🌱 Why Old Saybrook is rethinking controversial license plate cameras now
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- Why Old Saybrook is rethinking controversial license plate cameras now
Also on today's calendar: Flood the Food Banks Countywide Food Drive and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a Priest that becomes an attorney? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.
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📰 News we're reading
• Privacy concerns fuel opposition to Flock cameras in Connecticut cities, towns (nbcconnecticut.com) — Old Saybrook is among several Connecticut towns rethinking or rolling back Flock license plate reader cameras amid growing privacy concerns. A packed Milford meeting highlighted worries about data use, surveillance creep, and vandalized cameras, while police chiefs and Flock defended the technology’s crime-fighting value. Similar debates and pauses on related tech are unfolding in other nearby communities. 
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Flood the Food Banks Countywide Food Drive →
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Study Hall's SAT Math Boot Camp starts soon! →
153 Glenwood Rd, Clinton
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High School Math Boot Camp Starts Soon! →
153 Glenwood Rd, Clinton
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Math Boot Camps for Middle School Kids →
153 Glenwood Rd, Clinton
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Wednesday August 5
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Live Music in the Choo Choo Lounge Every Tues., Wed. & Thurs.! →
Saybrook Point Resort & Marina - Luxury Connecticut Oceanside Hotel, 2 Bridge St, Old Saybrook
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Grace Kelly →
Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St, Old Saybrook
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Live Music in the Choo Choo Lounge Every Tues., Wed. & Thurs.! →
Saybrook Point Resort & Marina - Luxury Connecticut Oceanside Hotel, 2 Bridge St, Old Saybrook
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The Merry Widow (2015) →
Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St, Old Saybrook
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Lobster Eggstravaganza Sunday Brunch →
Saybrook Point Resort & Marina - Luxury Connecticut Oceanside Hotel, 2 Bridge St, Old Saybrook
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The James Hunter Six →
Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St, Old Saybrook
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Math Boot Camps for Teens in August! →
153 Glenwood Rd, Clinton
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Vista Graduation Ceremony 2026 →
Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St, Old Saybrook
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I'm interested in learning about the possibilities of designing a PV solar system, possibly battery-banked or possibly grid-tied, but I am having a hard time with the major Solar companies.
Does anybody know if there is local company that might be willing to visit and discuss options without the high-pressure corporate sales tactics? (Nextdoor Knollwood Beach) - There is a new warning sign at Canfield Park warning people about coyotes.
Question, did someone see one or more coyotes in the park, and where? Thanks (Nextdoor The Preserve)
- Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Old Saybrook. Apply here.
- Apple Rehab Saybrook posted a job opening for Dietary Aide in Old Saybrook. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Old Saybrook here.
🗞 Nearby News
Essex
- Tickets on sale now for Essex Steam Train's 2026 North Pole Express. Here's how to get them. (middletownpress.com)
- This obituary of a ‘very sick man' and is so funny you'll wish you knew the guy (upworthy.com)
Old Lyme
- Old Lyme Seeks Community Photos for America 250 Commemorative Book (lymeline.com)
Madison
- Beach & Recreation, Planning & Zoning Commissions Among This Week's Madison Meetings (patch.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Father in law. (Thank you John B. for sending it in!)
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