🌱Museum Makeover In Haddam + Midtown Easter Exhibit Opens

Get on up, The Haddams-Killingworth! It's Friday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Today is going to be partly sunny with a high of 71 degrees and a low of 46 degrees. Enjoy!

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

1. The Haddam Historical Society has announced that it has been selected for a Museum Makeover! Museum Makeover is a program of Conservation ConneCTion and is supported through a partnership with the Connecticut League of History Organizations. The program is funded by a grant from the CT Cultural Fund.(Facebook)
2. Four new houses are on the market in the Haddams-Killingworth area. Are you looking to move? (The Haddams-Killingworth Patch)
3. These pets are in need of being adopted in The Haddams-Killingworth area. Are you looking for a new friend? (The Haddams-Killingworth Patch)
4. Ursel's Web in Middletown is hosting an opening reception for the 12th annual Easter exhibit. The reception is today from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. According to a press release the show includes old favorites, as well as many new items, including hand-painted wooden bunnies and “darling” wooden Stupsi (“cute-nose”) rabbits, wooden eggs and boxes hand-painted by local artist Mary Geary, hand-painted eggs from Austria and Poland, German glass chickens, hand-painted glass from Austria, and egg-shaped wooden kaleidoscopes by local artist Ed Goodrich. (New Haven Register)

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Today in The Haddams-Killingworth:

From my notebook:

• HK High School Sunshine Fund: Easter Egg Hunt Fundraiser for the Webster Family. (Facebook)
• Killingworth Library Association: The library now offers passes to the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center in Mystic! One pass admits up to five people for free.(Facebook)

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