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🌱 Planning your visit to Mystic’s big Sea Glass Festival yet?
Mystic, Connecticut Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Mystic! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Planning your visit to Mystic’s big Sea Glass Festival yet?
- Which Mystic spots keep drawing Gordon Ramsay back to town?
- Why Navy navigators are training under the stars in Mystic.
Also on today's calendar: Author Event - Meet Matt Grace Recovery Activist and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: What Do u call a pig that knows karate? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 78 and low of 64 degrees.
- Thursday: Rather cloudy and humid, temps: high: 81, low: 71.
- Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 85 and low of 66 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• International Sea Glass Festival Returning To Mystic Seaport Museum (patch.com) — Mystic Seaport Museum will host the International Sea Glass Festival July 25–26, with admission included in regular museum tickets and free for members. Expect more than 50 artisans, expert talks, family activities, and contests celebrating sea glass and shoreline finds, with early entry perks for museum and association members. 
• Kitchen Nightmare? Not Here: Gordon Ramsay Returns To Mystic Restaurant With Wife (dailyvoice.com) — Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay just returned to Mystic, dining at waterfront favorite Red 36 with his wife and posing for photos with staff. He’s also been spotted at Shipwright’s Daughter in Mystic, whose chef David Standridge recently earned a James Beard Award, highlighting the town’s growing culinary reputation.
• Steering the Fleet: Inside SWSC's Intensive Surface Navigation Course (einpresswire.com) — Navy navigation students in Newport are sharpening their skills with a demanding seven‑week SURFNAV course that blends old-school celestial methods with modern systems. One highlight for locals: trainees travel to Mystic Seaport Museum’s Treworgy Planetarium in Mystic to practice reading the night sky and navigating without GPS.
📸 Around Mystic
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Author Event - Meet Matt Grace Recovery Activist →
6 Business Park Dr, Branford
6:00 pm
Thursday July 9
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Other local events
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Bricks Ahoy! →
Mystic Seaport Museum, 75 Greenmanville Ave, Mystic
10:00 am -
Travis Hyll live at Angie's, Mystic CT →
Angie's Pizza & Pier 27 Lounge, 25 Roosevelt Ave, Mystic
6:00 pm -
Root Center Paint night at Radici at the Stand →
Radici at the Stand, 196 S Montowese St, Branford
6:00 pm -
22nd International Sea Glass Festival at Mystic Seaport Museum →
Mystic Seaport Museum, 75 Greenmanville Ave, Mystic
10:00 am
Saturday July 11
Sunday July 19
Thursday July 23
Sunday July 26
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Open Gym Basketball Boys & Girls
Stonington School District Old Mystic, CT 06372
7:00 am -
REC Hoop Academy Camp
Stonington School District Old Mystic, CT 06372
8:30 am -
Knitting Group
Stonington Free Library , 20 High St., Stonington, CT, 06378, United States
1:00 pm -
Club Crochet
Stonington Free Library , 20 High St., Stonington, CT, 06378, United States
5:00 pm -
Girls Summer Basketball League
Stonington School District Old Mystic, CT 06372
6:00 pm -
Summer Reading Grab & Go
Stonington Free Library , 20 High St., Stonington, CT, 06378, United States
10:00 am -
SFL Thursday Afternoon Book Group
Stonington Free Library , 20 High St., Stonington, CT, 06378, United States
2:00 pm -
Stay and Play Switch Games (Ages 12+)
Stonington Free Library , 20 High St., Stonington, CT, 06378, United States
1:00 pm
Wednesday July 8
Thursday July 9
Friday July 10
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🗞 Nearby News
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- The Day's All-Area Boys' Track & Field Athlete of the Year: East Lyme's Sam Leone (theday.com)
Groton
- 2 Charged In Drug Cases In Groton, Police Say (patch.com)
- Groton Utilities works on remaining two areas affected by storm (theday.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A pork chop (Thank you Jody M. for sending it in!)
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