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Daily Five: Meterors, Back-To-School, and Gone Fishin'

Drumroll, please! Your daily Five, Montville!

 

1. Ugh. Super duper high humidity, steamy, sticky. Delightful, if you enjoy dripping perspiration. On the bright side, we may see some sorely needed rain. But with just a 30 percent chance, don’t count on it. 

 

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2. You need to know this today so you can plan ahead. If you have kids, this sounds awesome. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is hosting the No Child Left Inside® Summer Festival on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fort Trumbull State Park. So what’s so cool? It’s a day for families to get together and fish! The DEEP festival activities include fishing from the pier (poles & bait provided), crabbing, fish catching tactics, fish and bait matching game, fish ID checklist and awesome Lobster Pot Maze and a touch tank. Instructors and fisheries biologists will be on hand to assist and answer questions about marine fishing. Such a cool Saturday activity for families!  

3. The Montville Senior & Social Services backpack program is under way. There are scores of Montville kids in need so if you can spare a few bucks to pick up notebooks, pencils, folders, or maybe even spring for a backpack. Reach out to the amazingly kind and compassionate Robin Washington at the social services building or give a call at 860-848-8820.

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4. Monday begins the week. Clothing and shoe purchase under $300 are free of state tax all next week. We’ll remind you again Monday.

5. Here’s a great website to learn everything you ever wanted to know – simplified – about meteors. Saturday night Perseids meteors will be upon us and since the moon will be but a sliver, supposedly we’ll see quite the show. I make no promises, but do check out Star Date. Way cool.  

 

 


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