🌱Invasive Spiders Head To East Coast + Haddam Sells Compost Bins

Morning, people of The Haddams-Killingworth! It's me again, Karena Garrity, your host of The Haddams-Killingworth Daily.

First, today's weather:

Heavy rain and a thunderstorm. High: 47 Low: 22.

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

1. Be sure not to miss important area real estate news. Stay up to date on the newest houses to hit the market in the Haddams-Killingworth area. (The Haddams-Killingworth Patch)
2. Looking for a furry friend to call your own? Here is a list of animals in need of being adopted. (The Haddams-Killingworth Patch).
3. In an effort to help area residents become environmental conscious, the town of Haddam is holding a compost bin and rain barrel sale. Orders must be picked up on April 24th. (The Haddams-Killingworth Patch)
4. Brace yourself, creepy crawlies in the form of the invasive Joro spider, which stretches to three inches long as an adult, could soon spread north from Georgia and likely colonize the entire East Coast. Hope you don't have arachnophobia! (Patch)

Today in The Haddams-Killingworth:

• Saturday Storytime on Zoom - Killingworth Library (10:00 AM)
• St. James Episcopal Church Corned Beef Dinner (5:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Haddam Historical Society: Haddam Neck in Pictures. Sunday, March 27 at 3 pm at the Haddam Neck Congregational Church.(Facebook)
• Haddam-Killingworth Parks and Recreation: Registration for HK RecCare: April Vacation Camp is open! (Facebook)

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• Oddfellows Junior Rep Company Presents: Alice in Wonderland! (March 17)
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— Karena Garrity

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.