The Daily Five: Truck Vs. Bridge in Old Lyme, Dining Deal at Flanders' Fish, and a Dodgy Launch for SpaceX

1. Today will start out windy with a heavy rain that will lessen to showers and cloudy skies as the day wears on. Weather.com is predicting we'll have about half an inch of rain all told. The high temperature will be a cool 60 degrees and the low 48 degrees. 

2. A tractor trailer had a close encounter with the I-95 overpass bridge on Lyme Street in Old Lyme last week. An accident report at Troop F noted that on October 4, a tractor trailer was traveling east down Halls Road and turning right onto Lyme Street when the driver found his way blocked by another vehicle traveling northbound on Lyme Street.

The truck driver, who told police he was unfamiliar with the overpass bridge, turned to the right to compensate and his trailer struck the bridge. There was some damage to the top of the trailer but no visible damage was done to the bridge. The Department of Transportation was called to inspect it, though, just in case. 

3. Flanders Fish Market and Restaurant in East Lyme is one of more than 90 eateries participating in the fifth annual Connecticut Restaurant Week, which started on Monday and runs through October 14. Restaurants will offer special menus with prices set at $20.12, which may include three course prix-fixe menus, two-for-one specials or a specially priced bottle of wine. 

"Restaurant Week provides diners with a unique opportunity to go out and enjoy a great meal at a great price. Restaurants from Mystic to Stamford to Litchfield are participating in this year's event," said Nicole Griffin, Executive Director of Connecticut Restaurant Association, which sponsors the event.

To find out which restaurants are offering a special menu for Restaurant Week, please go to www.ctrestaurant.org.

4. A quick clarification about the contest Deep River Snacks is holding this month. The photo contest, "Enjoy Life Naturally!" is a fundraiser but the winner will determine which of Deep River Snack's charity partners will receive the $5,000. While that could be Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation, it will be up to the winner to decide. You can find out more about the contest online at, http://www.facebook.com/deepriversnacks. Click on the ‘Enter Enjoy Life Naturally Photo Contest’ tab.

5. East Lyme students watching SpaceX's Dragon launch on Sunday got a little more excitment than they bargained for when the ship bearing their experiment to the International Space Station experienced an engine failure. Fortunately, the engine was one of nine and the onboard computers were able to correct for the problem.

Initially, those watching the launch thought one of the engines had exploded but SpaceX engineers reported that it was the projective panels being ejected following a change in pressure when the engine shut down. All systems are now go!

This Day in History

On October 9, 1824 Costa Rica abolished slavery.

Daily Trivia

What does “Costa Rica” mean in English?

Yesterday's Answer: First Midwest Financial Inc. stock trades under the symbol CASH 

(This Day and Daily Trivia compiled by John Carroll.)

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