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🌱 Patch AM: Car Loses Part Of Roof Rack As It Strikes Low-Hanging Communications Wire In Tolland

And on the Tolland Patch calendar - LIVE WEBINAR: Building Your Child's Independence: Executive Function Coaching at Home and at School

Tuesday September 29th Patch AM (Patch graphic)

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  • Tolland driver unharmed after low-hanging wire rips off roof rack

Also on today's calendar: LIVE WEBINAR: Building Your Child's Independence: Executive Function Coaching at Home and at School and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Cloudy, with a high of 68 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Pleasant with sunny intervals, temps: high: 71, low: 55.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 77 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Car Loses Part Of Roof Rack As It Strikes Low-Hanging Communications Wire In Tolland (patch.com) — A Tolland driver escaped injury after his Toyota Corolla snagged a low-hanging communications wire on Slater Road, ripping part of the roof rack from the car. State police say the man was not at fault or distracted, and note the sagging Frontier Communications wire had been reported before the incident.
   

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Vernon

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  • Serious car crash into utility pole in Vernon sends injured person to trauma center (darientimes.com)

Mansfield

  • Eastern Connecticut State University Ranked Among Top Public Liberal Arts Colleges (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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