🌱 Patch AM: Why new speed cameras are watching Route 2 in Glastonbury

Good day Glastonbury! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Why new speed cameras are watching Route 2 in Glastonbury

Today's riddle: What did the stop sign say to the yield sign? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Partly sunny, breezy and cold, with a high of 26 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Tuesday: Increasing cloudiness, temps: high: 33, low: 23.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 42 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• CT DOT's Automated Work Zone Speed Control Deployed At Glastonbury Project (patch.com) — Drivers using Route 2 eastbound through Glastonbury should know that state transportation officials are calibrating new automated speed cameras in the work zone between Exits 4B and 6. For now, the system is only collecting data and not issuing tickets, but it’s part of a broader push to slow traffic and improve safety in local highway work areas.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Glastonbury

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 31

• New Years’ Brunch and Dance Party
  Riverfront Community Center, 300 Welles St, Glastonbury
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday December 16

• School Store (Gr 3-5)
  Nayaug Elementary School , 222 Old Maids Lane , Glastonbury
  8:50 am
• PTO Event: Square Peg Pizza
  Naubuc Elementary School , 82 Griswold Street , Glastonbury
  5:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• GHS Winter Chorus Concert, 7:30pm (snow date 12/18)
  Glastonbury High School , 330 Hubbard Street , Glastonbury
  7:30 pm
• GHS Winter Choral Concert
  Glastonbury Public Schools , 628 Hebron Avenue , Glastonbury
  7:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• SMS Winter Orchestra Concert
  Smith Middle School , 216 Addison Road , Glastonbury
  7:00 pm

Monday December 22

• SMS Winter Orchestra Concert snow date
  Smith Middle School , 216 Addison Road , Glastonbury
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• PTO Event: Square Peg Pizza
  Naubuc Elementary School , 82 Griswold Street , Glastonbury
  5:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Greater Glastonbury Veterans & Allies Coffeehouse
  Riverfront Community Center , 300 Welles St , Glastonbury
  9:00 am
• GHS Winter Chorus Concert, 7:30pm (snow date 12/18)
  Glastonbury High School , 330 Hubbard Street , Glastonbury
  7:30 pm
• GHS Winter Choral Concert
  Glastonbury Public Schools , 628 Hebron Avenue , Glastonbury
  7:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• SMS Winter Orchestra Concert
  Smith Middle School , 216 Addison Road , Glastonbury
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• If anyone would like pine boughs to decorate their home for the holidays, we lost several limbs during the recent storm and are happy to give them away.
  Must pick up and take from our yard. DM for address and to arrange pick up. (Nextdoor Apple Hill)

• Busy Bees North America posted a job opening for Child Care Associate Center Director in Glastonbury. Apply here.
• Aimbridge Hospitality posted a job opening for Residence Inn Hartford Manchester - Housekeeper in Manchester. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Glastonbury here.

🗞 Nearby News

Manchester

• Manchester single-car rollover crash on I-84 west leads to Saturday night fire, officials say (nhregister.com)

East Hartford

• CT corporations banding together in new and big way. Sights are on local economic development (courant.com)
• Dom Amore's Sunday Read: UConn's new QB has sound of a winner; the Hall of Fame ballot, and more (courant.com)
• As holidays approach, pall looms over CT immigrant community. Fear grips amid new federal policy (courant.com)

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Ok Glastonbury! 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: I don’t know either. They were speaking in sign language.
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