🌱 Patch AM: Old Wethersfield 5K & 10K and 14 more events

Hello Wethersfield! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Calling all Altos, Tenors and Basses to join Middlesex Hospital Vocal Chords at St Francis of Assisi Church
• Old Wethersfield 5K & 10K
• Aiken Open House at Aiken School

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 78 and low of 60 degrees.
• Monday: An afternoon shower, temps: high: 81, low: 60.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 58 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wethersfield

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★ Featured events ★

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
Monday August 24
• Aiken Open House
  Aiken School W Hartford, CT 06117
  6:30 pm
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 author Ray Douglas Bradbury.
  "Born in Waukegan, Illinois in 1920, he published more than 500 works — novels, stories, plays, and poems — including the novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953)… (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)
• Happy heavenly birthday to Count Basie.
  Born in 1904. Famous jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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