New Play, New School Year, New Contract: West Hartford Daily

Hey, West Hartford! Let's get this Thursday started off right. Here's what's happening today in town.

First, today's weather:

Heavy rain in the morning. High: 74 Low: 54.

Here are the top stories today in West Hartford:

1. Tickets Are Now On Sale For "Two Jews Walk Into a War" (West Hartford Patch)
2. UHart Faculty Gets New 3-Year Contract (West Hartford Patch)
3. Northwest Catholic Heads into 60th Year Under Leadership of Fr. Dolan (http://www.we-ha.com)
4. Merged food banks to be called Connecticut Foodshare (theday.com)
5. West Hartford Bear Fair opens (Hartford Courant)
6. Wethersfield Farmers Market having great season (Hartford Courant)
7. West Hartford to become site of 'Bear Fair' (Hartford Courant)
8. Back-to-School Authority: Checking in with CT Association of Public School Superintendents (WFSB)
9. Back to School with a New Normalcy in West Hartford (http://www.we-ha.com)
12. Prospect Avenue Historic District endorsed by commission (centraljersey.com)
13. Hearing to continue tonight on South Windsor distribution center (Journal Inquirer)
14. East Hartford drug courier gets 3 years for having kilo of fentanyl (Journal Inquirer)
15. LIMRA: First Half of 2021 Had Highest U.S. Life Insurance Policy Sales Growth Since 1983 (PrimePublishers.com)
16. Hartford HealthCare continues to help people get vaccinated (News 12 Long Island)
17. SILVER ALERT: 82-Year-Old Man Reported Missing From New Britain (NBC Connecticut)
18. Rocky Hill residents, officials voice concerns over recent rise in carjackings (WFSB)
19. Police: 1 hurt in Gillette Street shooting in Hartford (Thehour.com)
20. New Britain Students head back to school (WFSB)
21. Judge orders blogger who frequently criticizes Hartford Police Department to turn over laptop as part of civil suit (Hartford Courant)
22. Dog park group seeks a home in West Hartford as interest grows (West Hartford News)
23. PeoplesBank Expands Its Branch Presence into Hartford County (Business West)
24. West Hartford public school students return to classrooms for first day Wednesday (WTNH.com)
25. Blues Beat: Ohlman, Montgomery open Bridge Street Live Sept. 3 (Thehour.com)
26. Lantern launch in New Britain honors victims of overdose (WTNH.com)
27. Rocky Hill Police, Residents Concerned by Uptick in Crime (NBC Connecticut)

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Today in West Hartford:

• JV B GLF Hall v. Northwest Catholic - Hall High School Sports (3:00 PM)
• V B GLF Hall v. Northwest Catholic - Hall High School Sports (3:00 PM)
• JV G SOC Hall v. Newington (Scrim.) - Hall High School Sports (3:30 PM)
• JV B SOC Hall v. RHAM (Scrim.) - Hall High School Sports (3:30 PM)
• V G SOC Hall v. Manchester (Scrim.) - Hall High School Sports (3:30 PM)
• V FH Hall @ Canton (Scrim.) - Hall High School Sports (3:45 PM)
• Playhouse Theatre Academy: Young Actors: Building a Scene (5:00 PM)
• V B SOC Hall v. RHAM (Scrim.) - Hall High School Sports (5:00 PM)
• Ice Cream Social (all students parent/guardians & Staff) (6:00 PM)
• V FB Hall @ Norwich Free Academy (Scrim.) (6:30 PM)
• PTB Meeting - Braeburn Elementary School (7:00 PM)
• Junior League of Hartford Virtual Information Session (8:00 PM)

West Hartford Patch Notebook

• Town of West Hartford Police Department: "It's that time of year again! Sept. 1 is the first day of school for both private and town schools. Please drive carefully and use extra care in school zones. Our littlest pedestrians, who are very eager to learn, will be headed back to ..." (Facebook)
• West Hartford Police Dept: "Sending a message of support out to the Glastonbury Police Department and Hartford Police CT LE families today. Officer Francis Perrone passed away unexpectedly after many years of dedicated service to Hartford and Glastonbury PD. Thank..." (Instagram)
• West Hartford Police Dept: "It's that time of year again! Sept. 1 is the first day of school for both private and town schools. Please drive carefully and use extra care in school zones. Our littlest pedestrians, who are very eager to learn, will be headed back t..." (Instagram)
• West Hartford Public Library: "The bears have been unveiled just outside of the library! For more information on this artist's event, please click here: https://bit.ly/3yyG3EA" (Facebook)
• West Hartford Chamber: "We had a great time yesterday at our 35th Annual WH Chamber Golf Tournament at Wampanoag Country Club yesterday! Thank you to all of our players, sponsors and volunteers, who made it such a fantastic day! ️" (Facebook)
• West Hartford Chamber: "We are proud to welcome PeoplesBank to West Hartford. They a have brand new banking center at 102 Lasalle Road in The Center. They have introduced VideoBankerIT, a contactless banking system that allows customers to bank seven days a wee..." (Facebook)
• West Hartford Community Interactive: "It's September 1st! School is back, and summer (the season itself) begins winding down to it's official end. #Thanks to our awesome subscribers we reached our goal for August to make it into the 1900+ range. Now begins the home stretch t..." (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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