🌱The Goodspeed's Festival Of New Musicals + Helping The Ukraine

Good morning, The Haddams-Killingworth! Let's get you started this Wednesday with everything you need to know going on in town today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 59 Low: 39.

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

1. This weekend is a theater fanatic's dream. The Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals is back March 18 to 20 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam. It will feature staged readings of new musicals-in-progress, talks with theater producers and historians, seminars on new trends, and late night “festival cabaret” concerts at the Gelston House. Don't miss it! (Hartford Courant)
2. Governor Ned Lamont announced that his administration has received notification from the U.S. Children's Bureau that the Family First Prevention Plan submitted by the State of Connecticut has been approved. This legislation allows families greater access to mental health services, substance use treatment, and in-home skill-based parenting supports intended to stabilize families and keep them safely together. (Patch)
3. One man's mission to help Ukrainians. Jerry Gil, a former Old Saybrook firefighter, EMT and Army veteran is organizing a humanitarian trip to Ukraine to help the refugees. "My goal is not to go over there and fight Russians — my goal is to bring help in any capacity that I can," Gil said. (Middletown Press)

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Today in The Haddams-Killingworth:

From my notebook:

• East Haddam Park and Recreation: Summer Camp Schedule 2022. Registration for all camps opens April 1.(Facebook)
• Haddam Volunteer Fire Company: Members of the Haddam Volunteer Fire Company Auxiliary will hold their annual Easter Flower Sale on Friday, April 15. (Facebook)

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