🌱 Patch AM: North Stonington Firefighters Battle Structure Fire Before Responding To Serious Crash

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In today's newsletter:

• North Stonington crews juggle fire, medical call and serious rollover crash
• OUI charge follows serious late-night rollover crash on Route 2

Also on today's calendar: Jay Medal Soirée and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the burglar wear blue gloves? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Humid; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 77 and low of 70 degrees.
• Thursday: Breezy with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 83, low: 60.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 77 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• North Stonington Firefighters Battle Structure Fire Before Responding To Serious Crash (patch.com) — North Stonington residents saw firefighters tackle a fully involved structure fire Saturday night before racing to a cardiac arrest call and then a serious rollover crash on Route 2. Local volunteers, aided by neighboring departments, rescued a trapped occupant, treated severe injuries with a tourniquet, and transported two people to area hospitals, underscoring the heavy workload on the town's emergency crews.
   

• Man Charged With OUI After Serious Injury Crash In North Stonington: Reports (patch.com) — North Stonington drivers are being warned after police charged a 30-year-old man with OUI and multiple offenses in a late-night Route 2 crash that left one person seriously hurt. Firefighters had to free a trapped occupant from a rolled-over vehicle, and two people were taken to the hospital as the road was shut down overnight.
   

📸 Around Stonington

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stonington

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 9
• Club Crochet →
  Stonington Free Library, 20 High St., Stonington
  5:00 pm
• An Evening to Support Hospitality Advocacy at the Yellow Farmhouse in Stonington →
  Stone Acres Farm, 393 North Main Street, Stonington
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• Lunch & Learn: Farm to Table in Our Local Food Economy w/ Yellow Farmhouse →
  Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center, 27 Chase St, Stonington
  12:00 pm
• SFL Thursday Afternoon Book Group →
  Stonington Free Library, 20 High St., Stonington
  2:00 pm
• SFL Thursday Book Group →
  Stonington Free Library, 20 High St, Stonington
  2:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Exploring the Saints and Scriptures through Soul Collage® →
  Saint Edmund's Retreat Center, 1 Enders Island, Mystic, CT 06355
  9:00 am
• Free Craft Exchange →
  Mystic & Noank Library, 40 Library St, Groton
  10:00 am
Sunday September 13
• The Meaning of Life: a Workshop with Tyler Haling →
  Stonington Free Library, 20 High St, Stonington
  3:30 pm
• Sacred Art Mosaic Workshop →
  St. Edmund's Retreat Center, 1 Enders Island, Mystic, CT 06355
  4:30 pm
Monday September 14
• Adult Take & Make Project Kits - Paper Apples →
  Stonington Free Library, 20 High St, Stonington
  10:00 am
• Kids' Grab & Go Project Kits →
  Stonington Free Library, 20 High St, Stonington
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• LCS posted a job opening for Server in Stonington. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Mystic

• The Mystic and the Missing Girl (blogspot.com)
• The Olde Mistick Village Garlic Festival Returns This September (heyrhody.com)
• Solar farm fire that prompted shelter order in Summerside, P.E.I., is contained (castanet.net)

Groton

• Goodwin University Magnet Schools Expands Partnership with General Dynamics Electric Boat (ctbythenumbers.news)
• Technical Discussion: Muggier ahead of showers later this week (wfsb.com)

Ledyard

• Inman, Allen, Weber: Recent Death Notices From Ledyard (patch.com)

Ok Stonington! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he wouldn't get caught red handed. (Thank you Vicki B. for sending it in!)
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