🌱 What will Eastern’s Banned Books Week speakers reveal about censorship?
Willimantic, Connecticut Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Willimantic! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What will Eastern’s Banned Books Week speakers reveal about censorship?
- Foodland in Willimantic sold a $100,000 winning lottery ticket
Also on today's calendar: Special Event: Pierogi: An American Story of Polish Food and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Turning sunny; not as warm, with a high of 73 and low of 43 degrees.
- Sunday: A thick cloud cover, temps: high: 65, low: 54.
- Monday: Rather cloudy and breezy, with a high of 70 and low of 42 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Eastern Connecticut State University to Host Banned Books Week Event (patch.com) — Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic is hosting a public Banned Books Week program on Oct. 6, exploring censorship, intellectual freedom, and the right to read. Local readers can hear librarians, faculty, and alumni discuss book challenges, free expression, and prison censorship during a midday event at the J. Eugene Smith Library. 
• $1 million was CT Lottery's largest prize claimed in September. See the full list of winners (ctpost.com) — A Chaplin resident recently won $100,000 on a Cash 5 ticket bought at Foodland in Willimantic, putting the local store on the Connecticut Lottery’s list of big September winners. The month’s top prize statewide was a $1 million ticket sold in Plainville, with other six-figure wins scattered across several Connecticut towns.
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Willimantic Farmers Market →
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🗞 Nearby News
Windham
- Eastern Connecticut Restaurant Once Considered Dead In Its (Moose) Tracks Now Up For Major Industry Award (patch.com)
- Windham football makes a statement as Matteo Albano leads win over East Catholic (rep-am.com)
- Trio stole from gas station, then crashed into Plainfield home while fleeing, police say (newsbreak.com)
Mansfield
- Medical Instrument Maker Among 9 New Mansfield Businesses Registered In September (patch.com)
Storrs
- Meet JCrumb: The 5-foot-3, karaoke-singing, newest big shot on UConn's Storrs campus (courant.com)
- UConn men's basketball updates schedule, assigning games to Gampel, PeoplesBank Arena (courant.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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