🌱 Patch AM: How are crowds soaking up Labor Day at Hammonasset Beach?

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In today's newsletter:

• How are crowds soaking up Labor Day at Hammonasset Beach?

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

Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 81 and low of 59 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 82, low: 63.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 80 and low of 73 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How CT neighbors are spending Labor Day weekend: the unofficial end of summer (fox61.com) — Labor Day weekend is drawing crowds to Hammonasset Beach in Madison, where families from across Connecticut are squeezing in one last summer outing before fall. Locals and visitors alike shared how they're celebrating the long weekend, from birthday beach trips to embracing early pumpkin-spice season, as the calendar inches toward the official start of autumn.
   

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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
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
• 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
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

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Team Member in Clinton. Apply here.
• HomeTeam Pest Defense posted a job opening for CT Pest Control Service Technician in Clinton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Madison here.

🗞 Nearby News

Guilford

• What you need to know about the 2026 CIAC girls swimming and diving season (ctpost.com)

Branford

• Parents tour Hillhouse High School with New Haven officials amid safety concerns (wtnh.com)
• Every recent real estate sale across CT. Town-by-town, all in one place (courant.com)

Haddam

• Killingworth Wetlands Commission Reviews Hammonasset River Dredging Plan (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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