🌱 Patch AM: What Essex selectmen decided on boilers, e-bikes, and 2027 schedules

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• What Essex selectmen decided on boilers, e-bikes, and 2027 schedules

Also on today's calendar: Speaker Series: League Of Women Voters and 8 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Warmer; cloudy, then some sun, with a high of 73 and low of 52 degrees.
• Tuesday: Some sun, then clouds, temps: high: 66, low: 61.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 79 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Essex Selectmen Approve $17,954 For Centerbrook Meetinghouse Boiler Removal, Discuss E-Bike Safety (patch.com) — Essex's Board of Selectmen has approved nearly $18,000 to remove the aging boiler at the Centerbrook Meetinghouse, while holding off on buying a replacement. At the same meeting, officials discussed growing concerns about unsafe e-bike riding on local roads, reviewed capital projects now moving forward after a referendum, and set the town's 2027 meeting and holiday schedules.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Essex

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★ Featured events ★

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

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
• Drop-In DIY →
  Essex Library Teen Department, 33 West Avenue, Essex
  3:30 pm
• CANCELED - Retirement Board Meeting →
  Essex CT
  5:00 pm
• Inland Wetland Commission Meeting →
  Essex CT
  7:00 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

• GZA Earns National Recognition for Connecticut Living Shoreline Project (constructionowners.com)
• History Notes this week of Oct 3 (capecharlesmirror.com)
• Joan Osborne Taps Christian McBride for 'Relish Reimagined' LP (antimusic.com)

Lyme

• 5 Things To Know In Lyme, East Lyme & Old Lyme: Shore Road Funeral Home Hearing, Voter Session And More (patch.com)

Clinton

• Clinton Harbor Dredging Concerns Persist As Town Marina Reports $142,163 In Revenue (patch.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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