🌱 Patch AM: Wethersfield School Building Committee To Review Over $214K In Highcrest Project Invoices

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In today's newsletter:

• Wethersfield panel weighs new Highcrest School costs and 2028 timeline
• Hit-and-run crash on Wethersfield Cove leaves kayaker hospitalized.

Also on today's calendar: Fall Makers Market and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the fish say when she hit a wall? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 76 and low of 48 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sun followed by clouds, temps: high: 73, low: 54.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wethersfield School Building Committee To Review Over $214K In Highcrest Project Invoices (patch.com) — Wethersfield residents can track progress on the new Highcrest Elementary School as the town's Advisory School Building Committee reviews more than $214,000 in project invoices Monday night. Officials will discuss updated budget figures, construction timelines targeting a 2028 opening, and reports from architects, construction managers, and the owner's representative at the Stillman Building meeting.
   

• East Haven kayaker injured in hit-and-run crash with personal watercraft on Wethersfield Cove (thehour.com) — A woman was seriously injured Friday night when a personal watercraft struck her kayak on Wethersfield Cove and then fled, according to state environmental officials. She was taken to Hartford Hospital in stable condition, and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is actively investigating the hit-and-run crash on this busy Connecticut River offshoot in Wethersfield.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wethersfield

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday October 6
• Fall Makers Market →
  The 1851, 150 Sebethe Dr, Cromwell
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday September 14
• Shade Tree Commission Meeting →
  505 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield
  6:00 pm
• T'ai Chi at Hanmer school →
  Hanmer School, Nott Street, Wethersfield
  6:00 pm
• Wethersfield Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities →
  30 Greenfield Street, Wethersfield
  6:00 pm
• Housing Authority →
  Housing Authority, Wethersfield
  6:30 pm
• Advisory School Building Committee →
  Board of Education, Wethersfield
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 15
• Slipaway River Wethersfield Cove Tours →
  Wethersfield Cove, 533 Main Street, Wethersfield
• Planning & Zoning Commission →
  505 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Sunset Cruises →
  Wethersfield Cove, 533 Main Street, Wethersfield
Wednesday September 30
• Free Intro to Square dance Lessons →
  Buttonball Elementary School, 376 Buttonball Ln, Glastonbury
  9:00 am
Saturday October 3
• WHS presents the 44th Annual Old Wethersfield Arts & Crafts Fair →
  Cove Park Wethersfield, 533 Main St, Wethersfield
  10:00 am
Sunday October 4
• Renowned speaker to address authoritarianism and religion →
  Rocky Hill Congregational Church, 805 Old Main St, Rocky Hill
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Our cat came home today.
  Thank you to our Highcrest neighbors! Also, thank you to everyone for all sort of recommendations God bless All! Andy (Nextdoor Clovercrest/Peach Hill)
• "Cave paintings were discovered in Lascaux, France, on this date in 1940.
  Four French teenagers and their dog, Robot, stumbled upon the caves while they were out exploring one day. The main cave is approximately 66 feet… (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)

• Kelly posted a job opening for Receiving and Inventory Clerk in Newington. Apply here.
• Oak St. Health posted a job opening for Billing Premium Consultant Ops in Hartford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wethersfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hartford

• Spooky season starts early in Hartford with Bizarre Bazaar (wtnh.com)
• Welcome home ceremony celebrates more than 100 Connecticut National Guard soldiers (fox61.com)
• CVS Health Hiring SIU Healthcare Analytics Business Consultant (SQL/Python) in Hartford (news-usa.today)

West Hartford

• West Hartford Dog Park To Close As Crews Knock Down Old School (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Dam! (Thank you George G. for sending it in!)
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