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🌱 How Manchester finally got justice in a 39-year-old murder case

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Hi Manchester! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Manchester finally got justice in a 39-year-old murder case
  • How Manchester teens can help build a real airplane in Bennington
  • How a Manchester couple got caught in a $500,000 van scam

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Breezy with a snow shower, with a high of 28 and low of 8 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Friday: Cold with clouds and sun, temps: high: 23, low: 15.
  • Saturday: A little snow in the p.m., with a high of 27 and low of 14 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man pleads guilty to 1986 killing of Manchester's Sarah Hunter (ctpublic.org) — A decades-old Manchester tragedy has reached closure as David Morrison received life in prison for the 1986 killing of local golf pro Sarah Hunter, who worked at Manchester Country Club. Local prosecutors and investigators, including lifelong Manchester resident State’s Attorney Erica Marthage, described how renewed investigative work and a prison interview finally secured Morrison’s confession and conviction nearly 40 years later.
   

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• Teens in Southwest Vermont Are Building an Airplane (sevendaysvt.com) — Manchester-area teens can join a unique Southwest Tech program where students are helping build a real two-seat airplane in a Bennington workshop. Led by longtime southern Vermont resident and aerospace engineer Jim Sharkey, the hands-on project teaches skills like metal fabrication, blueprint reading, and documentation, and is open to any student from the Bennington–Manchester catchment area.
   

• Bradford Man's Camper Van Biz Was a Fraud, Feds Say (sevendaysvt.com) — A Manchester couple are among several customers who say they lost tens of thousands of dollars to a Bradford-based camper van conversion business now at the center of a federal wire fraud case. Prosecutors allege the owner misused nearly $500,000 from clients across several states, some of whom had to retrieve unfinished vans and pay others to complete their builds.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • McDonald's posted a job opening for Day Time & Closing Crew Member with Competitive Wage! in Manchester. Apply here.
  • Kimpton Hotels posted a job opening for Banquet Bartender (On-Call) in Manchester. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Manchester here.

🗞 Nearby News

Arlington

  • Arlington, Rupert libraries host cabinet members during 'Capital for a Day' (benningtonbanner.com)
  • After series of price cuts, Alec Baldwin's Amagansett home relisted with markup (therealdeal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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