New Eatery, Trail Improvements, Deadly Crash: Manchester Daily

Happy Saturday, people of Manchester! Let's get this day started off right. These are the most important things going on today in town.

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First, today's weather:

Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 82 Low: 59.

Here are the top stories today in Manchester:

1. Manchester Coronavirus Infection Rate Improving (Manchester Patch)
2. Seafood Chain Officially Expands Into Manchester (Manchester Patch)
3. Manchester Drops Pink Bags, Pushes Charity and DPW Bins Instead (Manchester Patch)
4. Lucille Potamianos Obituary (2021) - Manchester, CT - Hartford Courant (Legacy.com)
5. 'Mile-A-Minute' Invasive Vine Discovered In Manchester (Manchester Patch)
6. 1 Now Dead As Police Still Investigate 4-Car Crash in Manchester (Manchester Patch)
7. Work Progressing On Cheney Trail System In Manchester (Manchester Patch)

Today in Manchester:

• Tag Sale (9:00 AM)
• Check 'Em Out Book Club- September (9:00 AM)
• JV FB Manchester v. Newington - Manchester High School Sports (10:00 AM)

Manchester Patch Notebook

• Manchester Police Department: "The community policing unit partnered with the local ShopRite earlier this week for the Bag for Hunger event. Officers wore aprons and bagged groceries to help raise awareness to the issue of hunger in our community." (Facebook)
• Manchester Fire Department 8th District: "Members of the 8th District attended the Town of Manchester Government Academy this evening to give presentations on Engine Company Operations and Fire Extinguishers. Thank you to MFRE for hosting us!" (Facebook)
• Manchester Recreation Division: "Join in on this Free Baseball Clinic with the All Stars For Kids Age 7 to 10 hosted by Manchester Little League. Come out and meet the Connecticut State Champions, work on the field with them learning to hit, field, and throw like an All..." (Facebook)
• Manchester Historical Society: "Of interest to history buffs -- MCC and the Cheney Brothers National Historic Landmark District invite the public to a walking tour of the mill area on Saturday, October 9, 1:00 p.m., meet at Fuss & O'Neill, 146 Hartford Road. Takes abou..." (Facebook)
• Manchester Historical Society: "1946 map of Manchester on our website: http://www.manchesterhistory.o... This map is from the town directory for that year, which is also on our website: http://www.manchesterhistory.org/reprints/1946ManchDirectory.pdf" (Facebook)
• Manchester Historical Society: "1959 police car. More info: http://www.manchesterhistory.org/MH55_AnotherTime2_AM.html" (Facebook)
• Buckley Elementary School PTA: "Can’t wait to be back in this building!" (Facebook)
• Manchester Historical Society: "At Sunday's Homestead event, Anita Hawkins demonstrates an 18th-century spinning wheel, made by the Shakers in Poland, Maine. Volunteers George Beauregard and BettyLou Sandy look on." (Facebook)
• Imagine Main Street Manchester: "Such a wonderful and creative addition to Downtown Manchester. <3" (Facebook)
• Manchester Recreation Division: "If you haven't visited the Tiny Gallery at Northwest now's your chance! Open during the Northwest Park Farmers Market on Wednesdays from 4:30-7:30 PM. #ManchesterCT" (Facebook)

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— Chris Dehnel

About me: Email: chris.dehnel@patch.com Bio: I am a founding editor at Patch and back for Round 2 of the online news journey. in addition to Vernon, which is my original site, I am managing the Tolland, Manchester, Farmington, West Hartford and Southington sites in addition to UConn news. I have covered sports, news, business and snow sports in my 35-plus years as a journalist.

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