There are one new bestseller, two new movies, seven new children's books, and six other new books, including three that are avail..." (Facebook)

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— Tim Jensen

E-mail: tim.jensen@patch.com
Tim Jensen is in his fourth decade of reporting news and sports in north central Connecticut. He currently oversees four Patch sites: Enfield, Windsor Locks-East Windsor, South Windsor and Ellington-Somers, and is also the Connecticut sports editor. He is president of the Connecticut Sports Media Alliance, serving as Gold Key Dinner chairman since 2015. He is commissioner of Blitzkrieg! Pro, an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Enfield. Tim has two children: Alex, a student at Seton Hall Law School, and Mia, who attends Springfield College.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Ellington-Somers Daily? You can reach me at tim.jensen@patch.com.