🌱 Patch AM: What’s planned for Norwich’s big new food truck festival Sept. 26?

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In today's newsletter:

• What's planned for Norwich's big new food truck festival Sept. 26?
• When do Norwich neighbors finally cave and turn on the heat?

Also on today's calendar: America's 250th Birthday Walktober Celebration and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do an island and the letter "t" have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Periods of rain, with a high of 65 and low of 58 degrees.
• Monday: Cloudy, temps: high: 68, low: 48.
• Tuesday: Cloudy, brisk and cool, with a high of 64 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Food, Friends & Futures event in Norwich Sept. 26 (norwichbulletin.com) — Norwich residents can head to Dodd Stadium on Sept. 26 for an all-day Food, Friends & Futures Food Truck Festival supporting Thames River Community Service's housing programs. Expect a wide mix of food trucks, craft vendors, family activities, and even animal encounters, while helping raise money for people facing homelessness and housing instability across southeastern Connecticut.
   

• Norwich area readers share when they first turn on the heat (norwichbulletin.com) — Norwich-area residents are being asked to weigh in on that familiar New England question: when do you finally turn on the heat each fall? With energy costs rising and chilly weather looming, the piece invites locals to share their thermostat habits in an informal online poll open through Oct. 1.
   

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Tuesday September 22
• Fitch, NFA@Fitch →
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Other local events

Monday September 21
• Senior Affairs Commission →
  Norwich, CT Calendar, 8 Mahan Drive, Norwich
  9:30 am
• Volunteer Firefighters' Relief Fund Committee →
  Norwich, CT Calendar, 100 Broadway, Norwich
  4:00 pm
• Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee →
  Norwich, CT Calendar, 50 Clinton Ave., Norwich
  4:30 pm
• City Council →
  Norwich, CT Calendar, 100 Broadway 3rd Floor, Norwich
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
• Eastern CT Workforce Investment Board - Board of Directors →
  Norwich, CT Calendar Norwich, CT 06360
  8:00 am
• Board of Public Utilities' Commissioners - Board & Sewer Authority →
  Norwich, CT Calendar, 16 S. Golden Street, Norwich
  1:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• America's 250th Birthday Walktober Celebration →
  232 W Town St, Norwich
  10:00 am
Sunday September 27
• Annual BBQ and Concert →
  Franco-American Civic & Social, 116 Club Rd, Windham
  12:00 pm
Friday October 2
• The Slaters & Norwich's Industrial Revolution →
  Hotel Callista, 352 Main St, Norwich
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• Trolley Tour of the Historic Village of Greeneville →
  Trolley Pick-up 352 Main St, Norwich, CT, 06360
  10:00 am
Sunday October 4
• Dr. Steve Taubman's Mind Magic: An Afternoon of Laughter and Astonishment →
  Norwich Arts Center, 62 Broadway, Norwich
  2:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Arthur Cunha Obituary: Clancy-Palumbo Funeral Home, East Haven —Clancy Palumbo Funeral Home and Cremation Service Read on Patch

• Does anyone want to take this guy in?
  Don't know the age, but he is fix. very friendly and loves to cuddle. i have been feeding him for 2 mouths . unfortunately i can not take him in. (Nextdoor Boswell/Main)

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🗞 Nearby News

Mashantucket

• Wingstop's Connecticut expansion isn't slowing down (nhregister.com)

Ledyard

• Connecticut high school girls cross country top performances through Sept. 18 (nhregister.com)

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• The Big E: What it takes to create 17 days of magic (ctpublic.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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