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• Why investigators traced prostitution profits through Danbury and Bethel hotels

Also on today's calendar: 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.
• Saturday: Clouds and sun; less humid, temps: high: 81, low: 59.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 84 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Second man gets probation in Danbury prostitution case after changing pleas (ctpost.com) — A Danbury man has been sentenced to a suspended prison term and four years of probation for his role in organizing a woman's prostitution in 2021, with hotel stays documented in both Danbury and Bethel. Investigators say bank records and phone data linked the two defendants to arranging paid sex, while the complainant described feeling controlled and unable to refuse clients.
   

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Saturday August 29
• 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize →
  Long Island Sound,
Saturday September 19
• JESSE LEE UMC Semi-Annual Document Shredding Event →
  Jesse Lee United Methodist Church, 25 Flat Rock Rd, Easton
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Friday August 28
• PTO Event: Back to School Night →
  RMT Johnson Elementary School JES-WebEventsCalendar, JES-Calendar
  5:30 pm
Wednesday September 2
• BMS Picture Day
  Bethel Middle School BMS-WebEventsCalendar
  8:15 am
Thursday September 3
• Johnson Open House →
  RMT Johnson Elementary School JES-WebEventsCalendar, JES-Calendar
  5:30 pm
Saturday September 5
• Bethel Holiday Weekend Craft Festival →
  1 School St, Bethel
  10:00 am
Thursday September 10
• Mental Health Acoustic Duo - BIB Bethel →
  B.I.B - Better in Bethel Restaurant, 186 Greenwood Ave, Bethel
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Small Business United: Roots of Our Communities Event →
  47 West St., 47 West St, Danbury
  10:00 am
• Fall Festival →
  Second Company Governor's Horse Guard, 4 Wildlife Dr, Newtown
  11:00 am
Tuesday September 15
• Beginner-Friendly Square Dance Lessons →
  The United Church of Christ Southbury, 283 Main St N, Southbury
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 31
• More America 250th Programs Coming Soon
  Mark Twain Library 439 Redding Road, Redding, CT 06896
• Adult Chess Club (In-Person)
  Mark Twain Library 439 Redding Road, Redding, CT 06896
  6:30 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Redding Board of Education Meeting
  Easton, Redding and Region 9 School Districts Redding, CT 06896
• Creative Collective Discussion Group (Virtual)
  Mark Twain Library 439 Redding Road, Redding, CT 06896
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Danbury

• Downtown Danbury Transformation Brings New Businesses, Streetscape Upgrades and More (i95rock.com)
• ICE agent uses Taser during Danbury arrest, sending man to hospital (ctpost.com)

Newtown

• Rep Mitch Bolinsky — Your First And Last Line Of Defense (newtownbee.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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