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🌱 Patch AM: Bethel Stabbing Elderly Victim ‘Lucky’ To Survive, Judge Says: Report

Also, don’t miss 29th Annual Frog Frolic Festival on the Bethel Patch calendar

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  • Judge says Bethel deli stabbing victim was lucky to survive

Also on today's calendar: 29th Annual Frog Frolic Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What dries when it gets wet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: An a.m. shower; mostly cloudy, with a high of 58 and low of 35 degrees.
  • Sunday: Breezy with clouds and sun, temps: high: 56, low: 39.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bethel Stabbing Elderly Victim ‘Lucky’ To Survive, Judge Says: Report (patch.com) — Bethel residents are learning more about a recent stabbing at a local deli, where an elderly man was attacked multiple times, including in the neck. A judge said the victim was lucky to survive, while prosecutors called the assault unprovoked and the suspect remains jailed on a $500,000 bond after pleading not guilty.    

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