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🌱 Patch AM: What Groton will do with its new $250,000 climate resilience grant

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Hello again Groton! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Groton will do with its new $250,000 climate resilience grant
  • Why Groton's submarine yard factors into a national sailor welfare fight

Also on today's calendar: 93rd Annual Meetinghouse Rocks Fair and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Humid; fog in the morning, with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Thursday: Humid; a p.m. shower possible, temps: high: 82, low: 62.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 78 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• DEEP awards $5.1 million to help communities prepare for extreme weather (nbcconnecticut.com) — The Town of Groton is receiving a $250,000 state resilience grant to plan protections against extreme weather, including flooding, heat, and other climate-related hazards. The funding, part of DEEP's Climate Resilience Fund, is meant to move local projects from planning toward construction and help Groton compete for larger federal dollars in the coming years.
   

• Senator Presses Pentagon on Sailor Welfare Concerns (legis1.com) — Groton gets a nod as home to Electric Boat's submarine-building operations while Sen. Richard Blumenthal presses the Pentagon over sailor welfare and shipboard conditions. His recent work also includes challenging a major utility rate hike and seeking restoration of federal health research grants that could affect care in communities across Connecticut.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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