Sunny Thursday, WL Fire Department's Annual Memorial Service, EW Annual Veterans Day 5K Race

1. Hi Thursday, today it will be sunny with a high temperature of 67 degrees, so sayeth The Weather Channel. Tonight will have a 40 percent chance or rain late and a low temperature of  54 degrees.

2. On This Day in: 1842, Samuel Finley Breese Morse laid his first telegraph cable; 1873, the first rules for intercollegiate football were drawn up by representatives from Rutgers, Yale, Columbia and Princeton Universities; 1898, the American flag was raised in Puerto Rico only one year after the Caribbean nation won its independence from Spain; 1950, Connie Mack announced that he was going to retire after 50 seasons as the manager of the Philadelphia Athletics; and 1977,  Reggie Jackson tied Babe Ruth's record for hitting three homeruns in a single World Series game. Jackson was only the second player to achieve this.

3. The East Windsor Board of Selectmen canceled its Nov. 6 meeting because of the election that day. One of the polling places is located in the room which the board meets.

4. The Windsor Locks Fire Department’s annual memorial services will be held at 3:45 p.m. October 27. Mass will be at 4:30 p.m. at St. Roberts Church.

Dinner and refreshments will be served immediately following church services at the firehouse.

5. The 13th Annual East Windsor Veterans Day 5K Road Race will take place at 10 a.m. on November 10. Here is a link to more information.