🌱 How a Willimantic dance party helped neighbors facing homelessness
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In today's newsletter:
- How a Willimantic dance party helped neighbors facing homelessness
Also on today's calendar: Plainfield Varsity Baseball @ Windham and 2 more events.
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Today's riddle: How do billboards talk ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Cloudy and cooler with mist, with a high of 45 and low of 38 degrees.
- Friday: Misty in the morning, temps: high: 63, low: 53.
- Saturday: A few afternoon showers, with a high of 74 and low of 46 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Eastern Connecticut State hosts Dance-A-Thon for Project HOPE (wtnh.com) — Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic just hosted a lively Dance-A-Thon to raise diversion funds for Project HOPE, which fights homelessness across eastern Connecticut. Students and community members line danced, took lessons, and filled the dance floor to help cover security deposits, IDs, and other essentials that move shelter guests into stable housing. 
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★ Featured events ★
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Make Your Own Plant Pot Pottery Workshop
Black Pond Brews, 1001 Hartford Pike, Dayville
6:00 pm
Friday April 3
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Other local events
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Plainfield Varsity Baseball @ Windham
Windham High School , 355 High St , Willimantic
12:00 pm -
The Kingpins Blues Band: Spring Dance Social!
The River Room , 50 Riverside Dr , Willimantic
7:30 pm -
Cane Fitness and Self Defense Class
Windham, CT Calendar , 1 Jillson Square , Willimantic
11:00 am -
Town Council-Working Session
Windham, CT Calendar Windham, CT 06226
7:00 pm
Saturday April 4
Friday April 10
Tuesday April 14
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🗓 Events Nearby
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AARP Tax Preparation
Mansfield, CT Calendar , 303 Maple RoadStorrs , Mansfield
9:00 am -
Bridge
Mansfield, CT Calendar , 303 Maple RoadStorrs , Mansfield
11:15 am -
FoodShare: Mobile Food Pantry
Mansfield, CT Calendar , 303 Maple RoadStorrs , Mansfield
11:30 am -
CANCELLED - MSC Chorus Practice
Mansfield, CT Calendar , 303 Maple RoadStorrs , Mansfield
1:00 pm -
Jewelry Group
Mansfield, CT Calendar , 303 Maple RoadStorrs , Mansfield
1:00 pm -
Virtual Author Talk with Smithsonian Curator Emerita Valerie Neal
Mansfield, CT Calendar , Storrs- , Mansfield
2:00 pm -
Teale Lecture: Bill McKibben (Founder of ’350.org’ and of ‘Third Act’)
The Dodd Center for Human Rights , 405 Babbidge Rd Unit 1205 , Storrs
4:00 pm
Thursday April 2
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Fire Danger for New London County, including the Town of Montville, for today, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, is MODERATE.
Burn Permits are valid at this time. For further information on Burn Permits, for those within The Town of Montville, may be found at:… (Nextdoor ) - There is road construction on I-395 S reported on...
There is road construction on I-395 S reported on Mar 19, 2026. "Guard rail repairs on I-395 southbound between Exit 53 - Wilsonville Road … (Nextdoor )
- Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Customer Service Rep(04060) - 241 Valley St in Willimantic. Apply here.
- Eastern Connecticut State University posted a job opening for Assistant Coach Women's Lacrosse in Windham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Willimantic here.
🗞 Nearby News
Windham
- Watch Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini Put Cross-Cultural Spin On Beatles Classic (jambase.com)
Mansfield
- Latest Connecticut DEEP State Of The Bears Report Is Out ... See Where Mansfield Ranks For Sightings (patch.com)
Storrs
- Donovan Clingan has quietly emerged as one of the NBA's top defensive forces (hoopshype.com)
- Above All Else, Join HuskyTHON: My First And Last Dance Marathon At UConn (hercampus.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Sign language! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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