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In today's newsletter:

• How a 12-year-old runner brightened days at Waterford's cancer center
• Discover Waterford's Seaside Sanatorium in a free virtual history talk

Also on today's calendar: Illusionist JOSH FARLEY-- seen on Penn & Teller An intimate cabaret, with wine, mystery, & illusion and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 77 and low of 58 degrees.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and humid, temps: high: 79, low: 67.
• Monday: Humid; afternoon showers, with a high of 80 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Patients at Smilow Cancer Hospital in Waterford got a boost this week (theday.com) — Cancer patients at Smilow Cancer Center on Waterford Parkway South just received more than 500 donated race medals, trophies, and handwritten encouragement letters to lift their spirits during treatment. East Lyme 12-year-old and pageant titleholder Christina Amick led the drive with help from her mother and local running and medical outreach groups, hoping to make it an annual tradition.
   

• Sanatorium: Inside the Architectural Cure for Tuberculosis (untappedcities.com) — A free virtual talk will spotlight historic tuberculosis sanatoriums across the country, including Seaside Sanatorium in Waterford once a pioneering children's treatment hospital. Photographer John Lazzaro will share images, history, and behind-the-scenes stories from his new book, and attendees can register online to receive a Zoom link.
   

📸 Around Waterford

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Waterford

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 4
• Illusionist JOSH FARLEY-- seen on Penn & Teller An intimate cabaret, with wine, mystery, & illusion →
  Custom House Maritime Museum - New London Maritime Society, 150 Bank St, New London
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday September 1
• Waterford Shellfish Commission Meeting →
  Waterford, CT Calendar, 15 Rope Ferry Road Auditorium, Waterford
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Killingly Girls Varsity Soccer @ Waterford →
  Waterford High School, 20 Rope Ferry Rd, Waterford
  4:00 pm
• Harbor Management Commission Meeting →
  Waterford, CT Calendar, 41 Avery Lane Police Training Room, Waterford
  5:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Oswegatchie Fire Station Building Committee →
  Waterford, CT Calendar Waterford, CT 06385
  6:30 pm
Friday September 11
• Jeff Dunham →
  Mohegan Sun Arena, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd, Uncasville
  8:00 pm
Monday September 14
• Waterford Historical Society presents "We, the Fishermen" Sept. 14 →
  Waterford Public Library, 49 Rope Ferry Rd, Waterford
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29
• 9 AM- Slow Yoga with Lynn →
  Old Lyme, CT Calendar, 26 Town Woods Road, Old Lyme
  9:00 am
• Gungywamp Hike →
  Gungywamp
  9:30 am
• Adam Hunter →
  The Stress Factory comedy club, Bridgeport, 167 State St, Bridgeport
  7:00 pm
• Demi Lovato →
  Mohegan Sun Arena, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd, Uncasville
  7:30 pm
Monday August 31
• 8:30 AM- Why Weights Class →
  Old Lyme, CT Calendar, 26 Town Woods Road, Old Lyme
  8:30 am
• 10:30 AM- Blood Pressure Clinic →
  Old Lyme, CT Calendar, 26 Town Woods Road, Old Lyme
  10:30 am

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• Waterford Public Schools posted a job opening for Spring Musical Choreographer in Waterford. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

New London

• Save the Sound's Cleanup Season Takes Off Across Connecticut and New York (yonkerstimes.com)
• Heather Gersten Reflects on 23 Years Before RI Hall of Fame Induction (barrettmedia.com)

Niantic

• Incarcerated woman dies in her cell at Niantic prison, DOC reports (fox61.com)

Groton

• Groton Man Arrested After Police Find Ghost Gun In Car (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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