Farmington Company Gets Grant, Talking Pumpkins: Farmington Daily

Hello Farmington! Here's everything you need to know to get this Thursday started off right.

First, today's weather: Heavy rain in the morning. High: 73 Low: 54.

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Here are the top stories in Farmington today:

1. Farmington Company Gets $100,000 State Grant (Farmington Patch)
2. Popular Pumpkin Patches Around Farmington (Farmington Patch)
3. 3 Open Houses To Scope In And Around The Farmington Area (Farmington Patch)
4. Video: Farmington restaurant prepares for remnants of Ida (WFSB)

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Today in Farmington:

• District Wide- PD Day- Early Release (12:00 AM)
• Networking Zoom Meeting of the Valley Canton Chapter of BNI (7:15 AM)
• Tots & Tunes & Tales - Farmington Library (9:30 AM)
• Virtual Chair Pilates with Mary Therese (11:00 AM)
• Early Release Day (Convocation) - East Farms Elementary School (12:30 PM)
• 2021 Convocation: Together Again- Happiness & Kindness Create Community (1:00 PM)
• Playhouse Theatre Academy: Young Actors: Building a Scene (5:00 PM)
• PTB Meeting - Braeburn Elementary School (7:00 PM)
• Junior League of Hartford Virtual Information Session (8:00 PM)

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Farmington Patch Notebook

• Farmington Libraries, CT: "Our hoopla digital check-out limit has increased to 7 checkouts a month! That's two additional checkouts, meaning more books, more movies, more audiobooks, more fun, for you to enjoy each month! Head over to hoopladigital.com and use you..." (Facebook)
• Farmington Libraries: "September is Library Card Sign-Up Month. hoopla ebooks, audiobooks, movies, music and more are just one of the resources you have access to when you have a library card. #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #LibraryCardMonth" (Instagram)
• Farmington Libraries, CT: "The Farmington Libraries welcomes the extraordinary vocal talents of Rhonda Denét, who, accompanied by the Silver Fox Songs Trio, will perform a collection of jazz standards and soul classics that spans 5 decades on Saturday, September 2..." (Facebook)
• Farmington Libraries, CT: "September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! hoopla ebooks, audiobooks, movies, music and more are just one of the resources you have access to when you have a library card, try it out today at https://www.hoopladigital.com." (Facebook)
• Relay For Life of Farmington Valley, CT: "One of the biggest obstacles facing cancer patients is getting rides to their cancer treatments. At the @American Cancer Society, our Road to Recovery program provides cancer patients and their families with transportation by trained vol..." (Facebook)
• Farmington Libraries: "Read or listen to these titles on @hoopladigital #HeardAboutItOnTikTok #BookTok #bookstagram" (Instagram)

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— Chris Dehnel

About me: Email: chris.dehnel@patch.com Bio: I am a founding editor at Patch and back for Round 2 of the online news journey. in addition to Vernon, which is my original site, I am managing the Tolland, Manchester, Farmington, West Hartford and Southington sites in addition to UConn news. I have covered sports, news, business and snow sports in my 35-plus years as a journalist.

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