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• How a Wethersfield woman’s grass bonnets wowed London and first ladies

Also on today's calendar: Hartford Community Dance 2nd-Saturday Contra Dance and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: After dinner, my parents asked if I could clear the table. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 46 and low of 26 degrees.
• Friday: Occasional afternoon rain, temps: high: 46, low: 42.
• Saturday: Cloudy with afternoon rain, with a high of 45 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wethersfield woman's bonnet business made her an early female entrepreneur (wfsb.com) — Wethersfield readers can discover how hometown innovator Sophia Woodhouse turned local meadow grass into fashionable bonnets that gained international attention and even adorned first ladies. This historical profile traces her 1800s Main Street roots, her patent, and the cottage industry she built with her sisters, spotlighting one of the area’s earliest recognized female entrepreneurs.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wethersfield

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday January 13

• Legal Notice: Glastonbury Republican Town Caucus
  80 Woodland St, Glastonbury
  5:30 pm

Friday January 9

• Wethersfield Eagles vs Rham Sachems
  Wethersfield High School, 411 Wolcott Hill Rd, Wethersfield
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday January 9

• LORD OF THE FLIES Performance
  Hall High School Blackbox
  7:00 pm
• Comedy Night at Brew Ha Ha at River
  River: A Waterfront Restaurant and Bar , 100 Great Meadow Rd , Wethersfield
  8:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Mindfulness Meditation Share
  The Blackbird House , 147 Main St , Wethersfield
  9:00 am
• Saturday Youth Drawing and Painting (10am session)
  Wethersfield Academy , 431 Hartford Ave , Wethersfield
  10:00 am
• Ms. Rae’s School of Magic for Young Witches and Wizards
  The Blackbird House , 147 Main St , Wethersfield
  12:00 pm
• LORD OF THE FLIES Performance
  Hall High School Blackbox
  7:00 pm
• Hartford Community Dance 2nd-Saturday Contra Dance
  Temple Beth Torah , 130 Main St , Wethersfield
  7:00 pm

Sunday January 11

• Usui Reiki Level 2 Training
  The Blackbird House , 147 Main St , Wethersfield
  9:30 am

Sunday January 18

• New World Trio "Treasured Trios"
  Saint John’s Episcopal Church , 679 Farmington Ave , West Hartford
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday January 8

• Chair Yoga Series
  Newington, CT Calendar Newington, CT 06111
  1:00 pm
• Trade/Shop Selection Night
  A. I. Prince Technical High School Hartford, CT 06106
  5:00 pm
• South Windsor at Rocky Hill
  Rocky Hill High School , 50 Chapin Ave , Rocky Hill
  5:15 pm
• Human Rights Commission Regular Meeting
  Town Hall Conference Rm 201A , 200 Garfield Street , Newington
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Lilly is missing!
  Her family and two sisters miss her. Please help us find her. (Nextdoor Highcrest)
• Happy Birthday to Zora Neale Hurston.
  Author of Their Eyes were watching God and a founding member of the Harlem Renaissance. (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)

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Rocky Hill

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Newington

• Access Health CT urges residents to enroll as deadline extended (nbcconnecticut.com)
• Man accused of deadly Christmas Day hit-and-run in Hartford turns himself in (fox61.com)
• Convicted Guatemalan sentenced for returning to US, trying to have sex with teen in Connecticut (fox61.com)

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