5K For Robert Tedford + Vernon Teacher Faces Child Porn Charges

Good morning, Ellington and Somers! Let's get your Tuesday started off right with this morning's issue of the Ellington-Somers Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and breezy. High: 60 Low: 51.

Here are the top stories in Ellington-Somers today:

1. Honor Robert Tedford At 2nd Annual Memorial 5K In Ellington (Ellington-Somers Patch)
2. Former Teacher In Vernon Facing Child Porn And Voyeurism Charges (Vernon Patch)
3. Men Plead Guilty To Child Sex Trafficking In Windsor Locks, East Windsor (Windsor Locks-East Windsor Patch)
4. Burglaries at Convenience Stores, Pharmacy in East Hartford Under Investigation (NBC Connecticut)
5. 20 Towns: Channel 3 heads to Windsor on Monday (WFSB)
6. Hartford fire displaces 58 residents, critically injuring one (Hartford Courant)
7. Hartford man charged with murder after fatal North End confrontation this spring (Hartford Courant)
8. Most Connecticut state workers complying with COVID mandate (Greenwich Time)
9. Longtime AIDS, opioid, homelessness activist Shawn Lang dies (Hartford Courant)
10. Vernon wins award for vaccine program | Vernon (Journal Inquirer)

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Today in Ellington-Somers:

• SHS - School Photo Makeup Day - Somers High School (12:00 AM)
• College Funding Seminar (7:00 PM)

Ellington-Somers Patch Notebook

• Somers Cooperative Preschool: "Thank you Somers Fire Department for coming and visiting and showing the children important safety regarding fires!" (Facebook)
• Somers Congregational United Church of Christ: "News from our friends at Somers Cooperative Preschool. Thank you to SFD!" (Facebook)
• Hall Memorial Library: "Join us tonight! All ages welcome!" (Facebook)

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— Gabby DeBenedictis

About me: Hi! I'm a roving editor at Patch filling in for your typical reporter, Tim Jensen, this week. I'm a UConn graduate and am based in the New Haven area.

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