🌱 How a summer concert series just boosted Pawcatuck’s Neighborhood Center

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In today's newsletter:

• How a summer concert series just boosted Pawcatuck’s Neighborhood Center

Also on today's calendar: Breakfast With Santa (TICKETED EVENT).

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Sunshine mixing with clouds, with a high of 33 and low of 25 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy and not as cold, temps: high: 44, low: 24.
• Thursday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 48 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Stonington Education Fund makes donations to Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center and Music Education (thewesterlysun.com) — A recent donation from the Blue Monday Summer Concert Series is sending $3,537.26 directly to the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center to support its work fighting local food insecurity. The Stonington Education Fund also awarded $9,000 to boost music education in Stonington schools, helping buy instruments and fund private lessons for students while continuing its long-running mission of supporting public education.
   

📸 Around Pawcatuck

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pawcatuck

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• Stonington Human Services Book Discussion
  Stonington Free Library, 20 High St, Stonington
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 21

• Breakfast With Santa (TICKETED EVENT)
  Waffle Pop Sweet Shop , 110 W Broad St , Pawcatuck
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Retirement Board
  Ledyard Calendar , 741 Colonel Ledyard Hwy , Ledyard
  10:00 am
• Agricultural Commission
  Ledyard Calendar , 741 Colonel Ledyard Hwy , Ledyard
  6:00 pm
• Parks, Recreation & Senior Citizens Commission
  Ledyard Calendar , 12 Van Tassel Dr. , Gales Ferry
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Knitting Group
  Stonington Free Library , 20 High St , Stonington
  1:00 pm
• Chess Club for Kids!
  Mystic & Noank Library , 40 Library St , Mystic
  4:30 pm
• The Nightcap Before Christmas
  Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House Museum , 40 Palmer St , Stonington
  5:00 pm
• Finance Committee
  Ledyard Calendar , 741 Colonel Ledyard Hwy , Ledyard
  5:00 pm
• Tri-Chamber Business After Hours - Mystic Aqurium
  Mystic Aquarium , 55 Coogan Blvd , Mystic
  5:30 pm
• Community Relations Committee For Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Organizational Meeting
  Ledyard Calendar , 741 Colonel Ledyard Hwy , Ledyard
  6:15 pm
• Zoning Board of Appeals
  Ledyard Calendar , 741 Colonel Ledyard Hwy , Ledyard
  6:30 pm

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• Werrlein Companies — (860) 785-0125
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Traveling Retail Merchandiser in Ledyard. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Stonington

• H.S. boys' basketball / 2025-26 preview capsules (theday.com)

Mystic

• Affordable Care Act enrollees say expiring subsidies will hit them hard (channel3000.com)

Mashantucket

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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