🌱 Patch AM: Which winter-brightening Brainerd Library event will you sign up for?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which winter-brightening Brainerd Library event will you sign up for?

Also on today's calendar: OPEN HOUSE at Privé-Swiss Medspa & Fitness and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: I am on a seafood diet. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 45 and low of 27 degrees.
• Monday: Breezy in the a.m.; sunshine, temps: high: 38, low: 27.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 43 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Brighten Your Winter Days at Brainerd Library (hk-now.com) — Haddam residents can shake off the winter blues with a full slate of hands-on programs at Brainerd Memorial Library on Saybrook Road, all starting later this month. From squeegee art and woodcarving to hot chocolate making, James Joyce analysis, and an elephant behavior talk, the library is offering free, fully supplied activities that just require advance registration.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Haddam

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday January 15

• OPEN HOUSE at Privé-Swiss Medspa & Fitness
  Main Street, Main St, Essex
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday January 14

• Tri-M Music Recital
  East Hampton High School East Hampton, CT 06424
  6:30 pm
• HK Project Graduation Meeting
  Haddam-Killingworth High School , 95 Little City Rd , Haddam
  7:00 pm

Tuesday January 20

• Middlesex Hospital Vocal Chords Seek New Members
  St Francis of Assisi Church, Msgr Fox Hall10 Elm St, Middletown, CT, 06457
  6:30 pm

Tuesday January 27

• Sustainability
  21 Field Park Dr , Haddam
  11:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday January 11

• Herbal Gardening: Design & Plan Your Garden from Seed to Tea
  Fire Ring Farm LLC , 247 Middle Haddam Rd , Portland
  10:00 am
• Mindful Painting in Middletown
  CNTR , In the Trolley Barn , 725 Main St Unit 31 , Middletown
  11:15 am
• Griswold 8G vs. Clinton 8G
  The Morgan School , 71 Killingworth Turnpike , Clinton
  12:00 pm
• Marlborough 5G vs. Coginchaug 5G
  Frank Ward Strong School , 191 Main St , Durham
  3:30 pm
• Mixtape Match at 1741 Pub & Grill
  1741 Pub and Grill , 72 Lyman Rd , Middlefield
  6:00 pm

Monday January 12

• Capital Improvement Program Committee Meeting
  Madison, CT Calendar
  5:30 pm
• Public Info Session- Sidewalk and Crosswalk Improvements
  Madison, CT Calendar , 8 Campus Drive , Madison
  5:30 pm
• Anti-Racism Task Force
  Middletown, CT Calendar Middletown, CT 06457
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CoWorx Staffing Services posted a job opening for Production Associate in Chester. Apply here.
• SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Traveling Retail Merchandiser in East Haddam. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Haddam here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Haddam

• Wellness In 2026: Where To Sweat, Stretch & Recharge In Durham (patch.com)
• No. 24 SMU Falls at No. 6 Duke, 82-75, Without Miller (smumustangs.com)

Middletown

• Small earthquake felt in Connecticut town known for 'Moodus noises' (nhregister.com)

Portland

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I see food and I eat it.
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