🌱 Patch AM: How Wethersfield’s Main Street honored Detective Bobby Garten this weekend

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In today's newsletter:

• How Wethersfield's Main Street honored Detective Bobby Garten this weekend

Also on today's calendar: Wine Fest and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do an island and the letter "t" have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Cool with periods of rain, with a high of 64 and low of 57 degrees.
• Monday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 70, low: 51.
• Tuesday: Cloudy, with a high of 65 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Cars on Main in Wethersfield honors Bobby Garten (wtnh.com) — Main Street in Wethersfield just hosted the Cars on Main show, drawing neighbors, car lovers, and police supporters to honor fallen Hartford Detective Robert "Bobby" Garten. Organized by his memorial fund, the event celebrated his community spirit while raising money for a planned playground at Ben Bronz Academy in East Hartford that would bear his name.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wethersfield

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 26
• Wine Fest →
  The 1851, 150 Sebethe Dr, Cromwell
  3:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Fall Makers Market →
  The 1851, 150 Sebethe Dr, Cromwell
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 22
• Slipaway River Wethersfield Cove Tours →
  Wethersfield Cove, 533 Main Street, Wethersfield
• Redevelopment Agency →
  505 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield
  12:00 pm
• Board of Education →
  Wethersfield CT
  7:00 pm
• Town Council →
  505 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield
  7:00 pm
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
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
Friday October 9
• WHS presents the 17th Annual Old Wethersfield Lantern Light Tours →
  Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, 200 Main St, Wethersfield
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• WHS presents the 17th Annual Old Wethersfield Lantern LIght Tours →
  Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, 200 Main St, Wethersfield
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The future is coming:
  Amazon will soon be delivering packages in Connecticut via drones. (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)
• "On this day in 1851, the first edition of The New York Times was published.
  Originally founded as The New-York Daily Times by journalists Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it cost one penny and was available Monday… (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)

• McWane posted a job opening for MPIW Machine Operator - 2nd Shift in Wethersfield. Apply here.
• LXT posted a job opening for Part-Time Retail Data Collection Associate - Hartford/New Haven, CT (Driving Role) in Hartford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wethersfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newington

• Newington math scores improve, others see drop (newbritainherald.com)
• Bunnell football bounces back from loss in opener to shut out Newington (ctpost.com)
• Public Information Meeting on Route 9 Interchange Exit 38 Improvements in Newington and New Britain (ct.gov)

Hartford

• Ribbon cutting held for new homes on Garden Street in Hartford (wtnh.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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