🌱 Patch AM: Why is Windsor pulling its license plate cameras while others expand?

Hello Windsor! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Why is Windsor pulling its license plate cameras while others expand?

Also on today's calendar: Thursday Evening Jazz Duo Laroo & Byrd and 9 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Harry C.!

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 83 and low of 57 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 85, low: 61.
• Saturday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 75 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• License plate reading cameras divide Connecticut communities (wfsb.com) — Windsor is among the Connecticut towns deciding to remove Flock license plate reading cameras, even as other communities say the technology helps solve serious crimes. The story explores growing privacy concerns, new state guardrails taking effect October 1, and how activists and lawmakers are shaping what happens next with these surveillance tools.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Windsor

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday August 20
• Thursday Evening Jazz Duo Laroo & Byrd →
  Underwater Kite, 150 Broad St, Windsor
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 20
• Dino Tales Storytime →
  Windsor Public Library, 323 Broad St, Windsor
  10:30 am
• Make it on the Mezzanine →
  Windsor Public Library, 323 Broad St, Windsor
  4:00 pm
Friday August 21
• Surprise Baby Time →
  Windsor Public Library, 323 Broad St, Windsor
  11:00 am
• Cut the Cord →
  Windsor Public Library, 323 Broad St, Windsor
  6:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Sound Healing with Amy Ordonez →
  Wilson Branch Library, 365 Windsor Ave, Windsor
  10:30 am
• Clear the Shelter Cat Adoption and Visit Day →
  Connecticut Cat Connection, 40 Stevens Mill Rd, Windsor
  11:00 am
Monday August 24
• What a Glorious Crash They Made: Music from Connecticut during the Revolution →
  Windsor Public Library, 323 Broad St, Windsor
  6:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
• PTO Chalk Party
  Bugbee Elementary School W Hartford, CT 06117
  8:30 am
• Paint & Play →
  Wilson Branch Library, 365 Windsor Ave, Windsor
  10:30 am
Wednesday August 26
• Flagpole Ceremony (Gr. 1-5)
  Bugbee Elementary School front circle
  8:35 am
Thursday August 27
• Back To School Block Party!
  Windsor School District Windsor High School, 50 Sage Park Rd, Windsor, CT 06095, USA
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi neighbors,
  I'm an 85-year-old retired Hartford Fire Captain and senior citizen who needs some help getting my HP Officejet Pro 9120e to print. The computer… (Nextdoor Matianuck / Park Ave)

• PriceRite Marketplace posted a job opening for Price Rite - Store Manager (PRRC) Salary Range $75,000 - $95,000/yr in Windsor. Apply here.
• Erie Home, Inc. posted a job opening for Roofing Contractor in Bloomfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Windsor here.

🗞 Nearby News

Windsor Locks

• Business Approved For Vacant Windsor Locks Site (patch.com)
• Connecticut father left sleeping 1-year-old in truck with AC on before child died, police say (thehour.com)

South Windsor

• South Windsor Fire Marshal Retires After 20 Years, Heads To Florida (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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