🌱 Patch AM: Suspected Drunken Driver Fights With Troopers After Speeding Onto Sidewalk In Stafford: Crash Report

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In today's newsletter:

• Stafford DUI stop turns chaotic with teens in the vehicle

Also on today's calendar: Double Dog Days and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 65 and low of 40 degrees.
• Sunday: Some rain in the afternoon, temps: high: 63, low: 53.
• Monday: Some rain in the morning, with a high of 68 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Suspected Drunken Driver Fights With Troopers After Speeding Onto Sidewalk In Stafford: Crash Report (patch.com) — Residents in Stafford may be alarmed after state police say a driver allegedly sped a Nissan Rogue over a curb and onto the sidewalk near East Main Street while two 14-year-olds were in the vehicle. Troopers report the 47-year-old driver from Waterbury refused sobriety tests, fought with officers during the arrest and processing, and now faces nine criminal charges, including DUI and risk of injury to a minor.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stafford

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 11
• Double Dog Days →
  Tolland Green, Tolland
  10:00 am
• Cvc Benefit Concert →
  Market Park, 72 Maple St, Ellington
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• The Light Within →
  Friends Meeting House, 57 Hunting Lodge Rd, Mansfield
  10:30 am
Thursday October 15
• Plant Bingo at Stafford Cidery →
  Stafford Cidery, 68 Main Street, Stafford
  6:00 pm
• Plant Bingo at Stafford Cidery on 10.15.26 →
  Stafford Cidery, 68 Main Street, Stafford
  6:00 pm
• Friends of Stafford Library Meeting →
  10 Levinthal Run, Stafford
  6:30 pm
Friday October 23
• Canton Girls Varsity Soccer @ Stafford →
  Stafford High School, 145 Orcuttville Rd, Stafford Springs
  4:15 pm
Saturday October 24
• Trick-or-Treat on Main Street →
  Main Street, Stafford Springs
• Trick or Treat on Main - Town of Stafford →
  Stafford CT
Sunday October 25
• 2026 Fall Motorcycle Swap Meet →
  Stafford CT
  7:00 am
• Take Note! →
  Grace Episcopal Church, 7 Spring St, Stafford
  3:00 pm
Wednesday October 28
• Mortuarium - Build Your Own Deadly Terrarium Workshop →
  Mike's on main, 81 Main Street, Stafford
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Somers

• Where To Pick Pumpkins Near Ellington And Somers (patch.com)
• Crews battle condo fire in East Windsor, no injuries reported (wfsb.com)

Tolland

• Local Event: Double Dog Days (patch.com)
• Kosta Diamantis seeks to appeal conviction in federal corruption case (newsfromthestates.com)

Ellington

• Kids Can Take The Driver's Seat In Ellington (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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