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Hello Bethel! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Bethel ranch offers 7.73 acres across from protected woodlands
  • How Bethel's stars powered a 53-13 football statement win
  • What a 300-unit project by Bethel's border could mean next

Also on today's calendar: Learn about our secular Bar & Bat Mitzvah program and 18 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Cloudy, with a high of 65 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Clouds giving way to some sun, temps: high: 64, low: 46.
  • Thursday: A steady morning breeze, with a high of 66 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'Exceptional' Bethel Home Listed For Sale (patch.com) — A high-end ranch home on Wolfpits Road in Bethel is listed for $1.3 million, offering 3 bedrooms on a private 2.46-acre lot. Directly across from Bethel Land Trust woodlands, the sale also includes two adjacent parcels, bringing the total land to 7.73 acres for buyers seeking space and nature access.
   

• Week 2 Connecticut high school football top performers (Sept. 21) (newstimes.com) — Bethel High football fans can celebrate a dominant 53-13 win over East Haven, powered by standout performances from quarterback Thomas Bornn and running back Mirsad Cekovic. Their combined passing and rushing touchdowns helped put Bethel on the statewide radar in last week's list of top Connecticut high school football performers.
   

• Developer redraws controversial 300-unit project in Newtown around breeding pool for frogs and fairy shrimp (newstimes.com) — A 300-unit apartment proposal in Newtown, just off Route 6 near the Bethel border, is back under review after being redesigned around a protected breeding pool for frogs and salamanders. As the wetlands commission prepares for an October hearing, the developer is also fighting Newtown's earlier zoning denial in court under Connecticut's affordable housing law, which could shape growth along Bethel's edge.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Danbury

  • Danbury to Hold First Annual Afghanistan (i95rock.com)
  • 1 injured, 15 displaced after fire tears through Danbury multifamily home, officials say (newstimes.com)
  • CT inmate challenges motion to dismiss new-trial petition in 1999 Danbury killing (nhregister.com)

Newtown

  • Developer redraws controversial 300-unit project in Newtown around breeding pool for frogs and fairy shrimp (nhregister.com)

Ridgefield

  • Ridgefield's Weekend Lineup: Live Music, Theater and Art Fill Thursday Through Sunday (patch.com)

Ok Bethel! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I'll meet you at the corner! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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