🌱 Patch AM: See how a Bethel rider joined Connecticut’s massive 9/11 memorial ride

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• See how a Bethel rider joined Connecticut's massive 9/11 memorial ride

Also on today's calendar: Mad Hatters Swing Dance Party! and 9 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Humid; a p.m. shower or two, with a high of 78 and low of 67 degrees.
• Tuesday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 82, low: 67.
• Wednesday: Humid with a t-storm or two, with a high of 79 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Photos: 2026 CT United Ride takes over Fairfield County in remembrance of 9/11 (thehour.com) — A Bethel rider, Garett Ceraso, joined hundreds of motorcyclists in Sunday's CT United Ride, marking 25 years since 9/11 with a massive procession across Fairfield County. The annual fundraiser started at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport, briefly paused for a suspicious-bag investigation, then continued on to Seaside Park in Bridgeport to honor fallen Connecticut heroes.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday September 6
• Mad Hatters Swing Dance Party! →
  39 A Mill Plain Rd, Danbury
  6:00 pm
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

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
Tuesday September 8
• Underclassmen Photo Day
  Bethel High School 1 School Street , Bethel, CT 06801
  7:00 am
Wednesday September 9
• BMS Open House →
  Bethel Middle School BMS-WebEventsCalendar
  5:45 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
Saturday September 19
• Sidewalk Sale - September 18th-20th →
  Newbury Place, 41 Oak Tree Rd, Southbury
  9:30 am
Sunday September 20
• 2026 CT Beer Tour for a Cancer-Free Future at Broken Symmetry →
  Broken Symmetry, 5 Depot Pl, Bethel
  12:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Danbury

• Danbury Old Timers Hall of Fame awards banquet to honor 10 in Class of 2026 (newstimes.com)
• Loaded gun found in backpack at Connecticut store after owner left it behind, police say (newstimes.com)
• Border czar Tom Homan fires back after Democrat Chris Murphy claims ICE is 'terrorizing little kids' (foxnews.com)

Newtown

• Runners Take On Hilly Course In Newtown's First Half Marathon (newtownbee.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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