🌱 Patch AM: What Tolland hopes to recover after the Birch Grove bribery scandal

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• What Tolland hopes to recover after the Birch Grove bribery scandal

Also on today's calendar: St Joseph Church $4000 Cash Prize Bingo and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why was the scarecrow given an award? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Cloudy most of the time, with a high of 65 and low of 52 degrees.
• Monday: Breezy with a shower in spots, temps: high: 69, low: 39.
• Tuesday: Breezy in the a.m.; sunshine, with a high of 61 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ex-CT official Kosta Diamantis responds to 7-year prison sentence from Greece (newsbreak.com) — Tolland is seeking $80,000 in restitution after federal prosecutors said bribes helped steer emergency work on the Birch Grove Primary School project to a favored contractor. Former state school construction chief Kosta Diamantis, now in Greece, continues to deny taking bribes despite a seven-year prison sentence and detailed Justice Department allegations about his role.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Tolland

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 9
• St Joseph Church $4000 Cash Prize Bingo →
  St. Joseph Catholic Church, 33 West St, Vernon
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• The Light Within →
  Friends Meeting House, 57 Hunting Lodge Rd, Mansfield
  10:30 am
• Fall Fest →
  825 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 5
• CREW After School →
  Tolland Recreation Center, 104 Old Post Road, Tolland
  3:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Story Time (Ages 2 & up) →
  Tolland CT
  10:30 am
• CREW After School →
  Tolland Recreation Center, 104 Old Post Road, Tolland
  3:00 pm
• Felted Pumpkins with Angelina Fleury →
  Tolland CT
  6:00 pm
• Meditation →
  Tolland CT
  6:30 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Tech Help Appointments →
  Tolland CT
  10:00 am
• Baby Bookworms (0 - 23 Months) →
  Tolland CT
  10:30 am
• CREW After School →
  Tolland Recreation Center, 104 Old Post Road, Tolland
  12:40 pm
Saturday October 17
• Collage Art Workshop →
  Willington Public Library, 7 Ruby Rd, Willington
  12:30 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Ellington

• Chalkboard to Smart Board: Improving Computer Competence Among Ellington Middle School Teachers (nova.edu)
• Anthony Flannery Gets Second Consecutive SK Modified Victory At NAPA Championship Night At Stafford (racedayct.com)

Vernon

• Nobody Expects A Reuben This Good From This Unassuming Little Connecticut Restaurant (newsbreak.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why was the scarecrow given an award?" — Because he was outstanding in his field! (Thank you Teresa M. for sending it in!)
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