🌱 Patch AM: ID Released In Fatal Groton Crash, Police Say

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• Groton police identify driver killed after high-speed Route 12 crash

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Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• Thursday: Clouds giving way to some sun, with a high of 41 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Snow late in the afternoon, temps: high: 28, low: 24.
• Saturday: Snow in the morning, 1-2", with a high of 32 and low of 16 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ID Released In Fatal Groton Crash, Police Say (patch.com) — Residents in Groton are learning more about a deadly early-morning crash on Route 12 that claimed the life of 23-year-old local resident Nigel Badal. Police say a patrol officer tried to stop Badal’s speeding car before it struck a steel traffic pole at Kings Highway, and investigators later found a loaded handgun in the vehicle as they continue to seek information from the public.
   

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• Vacation Santa Visits Mystic Aquarium!
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• COLLiS P. HUNTINGTON STATE PARK, Redding, CT. Picnic afterwards.
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• Stories, Music (Nursery Rhymes) and Dancing!
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🗞 Nearby News

New London

• Man, 19, Charged With Risk Of Injury To Minor He Met Online: North Haven Police (patch.com)

Mystic

• Vehicle Goes Into Water, Dramatic Rescue Efforts Captured In Photos: CT News (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m not as sharp as I thought.
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