🌱 Patch AM: With 1st CT Human West Nile Case Announced, How Has Mosquito Testing Gone In Stafford And Willington?

Hello Stafford! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Stafford mosquito tests all negative as West Nile risk peaks statewide
• How will Johnson Memorial change under Trinity's new acute care chief?

Also on today's calendar: Welcome Back Celebration and Carillon Concert and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sunshine, nice and less humid, with a high of 78 and low of 53 degrees.
• Sunday: Times of sun and clouds, temps: high: 81, low: 62.
• Monday: Mostly cloudy, p.m. showers, with a high of 84 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• With 1st CT Human West Nile Case Announced, How Has Mosquito Testing Gone In Stafford And Willington? (patch.com) — Stafford and Willington residents are getting some reassuring news as recent mosquito testing shows all samples from Cedar Swamp in Stafford and Pinney Hill Road in Willington have been negative for West Nile virus so far this season. Health officials still warn that statewide mosquito activity and positive tests are peaking, and they urge Stafford residents to keep using repellents, removing standing water, and taking other precautions through early fall.
   

• Johnson Hospital, Parent Medical Group, Welcome New Acute Care President (patch.com) — Stafford's own Johnson Memorial Hospital will now fall under the leadership of Dr. Robert Roose, newly appointed president of acute care for Trinity Health Of New England. While Roose oversees four hospitals across Hartford, Waterbury, and Stafford, his role is expected to strengthen operations, collaboration, and long-term planning that directly affect local patients and providers.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stafford

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• Welcome Back Celebration and Carillon Concert →
  Storrs Congregational Church,
  2:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Tolland Green Farmer's Market Art Market →
  Tolland Green, Tolland
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday September 10
• Stained Glass Sea Turtle Workshop At Stafford Cidery →
  Stafford Cidery, 68 Main St, Stafford Springs
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Dementia Dialogue Book Event with John Scully! →
  123 West Rd, Ellington
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• TOUR OF DESTRUCTION →
  Stafford Motor Speedway, 55 West St, Stafford Springs
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29
• Angelz Fury ROCKS Sonny's Place →
  Sonny's Place, 349 Main Street, CT-190, Somers
  8:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Farmer's Market →
  Ashford, CT Calendar, Pompey Hollow Park, Ashford
  10:00 am
Monday August 31
• WII Sports Bowling →
  Ashford, CT Calendar, Senior Center, Ashford
  10:00 am
• Bread Donation →
  Ashford, CT Calendar, Senior Center, Ashford
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 1
• Tai Chi →
  Ashford, CT Calendar, Knowlton Memorial Hall, Ashford
  9:30 am
• Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Commission Meeting →
  Ashford, CT Calendar, Ashford Town Offices - Room 104, Ashford
  7:00 pm
• Regional School District #19 Board of Education Meeting →
  Ashford, CT Calendar
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Public Progressive Bingo →
  Ashford, CT Calendar Ashford, CT 06278
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Town Offices Closed on Thursdays →
  Ashford, CT Calendar Ashford, CT 06278

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💬 Chatter

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• Cumberland Farms posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Stafford Springs. Apply here.
• Kelly Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Machine Operator in Enfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stafford here.

🗞 Nearby News

Somers

• Somers Pursues 20 More Affordable Rentals At Woodcrest (patch.com)
• Hillsdale College Blake Center Sponsors Somers America250 Celebration (hillsdale.edu)
• Michael Walker, 84 (theweektoday.com)

Tolland

• The Latest Mosquito Testing Results Are In for Bolton Lake (patch.com)
• Local Event: Tolland Green Farmer's Market Art Market (patch.com)

Enfield

• Enfield Motorcycle Club Search Tied To Explosive Attacks (patch.com)
• A Broader Look At Santanella And Tyler's Political Giving (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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