🌱 Back To School Block Party! and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Holcomb Hoedown at Holcomb Farm

Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.
• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 81, low: 59.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 57 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Salmon Brook

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday August 30

• Holcomb Hoedown →
  Holcomb Farm, 113 Simsbury Rd, Granby
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 27

• Back To School Block Party!
  Windsor School District Windsor High School, 50 Sage Park Rd, Windsor, CT 06095, USA
  4:00 pm
• HJMS Pre-Algebra Parent Night
  Simsbury Public Schools HJMS Auditorium
  6:00 pm
• PTO Ice Cream Social (8/28 is the rain date)
  Bugbee Elementary School W Hartford, CT 06117
  6:00 pm
• Coffee Talk @ Sage Park Middle School Library
  Windsor School District Sage Park Middle School, 25 Sage Park Rd, Windsor, CT 06095, U
  6:30 pm
• Town Plan & Zoning Commission Meeting →
  Bloomfield, CT Calendar Bloomfield, CT 06002-0337
  7:00 pm

Friday August 28

• Annual OHA Homeschool Not Back to School Bash at... →
  High Meadow Resort, 311 N Granby Rd, North Granby
  11:00 am
• Annual OHA Homeschool Not Back to School Bash at High Meadow by Holiday Hill! →
  High Meadow Resort, 311 N Granby Rd, North Granby
  11:00 am
• Comedy Night at Brignole Vineyards →
  Brignole Vineyards, 103 Hartford Ave, East Granby
  7:30 pm

Saturday August 29

• WWII Weekend at New England Air Museum →
  New England Air Museum, 36 Perimeter Rd, Windsor Locks
  9:00 am
• Gathering at Summer's Edge →
  Unicorn Meadow Farm, 1349 Spruce St, Suffield
  10:00 am
• Bloomfield Farmers Market at Filley Park →
  Bloomfield, CT Calendar, Tunxis Avenue, Bloomfield
  10:00 am
• Board Game Afternoon (Tweens, Teens & Adults; McMW) →
  Bloomfield, CT Calendar, 1015 Blue Hills Ave., Bloomfield
  12:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Granby

• Late-spring frost and bears impact 2026 fruit crop in Connecticut (nbcconnecticut.com)
• A 5-foot rat snake removed from Connecticut bathroom may have been following mice indoors (thecooldown.com)

East Granby

• Simsbury Group Launches Major High School Sports Pavilion Campaign (patch.com)
• Curaleaf Cultivation Associate - Nursery in Simsbury, CT (syracuse.com)

Simsbury

• Pickleball In Windsor Locks: What To Know Before You Hit The Court (patch.com)
• Suffield Hemp Processor Wins Cannabis Zoning Fight (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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