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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Groton TV show will bring local Revolutionary history alive

Also on today's calendar: Pours with Purpose with the Zara Manzur Foundation and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 61 degrees.
  • Tuesday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 75, low: 61.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 76 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New London County Historical Society reaching out in new ways (theday.com) — A regional historical society based at New London's Shaw Mansion is expanding its outreach with youth programs, community partnerships, and even a new SEC-TV history show produced in Groton. Leaders are using powerful artifacts tied to the Battle of Groton Heights and other local stories to engage students, cruise visitors, and residents, while planning digitization projects and more events on the mansion grounds.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

New London

  • Flood advisory in effect for lower half of Connecticut amid Sunday showers, weather service says (thehour.com)
  • Dredging among recommendations for Alewife Cove (theday.com)
  • Killingly football team will have all new faces this season (theday.com)

Waterford

  • EB breaks ground on new Crystal Mall campus in Waterford (theday.com)
  • Federal lawsuit claims Waterford police officers left intellectually disabled man paralyzed (theday.com)
  • Police logs - Aug. 22, 2026 (theday.com)

Lyme

  • Multiple Overnight Car Break-Ins Reported In East Lyme (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's "Pasturized" before you know it! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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