🌱 Patch AM: How a $2.17M tax credit boosts Madison’s new elementary school

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In today's newsletter:

• How a $2.17M tax credit boosts Madison's new elementary school
• How Hammonasset Beachgoers are saying goodbye to summer in Madison

Also on today's calendar: Getting Your Affairs In Order and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why are elevator jokes so good ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Partly sunny with a shower, with a high of 73 and low of 56 degrees.
• Monday: Sunny and warmer, temps: high: 81, low: 61.
• Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 82 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Madison's Neck River Elementary School Project Receives $2.17M Tax Credit (patch.com) — Madison's Neck River Elementary School project just secured a $2.17 million federal Inflation Reduction Act tax credit, with an additional Eversource rebate of about $100,000 in the works. The building committee also approved roughly $35,700 in invoices and discussed remaining punch-list work and parent pickup traffic, which officials say has improved with new procedures.
   

• How CT neighbors are spending Labor Day weekend: the unofficial end of summer (fox61.com) — Labor Day weekend is wrapping up with crowds at Hammonasset Beach in Madison, where families from across Connecticut are squeezing in one last summer beach day. Visitors shared how they're balancing savoring the warm weather with looking ahead to fall traditions, from pumpkin spice to Halloween decorations already popping up in local stores.
   

📸 Around Madison

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Madison

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday September 10
• Getting Your Affairs In Order →
  James Blackstone Memorial Library Auditorium, 758 Main St, Branford
  10:00 am
Saturday September 12
• Apple Pi Robotics Open House →
  29 Soundview Rd, Guilford
  10:00 am
• Back to School Open House at NHAOPA →
  New Haven Academy of Performing Arts, 597 Main St, East Haven
  1:00 pm
Monday September 14
• REGISTER Before we open! →
  246 Boston St, Guilford
  9:00 am
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 12
• Dave Parcells Madison Triathlon →
  , Madison
  7:00 am
Sunday September 13
• Car Cruise →
  7 Hemlock Dr, Killingworth
  1:00 pm
• Madison and Guilford Democratic Town Committees to Host Joint "Meet the Candidates" Event at Histor →
  The Munger Barn at Dudley Farm, 2351 Durham Road, Guilford, CT
  4:30 pm
Monday September 14
• Keeping Your World Steady: How the Inner Ear Impacts Balance & Falls →
  E.C. Scranton Memorial Library, Johnson Community Room
  2:00 pm
Tuesday September 15
• Sunset Splash: Connect Through Art Annual Exhibition →
  E.C. Scranton Memorial Library, 801 Boston Post Rd, Madison
  4:00 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Complimentary Presentation - Reimagining Retirement →
  Online Event
  12:30 pm
Friday September 25
• History Happy Hour: Murder Mystery with Charlie Shafer →
  853 Boston Post Rd, Madison
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• From Ballot Boxes to the Wild West: Connecticut's Evolution of Voting —Nick Postovoit Read on Patch

• Region 4 ESC posted a job opening for Board of Education Clerk (Recording Secretary) in Chester. Apply here.
• Subway posted a job opening for Sandwich Artist in Essex. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Madison here.

🗞 Nearby News

Guilford

• Seniors excited for first day of classes at Guilford High School (wtnh.com)
• Guilford holds town meeting about buying land for police department (wtnh.com)
• Local Event: Apple Pi Robotics Open House (patch.com)

Clinton

• Clinton Voters To Decide $3.32 Million Bond Package For Library, Roads And Town Equipment (patch.com)

North Branford

• Amity Teacher Among Diamond Club Hall Of Fame Inductees (patch.com)

Ok Madison! 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: Because they work on so many levels ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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