🌱 Patch AM: Essex Selectmen Approve $17,954 For Centerbrook Meetinghouse Boiler Removal, Discuss E-Bike Safety

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• Essex weighs e-bike safety as Centerbrook Meetinghouse boiler removal advances

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

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Tropical Rainstorm Isaias, with a high of 61 and low of 54 degrees.
• Monday: Warmer; a morning shower, temps: high: 72, low: 54.
• Tuesday: A p.m. shower in places, with a high of 69 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Essex Selectmen Approve $17,954 For Centerbrook Meetinghouse Boiler Removal, Discuss E-Bike Safety (patch.com) — Essex residents will see progress at the Centerbrook Meetinghouse after selectmen approved nearly $18,000 to remove its aging boiler, while holding off on a replacement decision. The board also tackled growing concerns about e-bike safety on town roads, advanced capital projects approved by referendum, and set the town's 2027 meeting and holiday schedules.
   

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Sunday October 11
• " Buddy's Walk for Canine Cancer" →
  Canine Cancer Alliance - A NonProfit 501c3,
  10:00 am
• Placing of a Witness Stone →
  St John's Episcopal Church, 3 Cross St, Essex
  11:45 am
Tuesday October 13
• Speaker Series: League Of Women Voters →
  Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Turnpike, Clinton
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Sunday October 11
• Essex Clipper Dinner Train →
  Essex Station, 1 Railroad Ave, Essex
  5:30 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Wiggle Worms Story Time (Birth - Age 3) →
  Essex Library Association, 33 West Ave, Essex
  9:30 am
• Wiggle Worms Story Time (Birth - Age 3) →
  Essex Library Association, 33 West Ave, Essex
  10:30 am
• Teen Drop-In DIY - Clay Pumpkins →
  Essex Library Association, 33 West Ave, Essex
  3:30 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Baby Keepsake (Birth - Age 2) →
  Essex Library Association, 33 West Ave, Essex
  10:00 am
• National Dessert Day →
  Ivoryton Library, 106 Main St, Essex
  4:00 pm
• Candidate Forum for State Representative (D- 36) and State Senator (D-33) Candidates →
  Essex Library Association, 33 West Ave, Essex
  6:30 pm
Thursday October 15
• Thursday Morning Hike at Bushy Hill/Platt Preserve - Essex Land Trust & YMCA →
  Bushy Hill Preserve, Bushy Hill Road, Ivoryton
  10:00 am
• Teen Book Box - Autumn Edition →
  Essex Library Association
  12:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Old Saybrook

• On this day -- October 9 (ntxe-news.com)
• Joan Osborne Taps Christian McBride for 'Relish Reimagined' LP (antimusic.com)
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Lyme

• East Lyme Wetlands Agency Approves 13-Lot Subdivision Road, Reviews 48-Unit Housing Proposal (patch.com)

Clinton

• Essex Bank continues to celebrate 175 years with a contribution to the Clinton Art Society (nerej.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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