🌱 Patch AM: How to reserve your spot at Rocky Hill’s veterans breakfast

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• How to reserve your spot at Rocky Hill's veterans breakfast

Also on today's calendar: Connecticut Orchid Society Show & Sale "Orchid Harvest" and 6 more events.

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Turning sunny; breezy, with a high of 70 and low of 45 degrees.
• Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 60, low: 39.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 25th Annual Support the Troops & Honor the Veterans Breakfast, Speaker TBA (businessdailynetwork.com) — A regional veterans' breakfast is coming to the Sheraton Hartford South Hotel in Rocky Hill on Nov. 2, giving local residents a chance to honor troops and veterans over breakfast. The 7 to 9 a.m. event costs $30, but currently serving troops can attend free with advance email registration, and chamber members can also request complimentary display tables.
   

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Tuesday October 6
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Wednesday October 7
• Master AI & Automation to Amplify Your Efficiency →
  65 Inwood Rd., Suite 2, Rocky Hill
  10:00 am
• Pizza & Postcard →
  Rocky Hill Democratic Town Committee Headquarters, 825 Cromwell Avenue, Rocky Hill
  5:30 pm
Thursday October 8
• DTC Monthly Meeting →
  Rocky Hill Town Council Chambers, 761 Old Main Street, Rocky Hill
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Connecticut Orchid Society Show & Sale "Orchid Harvest" →
  Sheraton Hartford South Hotel, 100 Capital Blvd, Rocky Hill
Sunday October 11
• Connecticut Orchid Society Show & Sale "Orchid Harvest" →
  Sheraton Hartford South Hotel, 100 Capital Blvd, Rocky Hill
  10:00 am
Saturday October 17
• Join the Rocky Hill Fall Fest 2026! →
  Elm Ridge Park Veterans Memorial Amphitheatre, 376 Elm Street, Rocky Hill
  3:00 pm
Tuesday October 20
• Tip-A-Cop hosted by Rocky Hill PD →
  Wood-n-Tap - Rocky Hill, 12 Town Line Rd, Rocky Hill
  4:00 pm
Friday October 23
• Oct. 24, St. Pius X Church Fair, Tag Sale & Free Hayrides →
  Oct.24th St. Pius X Church Fair, Tag Sale & Free Hayrides
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday October 5
• Rich Badowski Band at Pilgrim Manor →
  Pilgrim Manor, 52 Missionary Road, Cromwell
  2:00 pm
• Connecticut Cryptids & Legends (America's 250th) →
  Welles-Turner Memorial Library, 2407 Main St, Glastonbury
  6:30 pm
• Turning the Cards: Tarot, Intuition & New Beginnings →
  WDS Museum, 211 Main Street, Wethersfield
  7:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Chair Aerobics →
  Newington, CT Calendar, Senior & Disabled Center 120 Cedar Street, Newington
  9:00 am

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New Britain

• CCSU notches first win, opens conference play with dominant 45-14 victory over Wagner (newbritainherald.com)

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