Old Lunch Joints, Halloween Hiring: Farmington Daily

Rise and shine, Farmington. It's Tuesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around Farmington today.

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First, today's weather:

Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 79 Low: 68.

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Here are the top stories today in Farmington:

1. Iconic Lunch Counters Of Farmington Featured At Unionville Museum (Farmington Patch)
2. Party City Embarking On Halloween Hiring Spree In Connecticut (Patch Business Desk)
3. Farmington Coronavirus Infection Rate Rising (Farmington Patch)
4. Farmington Canal Construction Celebrated (New Haven Independent)
5. Horizon Technology Finance and Trinity Capital Provide $40 Million Venture Loan to Nexii (PRNewswire)
6. Joan Cohen Obituary (2021) - Hartford, CT - Hartford Courant (Legacy.com)
7. Developer Lands $16M Loan for Connecticut Project (Multi-Housing News)
8. Win $1000 For Your Favorite High School Marching Band – It's 94.5 PST's 'Bands and Fans Contest' (94.5 PST)
9. Age is Just a Number: NH Resident is 93 and Still Waterskiing (wokq.com)
10. 'It's approaching a losing venture:' Hurricanes with downpours and fierce winds wrecked crops a year after Connecticut farmers struggled with drought (Hartford Courant)
11. City of New Haven to break ground on new phase of Farmington Canal Heritage Trail (WTNH.com)
12. Daniel Konover Obituary (2021) - Hartford, CT - Hartford Courant (Legacy.com)

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Today in Farmington:

• FHS Sophomore Yearbook Portraits - Farmington High School (12:00 AM)
• Adult Virtual Maker Program: Wool Dryer Balls (9:00 AM)
• Surprise Storytime - Farmington Library (9:30 AM)
• Preschool STEAM Storytime (NWL) - West Hartford Public Library (10:30 AM)
• Fiber Arts Book Club (Virtual) - West Hartford Public Library (1:00 PM)
• Barney Kids Book Club - Farmington Library (3:45 PM)
• Mayor's Youth Council - West Hartford Public Library (6:00 PM)
• FHS Open House - Farmington Public Schools (6:30 PM)
• Town Council Meeting - Farmington Public Schools (7:00 PM)
• WDS PTO Meeting (Virtual) - West District Elementary School (7:00 PM)

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Farmington Patch Notebook

• East Farmington Volunteer Fire Department: "In honor of 20th anniversary of 9/11, the RBC Wealth Management Group, located on Batterson Park Rd, graciously donated a gift card to our department as a gesture of appreciation for continued service. Thank you, RBC! Never Forget." (Facebook)
• Hill-Stead Museum: "We are excited to share that poet Billy Collins will be at this year's American Mural Project's Art of Work Gala! The event will take place this Saturday, September 18 from 5-8 pm. Named "the most popular poet in America" by The New York..." (Facebook)
• East Farmington Volunteer Fire Department: "As you know, this past Saturday was the 20th anniversary of 9/11. The Town of Farmington held a remembrance ceremony honoring those that gave the ultimate sacrifice that day. May we never forget." (Facebook)
• Farmington Libraries (CT): "This Library Card Sign-up Month, we challenge you to take advantage of the library's language learning resource: Transparent Language Online." (Instagram)
• Farmington Libraries, CT: "Don't forget the Farmington Valley VNA is offering Blood Pressure & Blood Sugar Clinics at the Main Library the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 9:30-11:00am." (Facebook)
• Relay For Life of Farmington Valley, CT: "Good health starts with good nutrition. Visit cancer.org/EatHealthy for more tasty recipes." (Facebook)

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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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