Daily Five: Developer Hopes To Build Subdivision

1. Today there is a chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a high near 62, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight, there is a chance of showers, with a low around 54, according to the service.

2. Thursday night, Robert Nauta submitted an application to the Conservation Commission to turn 15 Laurelcrest Drive into a subdivision with five single-family homes. Nauta submitted a larger application which was met by heavy resistance by the neighbors.

3. Congratulations to Waterford resident Benjamin R. Farina who graduated with a masters in business administration this weekend from Quinnipiac University.

4. Tonight at 7 the Planning and Zoning Commission continues its public hearing on a request by Kobyluck Brothers LLC to This should be the last night of the hearing. The Planning and Zoning Commission will then wait for before it makes a decision.

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5. On this date in 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition departed from Illinois. The troop would walk to the Pacific Coast of Washington state and then back to St. Louis.

Quote of the Day

“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!”

-Dr. Seuss

Trivia of the Day

What children’s author wrote James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG?

Friday’s Answer: The name of Jon Hamm’s character in Mad Men is Don Draper.