Daily Five: The Manassa Mauler

1. Less humidity today and a high temperature of 77 degrees for a partly cloudy day. Sunrise is 5:18 a.m., sunset is 8:15 p.m.

2. holds its annual meeting tonight at 5:30 p.m. at . Stop in to find out more about the organization’s accomplishments in the past year, its outstanding members and volunteers, and its plans for the future.

3. The Friends of Fort Trumbull hold their tonight at ’s conference center. This month’s speaker is Sharon Smith, author of Connecticut’s Civil War. The meeting starts at 7 p.m.

4. Each Thursday we feature a video on a scene from New London posted on YouTube. will be up on the site at 5 p.m.

5. “The Manassa Mauler” died on this day in 1983. Jack Dempsey, who was the world heavyweight boxing champion between 1919 and 1926, was 87 years old.

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