Windsor Locks-East Windsor Digest: What's Happening, Sept. 3

Happy Friday, people of Windsor Locks and East Windsor. These are the most important things happening in your towns.

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First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 73 Low: 53.

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Here are the top stories in Windsor Locks-East Windsor today:

1. Who's Coming, Who's Going: The Latest East Windsor Property Sales (Windsor Locks-East Windsor Patch)
2. Windsor Locks-East Windsor Weekend Weather Forecast (Weather News)
3. Army Veteran Marching From Enfield To New London For 'Kabul 13' (Enfield Patch)
4. Latest Dogs, Cats, Pets Up For Adoption In The Windsor Locks-East Windsor Area (Pet News)
5. Biggest Pumpkin Patches Close To Windsor Locks-East Windsor (Windsor Locks-East Windsor Patch)

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Today in Windsor Locks-East Windsor:

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Windsor Locks-East Windsor Patch Notebook

• Connecticut Fire Academy: "Today at CFA: Recruit Class 68 begins skills stations. Yesterday and today the class splits to cover SCBA basics and Ladder carries." (Facebook)
• New England Air Museum: "Aircraft of the week is back! This week we spoke to Karen, our chief financial officer. Here's what she had to say: "I was walking though the hangar earlier and I oversaw an amazing moment. A family was looking at the Sikorski Skycrane a..." (Facebook)
• Feral Cats of East Windsor: "Wanted to show you the difference between Jet and Tank. Wow, same litter. Now you see why we separated them. Tank needs someone bigger than him to grow up with." (Facebook)
• Connecticut Fire Academy: "Today at CFA Recruit class 68 begins skill stations. Ladder carries and SCBA basics." (Facebook)
• New England Air Museum: "This weeks "What is it Wednesday" has been highly requested by our docents. What is the red/white object shown here on our F-100 Super Sabre? Why is this exact same device not found on more modern aircraft like our F-14 Tomcat? As always..." (Facebook)
• Feral Cats of East Windsor: "Set up at 530. Got the 3rd one. The last female will be the hardest." (Facebook)
• Windsor Locks Public Schools: "Here we go Locks! 21-22 our year to go for the gold!" (Facebook)
• New England Air Museum: "September A-10 Update: Our restoration team has been hard at work finishing up the exterior design. This aircraft will be on display in our storage hangar on Helicopter Day Saturday, September 11th." (Facebook)
• Windsor Locks Public Schools: "NSS is off and headed for a gold medal year!" (Facebook)
• Windsor Locks Public Schools: "Today's Lady Raiders soccer scrimmage has been moved to 4:40 pm at WLHS!" (Facebook)
• Windsor Locks Public Library: "Come to the library and catch the reading wave! Take a picture with fun anamorphic chalk art by local artist, John Montemerlo. Add your photos in the comments!" (Facebook)
• Windsor Locks Public Library: "Don't forget to come to Story Time on the Lawn at 10:30am today. We'll also have a new 3D chalk drawing to take pictures with!" (Facebook)
• Windsor Locks Public Library: "Pending weather forecast and sufficient signups, we will be hosting trivia on the lawn next week! Register to reserve your spot on the home page of www.windsorlockslibrary.org." (Facebook)

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— Tim Jensen

E-mail: tim.jensen@patch.com
Tim Jensen is in his fourth decade of reporting news and sports in north central Connecticut. He currently oversees four Patch sites: Enfield, Windsor Locks-East Windsor, South Windsor and Ellington-Somers, and is also the Connecticut sports editor. He is president of the Connecticut Sports Media Alliance, serving as Gold Key Dinner chairman since 2015. He is commissioner of Blitzkrieg! Pro, an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Enfield. Tim has two children: Alex, a student at Seton Hall Law School, and Mia, who attends Springfield College.

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