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Coming up on the calendar:
St. James Fall Fair
Back-to-School Anxiety: Helping Your Child Navigate the Transition Back to School at Farmington Library
Aiken Open House at Aiken School
... and check out 8 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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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
PTO Ice Cream Social (8/28 is the rain date) Bugbee Elementary School W Hartford, CT 06117 6:00 pm
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🪧 Patch Classifieds
Shop and Shmooze Arts & Crafts Fair Looking for vendors to participate in our all-inclusive Shop and Shmooze Arts & Crafts Fair. Contact Carolyn Topol at cstopol@gmail.com. (More info)
💬 Chatter
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P.F. Chang's China Bistro posted a job opening for Expeditor in Farmington. Apply here.
IDEX Corporation posted a job opening for Manufacturing Production Manager in Farmington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Farmington here.
🗞 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)
West Hartford Superintendent Provides Updates as 2026-2027 School Year Set to Begin - We-Ha (we-ha.com)
Southington
Southington Police Logs: Aug. 4 to Aug. 17, 2026 (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's "Pasturized" before you know it! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!) Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!