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Here are the top stories in Glastonbury today:

Lucky Lottery Ticket Sold By Glastonbury Business

According to the CT Lottery, Richards Mobil at 890 Main St, South Glastonbury, sold a Lucky for Life ticket on Sept. 21 worth $25,000 a year for life. The lucky numbers are: 1 - 5 - 37 - 44 - 48 LB-6. Please check your tickets!

Fundraiser Started For Glastonbury Police Officer's Family

A fundraiser has been started on behalf of the family of a Glastonbury police officer who died unexpectedly. The GoFundMe has raised more than $40,000 for the family. (Read more about this fundraiser by clicking here).

Glastonbury Prohibits Use Of Cannabis On Town Land

Town Manager Richard J. Johnson told the Town Council earlier this month that in September 2017, the Council enacted a tobacco and smoke-free ordinance for Town parks and recreation areas. This amendment builds upon that to include marijuana and cannabis products as a prohibited use.

Public comment from the council meeting, via meeting minutes

Robert J. Hale, Jr. said he is surprised that the ordinance includes not only use, but also possession. Enforcement would be difficult. He suggests deletion of the part of the ordinance that would ban possession and tailor the use for only that which goes into the atmosphere and affects the area, such as smoking and vaping.

Johnson explained that the ordinance does not talk about possession. It mainly speaks to the
use of either tobacco or cannabis products.

Council member Lillian Tanski was not on the Council at the time that the ordinance was passed. However, given that this is a town ordinance, she believes that the Council should regulate the use of cannabis at least as much as they regulate the use of tobacco products in public spaces, via meeting minutes. She believes that the language of the ordinance is clear that this is not about
possession.

Council member Jacob McChesney said he finds this ordinance to be a reasonable update to a reasonable town regulation. He, too, wants to ensure that the language is limited to smoking, and not include eating a brownie, for example, meeting minutes state. Johnson explained that chewing tobacco is banned in town parks, so there is not a huge distinction between that and eating a brownie, meeting minutes state.

Here is the full amendment:

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Glastonbury Town Council hereby approves Amendment to Town
Code Article IV "Tobacco-Free and Smoke-Free Recreation Areas," to include cannabis products as a prohibited use in Town recreation areas; the said Amendment effective October 4, 2021, as described in a report by the Town Manager dated September 10, 2021.

Result: Motion passed unanimously {9-0-0}.

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