🌱 Patch AM: How Essex responders helped in a seven-vehicle I-95 shoreline crash

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In today's newsletter:

• How Essex responders helped in a seven-vehicle I-95 shoreline crash

Also on today's calendar: " Buddy's Walk for Canine Cancer" and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Is there anybody completely useless? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 69 and low of 48 degrees.
• Thursday: Times of sun and clouds, temps: high: 69, low: 51.
• Friday: Rain possible in the p.m., with a high of 68 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• I-95 North shut down in Old Saybrook due to a 7-vehicle crash, officials say (nbcconnecticut.com) — Emergency crews from Essex helped respond after a seven-vehicle crash shut down I-95 North in nearby Old Saybrook Monday morning, sending ten adults to area hospitals with minor injuries. All lanes near Exit 67 have since reopened, but the incident shows how regional departments, including Essex, coordinate during major shoreline highway emergencies.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Essex

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 11
• " Buddy's Walk for Canine Cancer" →
  Canine Cancer Alliance - A NonProfit 501c3,
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday September 23
• RiverFire Glass Workshop →
  RiverFire Glass, 500 Main St, Deep River
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 24
• Connecticut River Museum Special Exhibit: Rhythm of the River: Music and Memory Along the Connecticut →
  Connecticut River Museum, 67 Main St, Essex
• Music with Ms. Jessica! →
  Ivoryton Library, 106 Main St, Essex
  9:30 am
• Essex Steam Train & Riverboat Excursions →
  Essex Station, 1 Railroad Ave, Essex
  11:00 am
• Trek-or-Treat →
  Millrace Preserve, Ivory St, Ivoryton
  11:30 am
• RiverFire Glass Workshop →
  RiverFire Glass, 500 Main St, Deep River
  2:00 pm
• Trusts: Everything You Wanted to Know but Didn't Know To Ask (Virtual) →
  Essex Library Association, 33 West Ave, Essex
  6:30 pm
• Trusts: Everything You Wanted to Know but Didn't Know To Ask (Virtual) →
  Essex Library Association, 33 West Avenue, Essex
  6:30 pm
• IRIS Speaker →
  Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Turnpike, Clinton
  7:00 pm
• IRIS Update →
  Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Turnpike, Clinton
  7:00 pm
• Where the Paletero Man Goes: A Journey of Neighborhood, Music, and Art with Lucky Diaz (VIRTUAL) →
  Online
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Cypress Village posted a job opening for Utility Worker/Dishwasher in Essex. Apply here.
• American Cruise Lines posted a job opening for Executive Chef in Old Saybrook. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Essex here.

🗞 Nearby News

Old Saybrook

• 10 Hospitalized After 7-Vehicle Crash On I-95 In Old Saybrook: Fire Officials (patch.com)
• 2027 Environmental Grant Programs (Connecticut) (fundsforngos.org)

Lyme

• Old Lyme & Niantic Weekend Guide: Faeries, Van Gogh And A Jazz Legend (patch.com)

East Haddam

• O-Zone: Only for the Bold (jaguars.com)
• Things To Do with Kids in New London County (mommypoppins.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: No because they can always be used as a bad example! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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