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🌱 Patch AM: Hamden Man, 35, Critically Injured In Motorcycle Crash In New Haven: PD

And on the Hamden Patch calendar - Italian Festival 2026

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Good morning Hamden! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Hamden man critically hurt after motorcycle plunges into New Haven pond

Also on today's calendar: Italian Festival 2026 and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 76 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Saturday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, temps: high: 75, low: 66.
  • Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hamden Man, 35, Critically Injured In Motorcycle Crash In New Haven: PD (patch.com) — Hamden residents are learning that a 35-year-old man from town is in critical condition after his motorcycle left Ella T. Grasso Boulevard in New Haven and plunged into Beaver Ponds near Southern Connecticut State University. Firefighters, EMTs, and bystanders pulled him from the water before he was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital, and New Haven police are continuing to investigate the crash.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday August 21
  • Quilter's Club
    North Branford Public Libraries 1720 Foxon Rd, North Branford, CT, 06471, US
    10:00 am
  • Book Talk with Dustin Ray Shannon
    Hagaman Memorial Library Community Room
    12:00 pm
  • Movie Matinee, "You, Me & Tuscany"
    North Branford Public Libraries 3 Old Post Road, Northford, CT, 06472, US
    1:00 pm
  • Teen Lounge
    Hagaman Memorial Library Teen Room
    2:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Quinnipiac University appoints Witherspoon & LeGault to lead new Office of Strategic Programs & Initiatives —John Morgan Read on Patch
  • David Starks, 72 of West Haven, passed away on August 15, 2026, at his home. —Cody-White Funeral Home Read on Patch
  • My house AC stopped working today.
    I turned it off/on and was able to get it running by pushing the condenser fan with a stick. ChatGPT says that my "dual-run capacitor" is the… (Nextdoor Dunbar Hill)
  • Well the babies have all grown up?
    Lantern flies Does anyone know what this liquid is? It's on the tree and on my ivy below. By the way this is my neighbor's tree but the black liquid… (Nextdoor Whitneyville)
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🗞 Nearby News

North Haven

  • WATERBURY SCOOP: 7 Brew sets opening date for new Waterbury stand! (theconnecticutscoop.com)
  • Houses for Rent in North Haven Town Center, CT (redfin.com)
  • Amazon's Drone Delivery Ambition Takes Flight: 13 Years Later, Scaling to 500 Cities (webpronews.com)

New Haven

  • Project Manager - TEKsystems c/o Allegis Group - New Haven, CT, US (dice.com)

Wallingford

  • Man Knocked Victim Unconscious During Assault In Walmart Parking Lot: Wallingford PD (patch.com)

Ok Hamden! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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