🌱 Patch AM: How a cancer-stricken Cheshire coach keeps inspiring his team every day

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In today's newsletter:

• How a cancer-stricken Cheshire coach keeps inspiring his team every day

Also on today's calendar: Comedy Night and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the clock say when it ran out of batteries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Snow late in the afternoon, with a high of 27 and low of 21 degrees.
• Saturday: Cold; morning snow, 1-2", temps: high: 29, low: 8. ⛄️ Brr!
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 35 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How a Connecticut coach used football in his battle against cancer: 'Live the best life you can today' (greenwichtime.com) — Cheshire High assistant football coach Mike Ciotti is continuing to help lead the Rams while undergoing intensive treatment for stage 4 cancer, traveling regularly to Tennessee and Yale for care. His determination, “carpe diem” mindset, and mantra “mangia l’orso” have become rallying cries for Cheshire players and coaches, shaping the team’s identity through this season’s CIAC championship run.
   

📸 Around Cheshire

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cheshire

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 26

• Comedy Night at Cheshire Craft Brewing
  Cheshire Craft Brewing, 125 Commerce Ct STE 7, Cheshire
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 26

• Comedy Night
  Cheshire Craft Brewing , 125 Commerce Ct STE 7 , Cheshire
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Connecticut Pistol Permit Classes (This is a One Day Course)
  Tom's Defensive Firearms Training, LLC , 510 Cornwall Ave , Cheshire
  9:00 am
• Berlin Boys Varsity Basketball @ Cheshire
  Cheshire High School , 525 S Main St , Cheshire
  4:15 pm

Sunday December 28

• Sunday Afternoon Tea
  36 Wallingford Rd , Cheshire
  5:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Energy Commission - No December Meeting
  Cheshire, CT Calendar
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Gift Certificate
  Nelson Hall Performing Arts at Elim Park , 150 Cook Hill Rd , Cheshire
  11:59 pm

Thursday January 1

• New Year's Day
  Cheshire, CT Calendar

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 26

• Shawn Taylor: 1741 Pub & Grill
  1741 Pub and Grill , 72 Lyman Rd , Middlefield
  5:00 pm
• KC Movement — The Flying Monkey
  The Flying Monkey Grill & Bar , 2095 Berlin Tpke , Newington
  5:30 pm
• Kwanzaa Celebration
  Hamden, CT Calendar , 2901 Dixwell Ave Thornton Wilder Auditorium , Hamden
  6:00 pm
• Hamden Kwanzaa Celebration
  Miller Memorial Library , 2901 Dixwell Ave , Hamden
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Meriden

• Meriden Festival of Silver Lights bring joy and awe for families (nbcconnecticut.com)
• Connecticut scientists made major contributions to Brown University shooting investigation (fox61.com)
• Meriden teen is back home for Christmas, after six months in detention at an ICE facility (ctpublic.org)

Wallingford

• The next Powerball drawing for $1.7 billion jackpot is Christmas Eve. Here's what to know (thehour.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m out of time.
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