🌱 How a 1976 Goodyear strike changed Windsor’s economy forever

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• How a 1976 Goodyear strike changed Windsor’s economy forever

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 49 and low of 35 degrees.
• Thursday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 60, low: 33.
• Friday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 57 and low of 31 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• This Day in History: A nationwide strike impacting workers in our region (wcax.com) — Fifty years ago, Windsor’s Goodyear plant workers joined a massive nationwide strike that stretched from April to September 1976, leaving local families in limbo for months. The walkout highlighted the plant’s importance as a major Upper Valley employer and foreshadowed its closure a decade later, which permanently reshaped Windsor’s economy and job market.
   

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📸 Around Windsor

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Windsor

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Wednesday April 29

• STEAM Night
  Weathersfield School , 135 Schoolhouse Road , Ascutney
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday April 23

• Canceled - Make It!
  Hartland Public Library , 153 Route 5 , Hartland
  2:45 pm
• Cookbook Potluck - Costa Rican Cuisine
  Hartland Public Library , 153 Route 5 , Hartland
  6:00 pm

Friday April 24

• AIH Speaker Series
  Hartland Library Vermont , 153 US Route 5 , Hartland
  1:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• release module 2
  The Art Monastery Project , 2315 Connecticut River Rd , Springfield
• State of Vermont | Foster Care Tabling with Department of Children
  Hartland Public Library , 153 Route 5 , Hartland
  10:00 am

Sunday April 26

• Brownsville English Country Dance
  West Windsor Town Hall , 22 Brownsville-Hartland Rd , West Windsor
  1:30 pm

Thursday April 30

• Kids: Make it! Afterschool Thursdays in Hartland
  Hartland Public Library , 153 US-5 , Hartland
  2:45 pm

Wednesday May 6

• Cribbage at Hartland Library
  Hartland Public Library , 153 US-5 , Hartland
  3:00 pm

Saturday May 9

• Storytime at the Hartland Library
  Hartland Public Library , 153 US-5 , Hartland
  10:30 am

Tuesday May 12

• Bridge in Hartland
  Hartland Public Library , 153 US-5 , Hartland
  2:00 pm

Sunday May 17

• Bare Bones — Vermont Equine Riding and Driving Association (Copy)
  1400 Grasshopper Ln , Reading
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Mondelez International posted a job opening for Full Time Nabisco Merchandiser/Order Writer - White River Junction, VT in White River Junction. Apply here.
• Bartlett Tree Experts posted a job opening for Arborist Sales Representative in White River Junction. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Windsor here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Woodstock

• These Giant Cheese Factories In Vermont Give Free Tours And Don't Skimp On Samples (myfamilytravels.com)

White River Junction

• High-speed chase ends with spike strips on I-91 (vnews.com)
• David Farnham Taplin (vtdigger.org)

Springfield

• HCRS welcomes Becky Gilbert (vermontjournal.com)
• River Valley Job Fair April 23 in Springfield (chestertelegraph.org)
• 15th annual May Festival calls for vendors (vermontjournal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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