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Daily Five: Portland Library Hosts a Trip Down Memory Lane
Also, Friday Night Fish Fries in East Hampton.
- Author and Vernon resident G. Elmer Munson will read from and sign copies of his book “Stripped,” at Books & Boos, 514 Westchester Road, Colchester, on Saturday, March 9, from 2 - 4 pm.
- There’s been a recall on two brands of Bumble Bee tuna.
- The East Hampton Knights of Columbus are hosting Friday Night Fish Fries every Friday night through Lent. The dinners are held at 4:30 p.m. in the St. Patrick Church Community Center on North Maple St. The cost of the meals is: $9 for shrimp, $8 for clam strips, $7.50 for fish and $3 for kids meals, $3. Take out available.
- The Oneida Holistic Health Center in Marlborough will host a program on the dangers of modern-day marijuana on March 23, from 1-2 p.m. The program is free and intended to inform parents on the changing world of marijuana.
- The Portland Public Library in conjunction with the Connecticut Historical Society, will host the program “From Hula Hoops to High Fashion: G. Fox in the 1950s,” on Saturday March 23, at 11 a.m. Elizabeth Abbe, director of public outreach at CHS, will lead you down memory lane with a look at Connecticut’s favorite department store. She will take you back, floor by floor, to the days when G. Fox was the largest privately-owned department store in the U.S.
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