🌱HK Youth & Family Services Gets New Exec Director + Free Haircuts

Good morning, everybody! It's Wednesday in The Haddams-Killingworth and I'm back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening locally.

Now, today's weather:

Mainly cloudy and not as warm. High: 82 Low: 69.

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

1. Need a haircut? You are in luck! The Youth and Family Services of Haddam-Killingworth will be holding the Fourth Annual Free Haircut event on Sunday August 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Haddam Volunteer Fire Department on Saybrook Road. Students in K-12 are welcome! Hope to see you there! (Youth and Family Services of Haddam-Killingworth via Facebook)
2. It has been announced that Tyree Hughey has been named the new executive director of the Haddam-Killingworth Youth and Family Services. "Hughey's official start date was August 8. He grew up locally and played football at Xavier High School and at Villanova University, where he earned his BS in health services before returning to Connecticut and earning his master’s in social work from the University of Connecticut. One of his first official roles as executive director will be to help the Board hire a new prevention coordinator and clinical coordinator, "according to an HK Now article. (HK Now)
3. More than 1,700 of Connecticut's hospitality sector businesses can expect to receive their cut of $30 million in COVID-19 relief grants beginning this week. According to a Patch article written by Rich Kirby, "restaurants, hotels, entertainment venues, breweries, wineries, travel services, transportation services and other such businesses can anticipate receiving checks ranging in amounts from $7,500 to $49,999. The funding is part of the Connecticut Hospitality Industry Support Program, sourced through the federal government's American Rescue Plan Act." (Patch)

From my notebook:

• Goodspeed Musicals: "Just in case you needed more convincing that Anne of Green Gables is a certified hit... Get those tickets while you still can! https://bit.ly/3SC6moU Now playing through Sept 4." (Goodspeed Musicals via Facebook)
• Killingworth Library: Tweens And Teens – It's Time To Talk About Books (Press Release Desk)
• Killingworth Library: There's Still Time To Participate In Our Model Boat Races (Press Release Desk)

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— Karena Garrity

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