🌱 Glacier Park Guided Hike and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Glacier Park Guided Hike at Ledyard Glacial Park - Parking Lot

Today's riddle: Where do bad rainbows go? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Humid with showers around, with a high of 76 and low of 68 degrees.
• Wednesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 76, low: 65.
• Thursday: Humid with showers around, with a high of 77 and low of 66 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gales Ferry

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday August 2

• Glacier Park Guided Hike →
  Ledyard Glacial Park - Parking Lot, 86 Whalehead Rd, Gales Ferry
  9:00 am

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Other local events

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday July 28

• Design Review Board Meeting - CANCELLED →
  Waterford, CT Calendar Waterford, CT 06385
  4:00 pm
• Design Review Board Meeting →
  Waterford, CT Calendar Waterford, CT 06385
  4:00 pm
• Recreation and Parks Commission Meeting →
  Waterford, CT Calendar, Community Center 24 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford
  4:30 pm
• Waterford Utility Commission Meeting →
  Waterford, CT Calendar, Municipal Complex, 1000 Hartford Road Conference Room, Waterford
  6:00 pm

Wednesday July 29

• Summer Concert Series →
  Waterford, CT Calendar, Waterford Beach Park 305 Great Neck Road, Waterford
  6:00 pm

Thursday July 30

• Stretch & Sketch →
  Harkness Memorial State Park, 275 Great Neck Rd, Waterford
  6:00 pm

Friday July 31

• Christopher Cavaliere: Old Bob Live at Nod Hill Brewery →
  Nod Hill Brewery, 137 Ethan Allen Hwy, Ridgefield
  6:30 pm

Saturday August 1

• CT Audubon, RTP Estuary Center: Family Shorebird Walk →
  Harkness Memorial State Park, 275 Great Neck Rd, Waterford
  9:30 am
• Waterford Farmers Market →
  Waterford Community Center, 24 Rope Ferry Rd, Waterford
  10:00 am

Sunday August 2

• Wave Day Party →
  Foxwoods Resort Casino, 350 Trolley Line Blvd, Mashantucket
  12:00 pm
• NLHS 2016 10 year reunion: Nothing Was The Same →
  Great Neck Country Club, 28 Lamphere Rd, Waterford
  5:00 pm

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  Coming to the Mystic Area January 2026
• Deans Mill Farm — (860) 245-5487
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🗞 Nearby News

Ledyard

• Puleo wins SK Modifieds race at the Speedbowl (theday.com)
• Police Logs - July 28, 2026 (theday.com)

Waterford

• Night road work to close lanes on I-95 and I-84 for different projects. What to know. (courant.com)
• A BJ's could replace the Costco that never came to Branford (ctpost.com)
• CT Preps for Influx of Nuclear Reactors the Size of Shipping Containers (fireengineering.com)

New London

• Temporary Nighttime Closures of the I-95 Exit 83 Ramp and South Frontage Road in New London (ct.gov)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: To prism (Thank you Willy H. for sending it in!)
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