🌱 How Rockville General’s sale helped reshape Connecticut’s hospital ownership rules.

Good day Rockville! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Rockville General's sale helped reshape Connecticut's hospital ownership rules.

Also on today's calendar: Finex Credit Union to Host Free Public Shred Day in Vernon on September 19 and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 70 and low of 51 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 75, low: 61.
• Thursday: A passing afternoon shower, with a high of 77 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Terminated: St. Francis fires neurosurgery tech waiting for lung transplant (insideinvestigator.org) — Rockville residents are indirectly affected as Rockville General Hospital's 2016 sale to Prospect Medical helped spur a new Connecticut law limiting private equity control of hospitals. The story centers on a Hartford surgical tech fired while awaiting a lung transplant, then broadens to show how financial pressures and ownership changes at hospitals statewide can influence staffing, care quality, and patient access.
   

📸 Around Rockville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rockville

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Finex Credit Union to Host Free Public Shred Day in Vernon on September 19 →
  Finex Credit Union, 60 Hyde Ave, Vernon
  9:00 am
Friday September 25
• Jermaine Woodard Jr. and Friends Jazz Jam →
  The Wood Memorial Library & Museum, 783 Main St, South Windsor
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 16
• Lil' Bookworms Storytime →
  Rockville Public Library, 52 Union St, Vernon
  10:30 am
Friday September 18
• Guilford Varsity Football @ Rockville →
  Rockville High School, 70 Loveland Hill Rd, Vernon
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 15
• Panthers - Storrs Adventure Camp Trip
  Ellington Middle School Ellington, CT 06029
  6:30 am
Wednesday September 16
• Jaguars - Storrs Adventure Camp
  Ellington Middle School Ellington, CT 06029
  6:30 am
• Tataki Zome-The Art of Flower Pounding Workshop
  Arts of Tolland, 22 Tolland Grn, Tolland
  6:00 pm
• TMS - Open House
  TMS
  6:15 pm
Thursday September 17
• Art Exhibit: Anatomy of Obscurity by David Grable
  Arts of Tolland, 22 Tolland Grn, Tolland
  6:00 pm
• Tolland High School Open House
  THS Entire Building
  6:30 pm
Friday September 18
• Cruisin' @ CT Golf Land 2026 →
  CT Golf Land, 95 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon
  5:00 pm
• Guilford at Rockville →
  70 Loveland Hill Rd, Vernon
  6:30 pm
• Autumn Equinox Sound Meditation (AKC) →
  Ellington CT
  7:00 pm
• Autumn Equinox Sound Meditation →
  Ellington CT
  7:00 pm

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

• Rockville High School- Class of 1976 – 50th Reunion Gala Dinner
  Date & Time: Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM – 11:00 PMLocation: Georgina's Banquet Facility, Bolton, CT.... (More info)

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Wendy's posted a job opening for Shift Manager in East Windsor. Apply here.
• Whole Foods posted a job opening for Store Receiver - Full Time in South Windsor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rockville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Vernon

• Vernon Pet Pantry Says Dog Food Supply Could Run Out In Just Days, Calls Donations 'Urgent' (patch.com)
• Restaurant known for 'bold flavors' to open first CT location. It's part of an East Coast expansion. (courant.com)

Tolland

• Pedestrian Hurt As Car Runs Into Farm Store In Tolland: State Police (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Coin (Thank you John W. for sending it in!)
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