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Good morning, people of West Hartford. Chris Dehnel here with today's edition of the West Hartford Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Overcast throughout the day. High: 77 Low: 70.

Here are the top stories today in West Hartford:

  1. Suspects in Violent West Hartford Purse-Snatchings Charged (West Hartford Patch)
  2. Latest Weekly Connecticut High School Boys Soccer Polls Released (West Hartford Patch)
  3. New Britain High School to Go Temporarily Remote to 'Refresh' and 'Restart' Year (NBC Connecticut)
  4. West Hartford Board of Education Meeting Disrupted (http://www.we-ha.com)
  5. Hartford School Staff Rally for Better Pay, Benefits (NBC Connecticut)
  6. Uptick in violence part of reason why New Britain school temporarily moves to remote learning (WFSB)
  7. Crews working to quell fire at South Windsor home (WFSB)
  8. West Hartford Superintendent Announces Date for 2022 Conard and Hall Graduation (http://www.we-ha.com)
  9. Developer wants series of apartment buildings, fresh businesses between Route 4 and Farmington River in Farmington (Hartford Courant)
  10. Oh Swat! State's Mosquito Population is High and So is Risk of Disease (Hartford HealthCare)
  11. Farmington Officer Hit by Fleeing Vehicle Has 'Devastating' Injuries: Police (NBC Connecticut)
  12. St. Paul Catholic High School added a gender identity policy to its handbook. Alumni are asking for it to be removed, calling it 'transphobic' and 'grossly harmful' (Hartford Courant)



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Today in West Hartford:

  • JV G VB Hall v. Plainville - Hall High School Sports (4:00 PM)
  • V G VB Hall v. Plainville - Hall High School Sports (5:00 PM)
  • Poetry Talk - My Oarsman with Geri Radacsi (Virtual) (6:30 PM)
  • Senior Planning Parent Night / AUD / J. Baril (7:00 PM)
  • Two Jews Walk Into a War... (8:00 PM)

West Hartford Patch Notebook

  • West Hartford Chamber: "Jessie had the pleasure of stopping by Balance Massage & Wellness Center tonight for their open house, and Jen from Concentric Cares ribbon cutting. Got to enjoy meeting Leslie from the Newington Chamber of Commerce and it was so lovely ..." (Facebook)
  • West Hartford Community Interactive: "Mark your calendars for Town of West Hartford/WH Chamber of Commerce's Community Job & Resource Fair next Wednesday the 29th! This free event will be held from 10am-2pm at Town Hall auditorium. Visit the town website or whchamber.com for..." (Facebook)
  • West Hartford Public Library: "Grades 7-12: A reminder that the teen department is accepting applications for Teen Advisory Board until TOMORROW Weds. 9/22 at midnight. Join the 9th year of this popular and important library volunteer group! Application: http://ow.ly/..." (Facebook)
  • West Hartford Community Interactive: "The winners list is out! A big congratulations to our producer Dawn Ennis, host of Rise Up With Dawn Ennis for being named a finalist in the Alliance For Community Media Northeast's Diversity Empowerment award category! The episode being..." (Facebook)
  • West Hartford Community Interactive: "WHPS Graduation date is set: Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Rain date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Board of Ed just voted." (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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