🌱 Patch AM: Which local runners shined at Wickham Park’s big cross country meet?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which local runners shined at Wickham Park's big cross country meet?
• How did Manchester camera footage help crack a $10,000 motel robbery?

Also on today's calendar: New World Trio "Autumn Reflections" and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Some rain in the afternoon, with a high of 59 and low of 53 degrees.
• Monday: A morning shower, temps: high: 69, low: 51.
• Tuesday: Showers late in the afternoon, with a high of 65 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Glastonbury's Lauren Parrett breaks Girls Large Division record at Wickham Park XC Invitational (thehour.com) — High school cross country fans in Manchester just saw standout performances at the 43rd Wickham Park Invitational, where Glastonbury's Lauren Parrett broke the Girls Large Division course record. Manchester's own Harper Shirley and Maxine Rothman placed strongly in the girls large race, while runners from nearby towns like Tolland, Avon, East Granby and E.O. Smith also claimed division wins.
   

• TikTok love note, DNA helped link Enfield man to $10,000 Motel 6 robbery, warrant says (middletownpress.com) — Investigators tracing a July armed robbery at a Wethersfield Motel 6 say a Flock camera later captured the stolen Hyundai Elantra driving in Manchester near Cemetery Road and Spencer Street. Combined with DNA from the car, social media clues and a handgun seized in Enfield, that evidence led police to charge Francisco Perez, while a second suspect remains at large.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Manchester

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 11
• New World Trio "Autumn Reflections" →
  Saint John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave, West Hartford
  2:00 pm
Monday October 12
• Storytelling Mondays: Tales At The Wood. For children ages 3-6 →
  Wood Memorial Library & Museum, 783 Main St, South Windsor
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday October 11
• Real Love: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton Tribute →
  Little Theatre of Manchester at Cheney Hall, 177 Hartford Rd, Manchester
  4:00 pm
Monday October 12
• Check 'Em Out Book Club- October 2026 →
  Manchester Public Library, 1041 Main St, Manchester
  7:30 pm
• Hartford Jazz Orchestra →
  Elicit Brewery, 165 Adams Street, Manchester
  7:30 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Toddler Tuesday →
  Connecticut Science Center, 250 Columbus Blvd, Hartford
  9:00 am
• Japanese & Korean Lunch by International Foods →
  Culinary Arts Center Dining Room L294, Great Path, Manchester
  12:00 pm
• Lunchtime Meditation in Glastonbury →
  Odiyana Kadampa Buddhist Center, 450 New London Turnpike, Glastonbury
  12:15 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Teen Drama: Wild & Unmasked →
  Manchester Public Library, 1041 Main St, Manchester
  6:00 pm
• NOT A LOST TRIBE: The Wangunk Story with Gary "Red Oak" O'Neil →
  WORK_SPACE, 903 Main St, Manchester
  6:30 pm
Thursday October 15
• Manchester Art Association, Oct 2026 Meeting & Demo →
  Manchester Church of Christ, 595 Tolland Turnpike, Manchester
  9:00 am
• One Painting, Many Stories: The Art of Finding Meaning in Objects →
  Connecticut's Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Community Project Grant Funding Deadline Nears for Manchester Community Fund —Tom Breen Read on Patch
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🗞 Nearby News

East Hartford

• Freightliner dealer proposes 55K-sq.-ft. expansion of East Hartford truck parts sales, repair facility (hartfordbusiness.com)
• George Thomas Herring (newtownbee.com)
• East Hartford police continue investigating fatal shooting (nbcconnecticut.com)

South Windsor

• Where cultural history comes alive: Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day in Connecticut (wtnh.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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