🌱Gillette Castle Sign Restored + New Way To Treat Cancer In CT

Hello, people of The Haddams-Killingworth! Karena Garrity here with your brand-new issue of the The Haddams-Killingworth Daily.

First, today's weather:

A t-storm in the afternoon. High: 77 Low: 51.

Here are the top three stories in The Haddams-Killingworth today:

1. Yale-New Haven Health System and Hartford HealthCare have teamed up to found the Connecticut Proton Therapy Center, a 25,000-square-foot facility set to open at 932 Northrop Road, Wallingford, in 2025. The cutting-edge center will use an advanced form of radiation to treat cancer patients. Proton therapy can treat tumors in the brain and central nervous system, eye, gastrointestinal tract, head and neck, liver, lung, prostate, spine and breast.(Patch)
2. Here's your weekly roundup of homes fresh on the market in The Haddams-Killingworth area. Are you looking to move? (Patch)
3. Paying homage to actor William Gillette, the Gillette Castle sign has been lovingly restored by the supporters of Gillette Castle State Park along with artist Lauren Schillawski. Now, the sign once again hangs prominently on the property of the historic fieldstone mansion. (lymeline.com)

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Today in The Haddams-Killingworth:

• Love2Sign with Jaye - Killingworth Library (10:45 AM)

From my notebook:

• Killingworth Library Association: "Hey, kids: interested in learning to code? The Killingworth Library is excited to offer an introductory coding class, recommended for ages 8-13! In this class, students will learn a variety of computer science concepts and will use Scrat..." (Facebook)
• East Haddam Land Trust: "Trail Work, Saturday, April 16, 9:30 am Join our celebrations leading to Earth Day by helping our Stewardship team with fence installation at the AP Gates parking area of our Miller Farm Preserve. Work involves placing cedar fence posts ..." (Facebook)
• Cheryl Defilippo, Neighbor: "Yard sale-April 30, 9am-3pm, 15 Jennifer Lane Killingworth. Household items, furniture, some small antiques. No early birds or dealers, please." (Patch)

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About me: I am a native of Connecticut, who currently resides in the Tri-Town community of Chester, Deep River and Essex. I have been a community reporter for the better part of the past 20 years. I love my small town community and I am honored to be a part of Patch.com. You can reach me at; karena.garrity@patch.com.