🌱 Former Brighton resident Cindy Morgan remembered; memorial service November 21
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- Former Brighton resident Cindy Morgan remembered; memorial service November 21
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
• Cynthia Morgan (1965–2026) of Brighton, IL (riverbender.com) — Cynthia “Cindy” Morgan, a former Brighton resident who cherished time with her five grandchildren, died November 8 at age 61 in Walls, Mississippi. Visitation begins at 10 a.m. November 21 at Anderson Family Funeral Home in Brighton, followed by an 11 a.m. memorial service and burial at Miles Station Cemetery. 
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🗞 Nearby News
Godfrey
- Godfrey New Horizons Band to Honor Veterans at Weekend Concerts (riverbender.com)
- Godfrey Trustees Postpone Vote On $20,000 Placer.ai Subscription (riverbender.com)
- The Telegraph headlines for Nov. 10 over past 100 years of history (thetelegraph.com)
Alton
- MONDAY HOCKEY: Columbia tops Alton in early season showdown (thetelegraph.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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