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🌱 Patch AM: Southington Summer Lunch Program Returns With School, Pantry Sites

Be sure to catch 19th Annual Petit Family Foundation Road Race & Fitness Walk on the Southington Patch calendar

Thursday June 18th Patch AM

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In today's newsletter:

  • Free summer lunches for Southington kids at multiple town locations
  • Meet the Southington couple whose $2M ticket changed a local gas station.
  • How Southington baseball stacked up in Connecticut’s final 2026 rankings.

Also on today's calendar: 19th Annual Petit Family Foundation Road Race & Fitness Walk.

Today's riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Breezy; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Friday: Turning sunny; less humid, temps: high: 83, low: 59.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high of 82 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Southington Summer Lunch Program Returns With School, Pantry Sites (patch.com) — Families in Southington can access free weekday summer lunches for children through Bread for Life’s 2026 program, offered at DePaolo Middle School, Bread for Life’s Vermont Avenue site, and Recreation Park. The program runs from June 22 through August 21 with specific pickup times, focuses on individual children rather than group pickups, and includes volunteer-led activities on certain days.    

• CT has seen seven lottery winners of $1 million or more so far in 2026. Here's where they got lucky. (nhregister.com) — A Southington couple recently hit a $2 million top prize on a Mega Multiplier scratch ticket bought at the Plantsville Citgo on Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike, triggering a surge of hopeful lottery customers there. Their win is one of seven Connecticut prizes of $1 million or more this year, boosting business at several gas stations and convenience stores statewide.    

• Final 2026 GametimeCT Top 10 baseball poll (June 16): Lyman Hall finishes No. 1 for second straight year (nhregister.com) — Southington’s baseball team finished the 2026 CIAC season strong, reaching the Class LL quarterfinals before dropping a tense 1-0, eight-inning duel to Fairfield Ludlowe. Pitcher Rocco Davino went the distance in that game, helping cement Southington’s place among the state’s top programs in the final GametimeCT baseball poll.    


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  • Berlin Police Logs: May 16 to May 31, 2026 (patch.com)
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Meriden

  • Officer Who Saved Man From Attempted ‘Suicide By Cop’ Honored By Meriden Police (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An egg (Thank you LaJean D. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!


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