October 17, 2024

October 17th is the 291st day of the year. There are 75 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Chatham Ringette Association is hosting a Haunted House fundraiser this weekend.

Stop by the Grand East Home Hardware on Friday and Saturday from 7-10 p.m. to visit the haunted house…if you dare!

Minimum $5 donation per person will support the association and players. The haunted house will be open again next weekend as well.

The Kent Historical Society Cemetery Strolls return this weekend. Come out for a guided stroll through the tombstones and learn about some of the lives who have shaped our C-K history.

The strolls are Friday and Saturday this weekend beginning at 7, 8 or 8:30 p.m. both weekends.

Tickets are $25.83 (including the Eventbrite fee) for adults and $14.01 for kids under 12. Go to Eventbritea to secure tickets, they sell out quickly.

The New York Liberty sunk a game winning 3 pointer with a second left to win Game 3 of the WNBA Finals over the Minnesota Lynx.

Chatham’s Bridget Carleton and the Lynx are now one win away from losing the best of 5 series; New Your leads 2-1. Carleton had 14 points and 4 rebounds in the loss.

Game 4 is on Friday. Tip off is at 8 p.m.

Look up tonight to catch a glimpse of the Hunter’s Moon.

The Harvest Moon is the Full Moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox (either before or after). The next Full Moon after that is called the Hunter’s Moon.

This week’s Hunter’s Moon is the closest, biggest, and brightest Full Moon for 2024. That makes it this year’s Perigee Supermoon. According to The Weather Network there are anywhere between two and five supermoons per year. The reason we have supermoons is due to the Moon’s path around Earth. Roughly half of each 28-day orbit, the Moon is slightly closer to Earth, and for the rest, it is slightly farther away. When the timing works out that the Moon is Full when it is either near or at its closest point to the Earth for that particular orbit, we call it a supermoon.

This Full Moon is nearly 16% brighter than the average Full Moon. The best time to see it is when it sets in the west later this morning, or when it is rising again in the east on this evening.

A cool morning, waking up to a Frost Advisory, but sunshine on the way and warmer temperatures for the weekend.

Environment Canada calling for lots of sunshine today with a high of 15C. The sun is here to stay, and it warms up this weekend to a high of 21C on Saturday and Sunday. Sunny skies and low 20’s to start next week, as of right now our next chance of rain, is a slight chance of showers next week on Wednesday.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod