🌱 Patch AM: How Wethersfield police tracked a Bronx fraud suspect across state lines

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In today's newsletter:

• How Wethersfield police tracked a Bronx fraud suspect across state lines
• What new statewide job gains mean for workers around Wethersfield

Also on today's calendar: Discovering Amphibians with John Himmelman and 9 more events.

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Showers around; not as warm, with a high of 76 and low of 64 degrees.
• Saturday: Humid with a few showers, temps: high: 75, low: 66.
• Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 82 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Police: Woman made fraudulent withdrawal at Connecticut bank after being arrested the same day (wfsb.com) — Wethersfield police say a Bronx woman is facing charges after allegedly making a $3,500 fraudulent withdrawal at the M&T Bank on Silas Deane Highway, tied to the same-day incident in Glastonbury. Officers coordinated with New York Port Authority to take her into custody this month, and she's now charged with larceny, forgery, identity theft, and criminal impersonation with a set bond and court date.
   

• CT Dept of Labor Employers Add 2800 Jobs in June (ct.gov) — From its Wethersfield headquarters, the state labor department reports Connecticut employers added an estimated 2,800 jobs last month, pushing payrolls to a record 1.73 million. While job growth outpaces the national rate, officials warn about an aging workforce and fewer workers, and encourage residents to tap job fairs and American Job Centers for free career help.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wethersfield

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22
• Discovering Amphibians with John Himmelman →
  Dinosaur State Park, 400 West St, Rocky Hill
  1:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Calling all Altos, Tenors and Basses to join Middlesex Hospital Vocal Chords →
  St Francis of Assisi Church, 10 Elm St, Middletown
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Sunday August 23
• Old Wethersfield 5K & 10K →
  , Wethersfield
  8:30 am
Tuesday August 25
• PTO Chalk Party
  Bugbee Elementary School W Hartford, CT 06117
  8:30 am
Wednesday August 26
• First Day of School - Early Dismissal - Professional Learning (no a
  Capitol Region Education Council Hartford, CT 06106
• 12 pm Early Dismissal
  Breakthrough Magnet School, South Hartford, CT 06106
  8:30 am
• Flagpole Ceremony (Gr. 1-5)
  Bugbee Elementary School front circle
  8:35 am
Thursday August 27
• FULL day schedule
  Breakthrough Magnet School, South Hartford, CT 06106
  8:30 am
• PTO Ice Cream Social (8/28 is the rain date)
  Bugbee Elementary School W Hartford, CT 06117
  6:00 pm
Friday August 28
• FULL day schedule
  Breakthrough Magnet School, South Hartford, CT 06106
  8:30 am
Sunday August 30
• Harvest Time →
  The Historical Society Of Glastonbury, 972 Main St, Glastonbury
  1:00 pm
Monday August 31
• Red Robin Gives Back Again! →
  Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews, 1509 New Britain Ave, West Hartford
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Happy heavenly birthday to Gene Roddenberry, born in El Paso, Texas in 1921.
  "He was working as a TV writer and producer at NBC when, in 1964, he got the idea for a new series about space exploration — "a Wagon Train to the… (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)
• "On this date in 1829, French painter and physicist Louis Daguerre presented his photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences.
  The first actual photograph had been made a couple of years earlier by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, but the quality wasn't very good and the plate had to… (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)

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🗞 Nearby News

Hartford

• From California to West Hartford, Jackie Fiorello's Vibrant Art - We-Ha (we-ha.com)
• Wesley Taylor, Pooya Mohseni, and More Join the Oh, Mary! National Tour Cast (theatermania.com)
• West Hartford Superintendent Announces New Principal for Morley School - We-Ha (we-ha.com)

West Hartford

• West Hartford's High Schools Among CT's Best: Report (patch.com)
• West Hartford's Park Road 'Happy Hour' Series Returns Next Week (patch.com)

Glastonbury

• Tiny But Stylish Glastonbury Farmhouse Hits The Market For $289,900 (patch.com)

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