Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 77 and low of 60 degrees.
Monday: Partly sunny with a shower, temps: high: 80, low: 59.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 58 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• < How more than 1,000 artifacts were found in a dumpster, then returned to Mexico (npr.org) — A Farmington-based high school archaeology teacher helped rescue more than 1,000 pre-Hispanic Mexican artifacts that were discovered in a Western Massachusetts dumpster and then carefully cataloged with his students. After two years of painstaking work, the collection was formally returned to Mexico, giving Farmington teens a rare hands-on role in an international repatriation effort.
Back-to-School Anxiety: Helping Your Child Navigate the Transition Back to School Farmington Library 6 Monteith Drive, Farmington, CT, 06032, US 6:00 pm
Aiken Open House Aiken School W Hartford, CT 06117 6:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
PTO Chalk Party Bugbee Elementary School W Hartford, CT 06117 8:30 am
Movers and Groovers Farmington Library 71 Main St, Farmington, CT, 06032, US 10:00 am
Novel Ideas Book Club Barney Library 71 Main St, Farmington, CT, 06032, US 2:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
Flagpole Ceremony (Gr. 1-5) Bugbee Elementary School front circle 8:35 am
Thursday August 27
Fiber Arts Circle Farmington Library 71 Main St, Farmington, CT, 06032, US 10:00 am
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🗞 Nearby News
New Britain
Hundreds of New Britain students risk missing school due to lack of required vaccinations (fox61.com)
New Britain Health Department holds vaccinations clinic for students days ahead of school year (fox61.com)
BIRDCODE To Open New Crispy Chicken Location In Plainville; 7th In State (dailyvoice.com)
West Hartford
West Hartford Superintendent Provides Updates as 2026-2027 School Year Set to Begin - We-Ha (we-ha.com)
Rocky Hill
2 Police Officers Shot, Suspect Dead After Exchange Of Gunfire: Police (patch.com)
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