Daily Five: Sewer System To Replace Failing Septic Tanks

1. Today showers and thunderstorms are possible after noon, and it should be cloudy all day, with a high of 74, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight, the rain should stop, and the temperature will drop down to 61, according to the service.

2. Tonight, the planning and zoning commission discusses the utility commission’s request to put a pump station at 45 Benham Avenue. Currently, the area has no city sewer and “90 percent of the septic tanks in that area are failing,” First Selectman Dan Steward said.

Residents with existing septic tanks will have to tie into the new system and will pay for the new system through a benefit assessment. The town will put a lien on the properties until the assessment, which will cost several thousand dollars, is paid.

3. Also tonight, you can meet author Jonathan Safran Foer at Fitch High School at 5 p.m. Foer wrote “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” a fantastic novel.

Just a heads up for those who enjoy Sunset Ribs: The bar will be open until Columbus Day. And the patio does have propane heating tanks, for those worried about getting cold.

4. Tonight, the ad-hoc animal control shelter study committee meets to discuss sending its design for a new animal shelter out to bid. The shelter is expected to cost around $500,000; although once the bid goes out, a true price will be found.

5. On this date in 1983, a Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford is robbed of $7 million by the Puerto Rican gang Los Macheteros. And on this date in 2005, Hong Kong Disneyland opens in Penny’s Bay, Lantau Island.

Quote of the Day

“If there’s one pitch you keep swinging at and missing, stop swinging at it.”

-Yogi Berra

Trivia of the Day

Which three states tie for the most with Miss America winners, with six each?

Yesterday’s Answer: If you lived on Douglas Lane, your children would go to Quaker Hill Elementary School.