Crazy Restaurants And Hometown Heroes: West Hartford Daily

Happy Friday, neighbors! Here's what's happening in West Hartford today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 67 Low: 46.

Here are the top stories in West Hartford today:

1. West Hartford Restaurants Among The CRAzies (West Hartford Patch)
2. Hartford Public Library cuts ribbon on new Park Street branch (WTNH.com)
3. Hundreds of Hartford HealthCare employees risk termination as health system reaches COVID-19 vaccination deadline (Hartford Courant)
4. West Hartford will now allow more restaurant drive-thrus (West Hartford News)
5. Congress passes bill to avert shutdown ahead of midnight deadline (WFSB)
6. Several new laws go into effect on Oct. 1 (WTNH.com)
7. Facebook grilled by Senate over company's impact on kids (WFSB)
8. Here's What's Inside Hartford Hospital's New $70 Million, Four-Story Expansion (Hartford HealthCare)
9. Hartford Symphony Orchestra among three orchestras returning to the stage for first time since COVID hit (Hartford Courant)
10. Community News For The West Hartford Edition (Hartford Courant)
11. Hartford City Council Votes To Change ‘Columbus Day' to ‘Indigenous Peoples' Day' (NBC Connecticut)
12. Nyberg: Hartford non-profit provides free musical instruments, lessons to local youth (WTNH.com)
13. New contract gives CT group home workers big win with higher wages, lower health insurance costs (WTNH.com)

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Today in West Hartford:

West Hartford Patch Notebook

• Town of West Hartford Police Department: "West Hartford PD is wishing Farmington Police Officer James O'Donnell well after being seriously injured while on routine patrol recently. Life as a Police Officer can change in an instant, such as in this tragic case- all over a propert..." (Facebook)
• West Hartford Police Dept: "West Hartford PD is wishing Farmington Police Officer James O'Donnell well after being seriously injured while on routine patrol recently. Life as a Police Officer can change in an instant, such as in this tragic case- all over a proper..." (Instagram)
• Elizabeth Park, Hartford CT: "The dahlias are in full bloom." (Facebook)
• West Hartford Chamber: "Thank you to WTNH News 8 for stopping by yesterday to cover our Community Job & Resource Fair. We had a great turnout of jobseekers exploring employment options in our community. We are proud to be the co-presenters of this event with Th..." (Facebook)
• West Hartford Chamber: "We are proud to be among the individuals and organizations being recognized as “Hometown Heroes” for this year’s Park Road Parade. We hope to see you on the parade route on Saturday. Park Road, West Hartford, CT, WHy West Hartford" (Facebook)
• West Hartford Community Interactive: "For this week’s #ThrowbackThursday how about some music? Find the link below for the Celebrating Gifts of Music Benefit Concert from October 2016!
  #TBT #FromTheArchives" (Facebook)

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— Chris Dehnel

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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