🌱 Patch AM: Windsor Locks Budget Heads To Seventh Vote

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In today's newsletter:

• Seventh Windsor Locks budget vote could reshape taxes and downtown plans

Also on today's calendar: $4000 Cash Bingo - St Joseph Church Vernon CT and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 81 and low of 61 degrees.
• Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 82, low: 67.
• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Windsor Locks Budget Heads To Seventh Vote (patch.com) — Windsor Locks residents are being asked to vote yet again on the 2026-27 town budget, with a seventh referendum set for Tuesday at Town Hall and Windsor Locks High School. The proposal slightly trims operating costs while keeping the mill rate at 22.25, and includes a separate question on funding a downtown Tax Increment Financing District after both measures narrowly failed earlier this month.
   

📸 Around Windsor Locks

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Windsor Locks

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• WWII Weekend at New England Air Museum →
  New England Air Museum, 36 Perimeter Rd, Windsor Locks
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Friday September 11
• $4000 Cash Bingo - St Joseph Church Vernon CT →
  St. Joseph Catholic Church, 33 West St, Vernon
  6:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• 🍺 CT Beer Tour for a Cancer-Free Future at Problem Solved Brewing Company! →
  Problem Solved Brewing Company, 2 N Rd, East Windsor
  6:00 pm
• BUILDING A LEGACY GALA →
  Ramada by Wyndham Hartford North / Bradley Airport, 383 S Center St, Windsor Locks
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

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
• PTO Ice Cream Social (8/28 is the rain date)
  Bugbee Elementary School W Hartford, CT 06117
  6:00 pm
• Coffee Talk @ Sage Park Middle School Library
  Windsor School District Sage Park Middle School, 25 Sage Park Rd, Windsor, CT 06095, U
  6:30 pm
Saturday August 29
• Gathering at Summer's Edge →
  Unicorn Meadow Farm, 1349 Spruce St, Suffield
  10:00 am
Wednesday September 2
• EHP - Back to School Picnic
  Enfield School District Enfield, CT 06082
  5:00 pm
• EHP - Open House
  Enfield School District Enfield, CT 06082
  6:00 pm
• ELI WHITNEY OPEN HOUSE
  Eli Whitney Elementary School 94 Middle Road
  6:00 pm

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• East Windsor Board of Selectmen Approves Property Tax Exemption —Elizabeth McGuire Read on Patch

• Busy Bees North America posted a job opening for Child Care Lead Teacher Toddler in Windsor. Apply here.
• Community Health Resources posted a job opening for Residential Counselor: Mills House-Part Time-7057 in Windsor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Windsor Locks here.

🗞 Nearby News

Windsor

• East Hartford high school football preview 2026 (thehour.com)
• Sun Life, Wilton Re Form Reinsurance, Asset Management Partnership (nasdaq.com)

East Windsor

• CDL Truck Driving Job near East Windsor, CT (thetrucker.com)
• East Windsor offers new property tax relief program for homeowners (nbcconnecticut.com)

Suffield

• Local Event: Suffield Real Estate Brokerage announces Grand Opening (patch.com)
• Big Crowd Delays Hearing Tied To 250-Unit Suffield Plan (patch.com)

Ok Windsor Locks! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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