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🌱 How Thompson Speedway’s 2025 champion is shaking up his 2026 plans
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In today's newsletter:
- How Thompson Speedway’s 2025 champion is shaking up his 2026 plans
Also on today's calendar: Grinch Paint Night! - $25 and 2 more events.
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Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Windy; a p.m. snow shower, with a high of 32 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Friday: Cold; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 31, low: 22.
- Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 33 and low of 23 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Stepping Up: Nickolas Hovey Mapping Out Unique And Varied Racing Plan For 2026 Season (racedayct.com) — A standout 2025 season at Thompson Speedway, where Nickolas Hovey dominated SK Light Modified races and captured the division title, is helping launch his next step up the racing ladder. The 19-year-old Chaplin driver is planning a 2026 schedule that mixes SK Modified starts, select SK Light events, and a full Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series run. 
📸 Around Thompson
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Thompson
★ Featured events ★
- Holiday Crafting Event - Decorate a Top Hat Tree Topper, Centerpiece or Wear it! or Ugly Headbands!
4 G's Restaurant & Pizza, 305 Hartford Pike, Killingly
5:30 pm - Midget Mayhem Mini-Wrestling Event - Putnam CT 18+
Montana Nights Axe Throwing- Putnam, 50 Providence Pike, Putnam
9:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
Friday December 12
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Other local events
- Grinch Paint Night! - $25
Montana Nights Axe Throwing- Putnam , 50 Providence Pike , Putnam
6:30 pm - Annual Family Holiday Pops
Mechanics Hall , 321 Main St , Worcester
4:00 pm - Annual Family Holiday Pops
Mechanics Hall , 321 Main St , Worcester
4:00 pm
Thursday December 18
Saturday December 20
Sunday December 21
📣 Thompson Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- TMS & TMHS Winter Concert (Snow Date)
Tourtellotte Memorial High School North Grosvenordale, CT 06255
6:00 pm - Westbrook Boys Varsity Basketball @ Putnam
Putnam High School , 152 Woodstock Ave , Putnam
4:00 pm - Steve Allain - Grill 37
Grill 37 , 37 Putnam Rd , Pomfret Center
5:30 pm - A Christmas Carol Musical: Ebenezer
The Bradley Playhouse , 30 Front St , Putnam
7:30 pm - Roseland Park Christmas Run
Roseland Park , 205 Roseland Park Rd , Woodstock
9:00 am - Ebenezer: A Musical Christmas Carol
The Bradley Playhouse , 30 Front St , Putnam
7:30 pm - TMHS Boys Varsity Basketball @ Putnam
Putnam High School , 152 Woodstock Ave , Putnam
7:00 pm - Holiday Dazzle Light Parade
Downtown Putnam CT , Front St , Putnam
5:00 pm
Thursday December 11
Friday December 12
Saturday December 13
Friday December 19
Tuesday December 30
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I have a bunch of t-shirts that I'd like to have made into a quilt.
Does anyone around here do that? I've looked on etsy. Not my favorite place to shop. (Nextdoor East Thompson Rd)
- Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Team Member in Putnam. Apply here.
- Putnam Public Schools posted a job opening for Assistant Coach for Wrestling in Putnam. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Thompson here.
🗞 Nearby News
Putnam
- Bound by Faith: Inspiring Reads— Make Them Yours (norwichdiocese.org)
- Understanding Hospital Safety Ratings In Connecticut For Fall 2025 (i95rock.com)
- A billion-dollar plan to bolster rural health in CT (ctmirror.org)
Woodstock
- High school football state championship game moved from Coast Guard Academy (courant.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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