🌱 LIVE WEBINAR: Building Your Child's Independence: Executive Function Coaching at Home and at School and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Attawalpa & Friends at Cornwall Music Bowl at Cornwall Market
• LIVE WEBINAR: Building Your Child's Independence: Executive Function Coaching at Home and at School
• Before School Program for K-5

... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 72 and low of 61 degrees.
• Friday: An afternoon shower possible, temps: high: 81, low: 52.
• Saturday: Sunshine and cooler, with a high of 66 and low of 45 degrees.

📸 Around Bantam

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bantam

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Attawalpa & Friends at Cornwall Music Bowl →
  Cornwall Market, 25 Kent Rd S, Cornwall
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday October 1
• LIVE WEBINAR: Building Your Child's Independence: Executive Function Coaching at Home and at School →
  7:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Before School Program for K-5 →
  80 Doyle Road, Bantam
  7:15 am
Saturday October 3
• Essentrics Drop In Option →
  80 Doyle Road, Bantam
  8:30 am
Wednesday October 14
• Board of Burgesses Meeting →
  Bantam Borough Hall, Bantam
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• The Travel Club @ LCC →
  Litchfield Community Center, Litchfield
  10:00 am
• Preschool Story Time at OWL →
  Litchfield CT
  10:30 am
• Meet the Author: Marc Brackett →
  Litchfield CT
  6:30 pm
• Step Aerobics! →
  James Morris School Gymnasium, 10 East Street, Morris
  6:30 pm
Friday October 2
• LITCHFIELD TOWN BEACH PARKING PERMITS FOR RESIDENTS ONLY - FY2026/2027 NON-RESIDENT BEACH PERMIT ONE DAY PASS →
  244 North Shore Road, Litchfield
  5:00 am
• LITCHFIELD TOWN BEACH PARKING PERMITS FOR RESIDENTS ONLY - FY2026/2027 LITCHFIELD RESIDENT BEACH PERMIT →
  244 North Shore Road, Litchfield
  5:00 am
• AI in Education: Fall 2026 Conference →
  355 Goshen Road, Litchfield
  9:30 am
• CJR Farm Market Open to Public →
  550 Goshen Road, Litchfield
  2:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Oak St. Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Litchfield. Apply here.
• Ace Hardware posted a job opening for Retail Cashier in Bethlehem. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bantam here.

🗞 Nearby News

Litchfield

• Drive into Litchfield, Connecticut and watch 1830 stare right back at you (wheninyourstate.com)
• State police conclude investigation into 3 skeletal remains found in Burlington home (nbcconnecticut.com)
• Carlos Perez Takes Over Good News in Woodbury (litchfieldmagazine.com)

Bethlehem

• You Could Easily Lose Three Hours Inside This Enormous Connecticut Flea Market (newsbreak.com)

Naugatuck

• Naugatuck Educator Named New Director Of Early Childhood Center: District (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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