🌱 Patch AM: How Bethel’s junior-heavy Wildcats dominated Bassick to open their season

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• How Bethel's junior-heavy Wildcats dominated Bassick to open their season

Also on today's calendar: PROTECTING THE VOTE and CIVIL RIGHTS : Meet ACLU featured speaker at HFFC's September event and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the fish say when she hit a wall? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 74 and low of 45 degrees.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 70, low: 53.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 79 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bethel football opens season with win over Bassick in Bridgeport program's SWC debut (newstimes.com) — Bethel High's football team kicked off its season with a dominant 34-14 win over Bassick in Bridgeport, showcasing a now-experienced junior-heavy lineup. Standout freshman Khalil Hunt scored twice, including a pick-six, and junior quarterback Thomas Bornn added both rushing and passing touchdowns. Bethel now turns its focus to hosting East Haven next Friday night.
   

📸 Around Bethel

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bethel

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★ Featured events ★

Monday September 14
• PROTECTING THE VOTE and CIVIL RIGHTS : Meet ACLU featured speaker at HFFC's September event →
  Wilton Quaker Meeting, 317 New Canaan Rd, Wilton
  6:15 pm
• Free College Admissions & Financial Aid Workshop →
  189 Greenwood Ave, Bethel
  6:15 pm
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
• JESSE LEE UMC Semi-Annual Document Shredding Event →
  Jesse Lee United Methodist Church, 25 Flat Rock Rd, Easton
  9:00 am
• Sidewalk Sale - September 18th-20th →
  Newbury Place, 41 Oak Tree Rd, Southbury
  9:30 am
Wednesday September 23
• Music on the Hill - Kids After School Programs Open for Registration! →
  Music on the Hill, 9 Brookside Rd, Redding, CT, 06896,
  4:15 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 15
• The Business You Meant To Build Workshop →
  Greenwood Features, 269 Greenwood Ave, Bethel
  4:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Bark in the Park: In Memory of Tyler →
  Bennett Memorial Park, 14 Shelter Rock Rd, Bethel
  9:00 am
• Chicken/Eggplant Parm Dinner →
  St Thomas Episcopal Church, 95 Greenwood Ave, Bethel
  5:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• 2026 CT Beer Tour for a Cancer-Free Future at Broken Symmetry →
  Broken Symmetry, 5 Depot Pl, Bethel
  12:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
• Beginner-Friendly Square Dance Lessons →
  The United Church of Christ Southbury, 283 Main St N, Southbury
  7:30 pm
Friday September 25
• Friends & Family FREE Introductory Ballroom & Latin Classes →
  Vitti's Dance Studio, 10 Precision Rd, Danbury
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• Oktoberfest →
  Sacred Heart And Saint Patrick Parish, 169 Black Rock Tpke, Redding
  3:00 pm
• Music at Grace Farms | Leslie Odom Jr. →
  Grace Farms, 365 Lukes Wood Rd, New Canaan
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi neighbors!
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• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Delivery Driver (09536) -286 Greenwood Ave in Bethel. Apply here.
• Olive Garden posted a job opening for Bartender in Danbury. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bethel here.

🗞 Nearby News

Danbury

• Expanding CT supermarket is holding job fair to hire 200 employees for new store. Here's where and when. (courant.com)
• Increasingly obvious: Islam is incompatible with Western Civilization (americanthinker.com)
• Guest Column: ICE: Immigrant Cruelty Enforcers (gazettenet.com)

Newtown

• Virginia Department of Education issues $12M for school security upgrades (pilotonline.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Dam! (Thank you George G. for sending it in!)
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