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🌱 Patch AM: How Ledyard athletes quietly turned 2025 into a championship year

And check out Mental Health Collaboration Series on the Ledyard Patch calendar

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Good morning to you Ledyard! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Ledyard athletes quietly turned 2025 into a championship year

Also on today's calendar: Mental Health Collaboration Series.

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Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Ledyardfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Thursday: A morning flurry; breezy, with a high of 33 and low of 11 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, brisk and cold, temps: high: 24, low: 11.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 29 and low of 17 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The Day's Top 10 local sports stories (theday.com) — Ledyard athletes had a standout year, with the boys’ cross country team winning a state title and wrestler Lukas Boxley capturing a New England championship. A new Ledyard/St. Bernard gymnastics co-op also debuted with ECC and Class M state crowns, while neighboring schools across eastern Connecticut piled up championships in track, volleyball, basketball, rowing, and more.
   


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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • The left lane on 67th Ave Northbound at Union Hills Dr. has been reopened.
    7:02AM on Dec 31: Northbound 67th Avenue at Union Hills Drive is closed due to a crash. (Nextdoor )
  • Emprise Corporation posted a job opening for Bookkeeper in Ledyard. Apply here.
  • Hersha Hospitality Management, LP posted a job opening for Night Auditor in Mystic. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ledyard here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mystic

  • The ‘Stranger Things' finale is out tonight. Here's how fans can watch it in Connecticut theaters (milfordmirror.com)
  • Andrea Amelia Joy (November 10, 1943-December 29, 2025) (newtownbee.com)

Groton

  • In the LymeLight: A Legal Victory and a Scholar-Athlete (lymeline.com)
  • Kick off 2026 on a healthy note in CT with New Year's Day guided hikes or walks. Here's where to go (courant.com)

Norwich


Ok Ledyard! 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 just heard a golfer say he had four strokes on the first hole!
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