Man Cave ... Trolley Rides ... Marmer Honored: Vernon Digest

Morning, Vernon ... It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

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First, today's weather:

Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 81 Low: 59.

Here are the top stories today in Vernon:

1. Vernon Coronavirus Infection Rate Rising (Vernon Patch)
2. Picture Vernon: When Trolley Rules The Streets (Vernon Patch)
3. Marmer To Receive RHS Hall of Fame Exceptional Service Award (Vernon Patch)
4. Vernon's Latest Barbershop — The Man Cave — Is Aptly Named (Vernon Patch)
5. Onslaught of Severe Weather Can Cause Stress and Anxiety (Hartford HealthCare)
6. Seafood Chain Officially Expands Into Manchester (Manchester Patch)
7. Connecticut Foodshare is holding a mobile distribution at several locations in East Hartford from October through December (WTNH.com)
8. Hartford residents use scooters to celebrate National Park(ing) Day (WTNH.com)
9. Amid spike in murders, Hartford sees decrease in other types of crime (Hartford Courant)
10. TheaterWorks Hartford Postpones Start of 2021 Season (Broadway World)

Today in Vernon:

• TLC Marketplace Outdoor Craft Fair (9:00 AM)
• Connecticut Food Bank/Foodshare Walk Against Hunger (10:00 AM)
• The Joy of Photographing Everyday Objects (1:00 PM)

Vernon Patch Notebook

• Vernon Public Schools: "Sending a warm welcome to our new Rockville High School Board of Education Student Representative Anaya Tolton! Serving as a student representative is a big role. Anaya and returning Rockville High School Board of Education Student Repre..." (Facebook)
• Strong Family Farm: "The girls are finally cranking out eggs and the pumpkins are coming today and apple cider of Friday!!! It is Fall (though it doesn’t feel like it!) #ctgrown" (Facebook)
• Vernon Public Schools: "Rockville High School Creative Writers Cali Miville and Kaylin Maher have been named the 2021-2022 Teen Co-Poets Laureate of Vernon. They will be reading their original poetry on September 26th at 3:00PM at Arts Center East. Congratulati..." (Facebook)
• Vernon Public Schools: "We hope you enjoy this video regarding murals at Maple Street School! 🙂 https://openmic.link/muralatmaple" (Facebook)
• Vernon Public Schools: "Good Morning! Please take a few minutes to view this awesome video of the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Rockville High School field turf and track! We are so excited!
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• Strong Family Farm: "Have you gotten your pumpkin yet? First load of pumpkins in! It’s been a bad year for the pumpkin farmers with all the rain! There will be a shortage of them! #ctgrown" (Facebook)
• Strong Family Farm: "It's time to start planning your scarecrows! Set up for the Annual Scarecrow Contest begins September 25 and ends October 3. Don't forget to sign up: https://www.strongfamilyfarm.o... (For inspiration, here's Ray ..." (Facebook)
• Strong Family Farm: "Just in - fresh cider from Buell’s Orchard in Eastford! #ctgrown #cider" (Facebook)
• Rockville Public Library, Vernon, CT: "What books are in the 300s? The 900s? Where can I just find a #Pokemon encyclopedia? #rplct's Children's Room is getting new non-fiction shelf readers to help navigate the shelves and find the books you want! Keep an eye out for them, co..." (Facebook)
• Rockville High School, Vernon CT: "Ultimate Fan Contest nominees!!!" (Facebook)
• AFT Connecticut: "What better way for #MeridenTeachers members to celebrate #BackToSchool than with lunch from Ted's Steamed Cheeseburgers thanks to their #union? #IamAFT AFT - American Federation of Teachers AFT Teach City of Meriden, CT" (Facebook)
• Rockville Public Library, Vernon, CT: "What's that? Colson Whitehead, Sally Rooney, Richard Powers, Anthony Doerr, Rabih Alameddine, AND Liane Moriarty all have books coming out this fall!? Check out this list of seriously heavy-hitting fall releases and decide which book *yo..." (Facebook)

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About me: Email: chris.dehnel@patch.com Bio: I am a founding editor at Patch and back for Round 2 of the online news journey. in addition to Vernon, which is my original site, I am managing the Tolland, Manchester, Farmington, West Hartford and Southington sites in addition to UConn news. I have covered sports, news, business and snow sports in my 35-plus years as a journalist.

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