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🌱 How Hamilton College students are helping NASA hunt for new planets

Hamilton, New York Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Hamilton! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Hamilton College students are helping NASA hunt for new planets

Also on today's calendar: Steel Hearts: The John Henry Musical.

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 54.
  • Friday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 82 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Meteor Explosion Caught on Camera in Rome (wktv.com) — Hamilton-area readers might be interested to know that nearby Hamilton College’s Peters Observatory helped explain a dramatic meteor explosion seen over Rome, which produced sonic booms across New England. Physics professor Adam Lark and his student team, self-described “planet hunters,” are also spending late summer nights helping NASA’s TESS mission confirm new exoplanets from right here in our region.
   


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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday June 4
  • DATE CHANGE: Coffee Conversations at the Wild Bunch Cafe
    Madison County Cornell Cooperative Extension 100 Eaton St, Morrisville, NY 13408
    5:30 am
  • FFA Banquet
    Stockbridge Valley Csd Munnsville, NY 13409
    5:00 pm
  • Friday June 5
  • Character Ed.
    Stockbridge Valley Csd Munnsville, NY 13409
    1:15 pm
  • Dungeons and Dragons
    Earlville Free Library, 4 N Main St, Earlville
    5:30 pm
  • Saturday June 6
  • Preservation Series-Calibrate your Pressure Canner
    Madison County Cornell Cooperative Extension 100 Eaton St, Morrisville, NY 13408
    6:00 am
  • Composting Workshop
    Madison County Cornell Cooperative Extension 100 Eaton St, Morrisville, NY 13408
    7:00 am
  • Sunday June 7
  • Chamber Choir/NYSSMA Recital
    Morrisville-Eaton Csd Welsh Church, 3717 Welsh Church Rd, Erieville, NY
    2:00 pm
  • Tuesday June 9
  • Town Board Meeting
    Madison County, NY Calendar
  • Regents Exams
    Stockbridge Valley Csd Munnsville, NY 13409
  • Coffee Conversations-The Crusty Cup
    Madison County Cornell Cooperative Extension 100 Eaton St, Morrisville, NY 13408
    5:30 am
  • Crafty Companions
    Earlville Free Library, 4 N Main St, Earlville
    10:00 am
  • JV/Varsity Sports Banquet
    Morrisville Middle Sch High Sch Morrisville, NY 13408
    5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • The Commissary on 20 is BACK OPEN!!!
    Starting tomorrow, Tuesday June 2nd from 3pm to 7pm. TACO BOX TUESDAY!!!! ANY 12 TACOS FOR 48$!!!!! THAT'S ONLY 4$ A TACO. You will be hard pressed… (Nextdoor Hamilton)
  • If anyone wants these items please feel free to take them.
    The wood is cedar plank the metal is still good and usable we just have no use for any of these items the table just needs some love and the cabinet… (Nextdoor Hamilton)
  • Tops Friendly Markets posted a job opening for # 225 Cashier Pt, Colgate in Hamilton. Apply here.
  • Colgate University posted a job opening for SUMMER - Temporary - Custodian in Hamilton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hamilton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Cazenovia

  • Breakdown, predictions for Marcellus, Westhill in Section III Class D girls lacrosse final (syracuse.com)
  • Taste of Syracuse, Paige's Butterfly Run 5K: 15 things to do this week in Central NY (syracuse.com)
  • 21 New York School Budgets Fail In Surprising Election Results (wpdh.com)

Oneida

  • BRiDGES discusses smoking cessation programs at Oneida Common Council meeting (oneidadispatch.com)
  • Oneida County Expands Housing Incentives to Encourage New Development (lite987.com)
  • Oneida City Police Department Arrest Blotter May 22-28 (oneidadispatch.com)

Ok Hamilton! 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: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Hamilton

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Hamilton

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.