🌱 Patch AM: Meet the Wethersfield survivor leading this year’s Light the Night

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In today's newsletter:

• Meet the Wethersfield survivor leading this year's Light the Night

Also on today's calendar: America at 250 for Educators and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid; a shower in the p.m., with a high of 79 and low of 68 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 51.
• Saturday: Clouds and sun; not as warm, with a high of 70 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Connecticut Cancer survivor leads fight at Blood Cancer United's 'Light the Night' event (fox61.com) — From Wethersfield comes the story of 24-year-old cancer survivor Tessa Sanville, who is now leading Blood Cancer United's "Light the Night" fundraiser as an Honored Hero. After relying on the group's support during treatment, she'll help headline the Oct. 8 event at Dunkin' Park, which raises money and honors those affected by blood cancers.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wethersfield

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• America at 250 for Educators →
  Jay Heritage Center, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  3:30 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Fall Makers Market →
  The 1851, 150 Sebethe Dr, Cromwell
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday September 17
• Insurance Committee →
  Town Hall, Wethersfield
  5:30 pm
• Bicycle & Pedestrian Stakeholders Advisory Group →
  Town Hall, Wethersfield
  6:00 pm
• Paint n Sip →
  Euphoria Loft Event Space, 898 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield
  6:30 pm
Friday September 18
• Witchy Reads- A Life with Ghosts →
  Heirloom Market at Comstock Ferre, 263 Main Street, Wethersfield
Friday September 25
• The 14th Annual Tag Sale →
  Welles-Shipman-Ward House, 972 Main St, Glastonbury
  9:00 am
Saturday September 26
• The 14th Annual Tag Sale →
  The Historic Welles-Shipman-Ward House, 972 Main St, Glastonbury
  9:00 am
• Wine Fest →
  The 1851, 150 Sebethe Dr, Cromwell
  3:00 pm
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

• I'm going to take a chance that somebody out there might be familiar with the recipe for a specific type of cookie my mother used to make.
  She called them mostaccioli or hardtack but extensive online research has ingredients that she never used. There was no cocoa or chocolate. The… (Nextdoor Wolcott Hill Road)
• Happy heavenly birthday to the legendary "King of the blues," BB King born in Itta Bena, Mississippi in 1925 and named Riley B.
  King. "He was born into a black sharecropping family on a cotton plantation in the Mississippi Delta. He lived with his mother, who was very… (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)

• Popeyes posted a job opening for Popeyes Team Member - Wethersfield, CT in Wethersfield. Apply here.
• Sysco posted a job opening for Transportation Clerk in Rocky Hill. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wethersfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newington

• SECOND ACT: CIAC football season hits Week 2 with intriguing local matchups (newbritainherald.com)
• Pet of the Week: Parish (newbritainherald.com)
• $50K scratch-off win hits for Glastonbury lottery player (shorenewsnetwork.com)

West Hartford

• Students From West Hartford Named Semifinalists For Major Academic Honor (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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