🌱 Patch AM: How new traffic cameras will change your drive through Wethersfield

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In today's newsletter:

• How new traffic cameras will change your drive through Wethersfield
• Can Wethersfield keep rolling in Thursday's road showdown?

Also on today's calendar: Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two favorite words for a shark to hear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Rain; breezy in the morning, with a high of 63 and low of 57 degrees.
• Monday: Rain, temps: high: 62, low: 53.
• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 68 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• CT-owned intersections are getting video detection upgrades. What that means for drivers (courant.com) — Drivers in Wethersfield should expect weekday lane restrictions at Route 3 (Maple Street) at Mill Street and a nearby private drive as the state installs new traffic-detection cameras and radar. Starting Oct. 17 and continuing through 2027, CTDOT will replace in-pavement sensors with above-ground technology designed to reduce delays and improve safety without recording video or issuing tickets.
   

• E.O. Smith football, Bacon Acadmey/Lyman Memorial each fall to 0-3 (thechronicle.com) — Wethersfield's football team heads to E.O. Smith on Thursday at 6 p.m., aiming to even its record after a dominant 35-0 win over Northwest Catholic. E.O. Smith, now 0-3, hopes to stop a four-game skid in a matchup that could shape both teams' early-season momentum.
   

📸 Around Wethersfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wethersfield

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 30
• Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! →
  First Church West Hartford, 12 S Main St, West Hartford
  7:00 am
• Free Intro to Square dance Lessons →
  Buttonball Elementary School, 376 Buttonball Ln, Glastonbury
  9:00 am
Sunday October 25
• Haunt & Gather →
  Mill Street Marketplace, 36 Mill St, Wethersfield
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Monday September 28
• Zoning Board of Appeals →
  Town Council Chambers, 505 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield
  7:00 pm
• Advisory School Building Committee →
  Lower Level Conference Room, Wethersfield
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
• September Board Meeting Rescheduled →
  Trinity Church, 300 Main St, Wethersfield
  10:00 am
• Tourism & Cultural Commission →
  Town Manager's Conference Room, 505 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield
  5:15 pm
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
Sunday October 11
• New World Trio "Autumn Reflections" →
  Saint John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave, West Hartford
  2:00 pm
• 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

• It's (un)officially DOLLY PARTON DAY!!!!
  In her honor, be extra kind today. Donate some books to a little free library, let someone go ahead of you in line, tell the mom of a screaming… (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)
• Happy heavenly birthday to the poet, cartoonist, playwright, and songwriter Shel Silverstein, born Sheldon Allan Silverstein, to a Jewish family in Chicago in 1930.
  "As a kid, he wanted to play baseball or be popular with girls, but he couldn't play ball and he couldn't dance. "Luckily, the girls didn't want me,"… (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)

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• Trinity Health posted a job opening for Medical Receptionist - Diabetes and Metabolic Center in Hartford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wethersfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newington

• Abarno-Hairston big first-half connection leads to Plainville's 21-6 win against Newington (newbritainherald.com)
• Newington Chalk Walk returns to Market Square (newbritainherald.com)

Hartford

• Greater Hartford Theater Week brings together theaters, artists and audiences in CT (courant.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "MAN OVERBOARD!" (Thank you M J. for sending it in!)
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