Top 5 Stories: Open Carry; 'Happy' DUI Mug Shot; Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus Elephants Retire

Here are the most read stories this week on Bethel Patch. Click the links to read more.

Residents Against ‘Open Carry’ Call for Boycott of Grocery Store

A group of residents for “common sense solutions” on gun control are boycotting a Bethel grocery store.

By WENDY ANN MITCHELL(Patch Staff) Jan 19, 2016

20,306 reads

Bethel Man Arrested for DUI, Less Than Half Ounce of Marijuana

Police found a small baggie of marijuana in the car of the Bethel man after pulling him over for speeding.

By WENDY ANN MITCHELL(Patch Staff) Jan 13, 2016

1,166 reads

Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus Elephants Get Early Retirement

Bethel native P.T.Barnum debuted his first exhibition in NYC in 1834, later starting his circus with “Jumbo,” the world’s largest elephant.

By WENDY ANN MITCHELL(Patch Staff) Jan 14, 2016

1,120 reads

Danbury Woman Arrested For DUI After Bethel Crash

The Danbury woman crashed her car in the area of Nashville Road and Route 53 in Bethel.

By WENDY ANN MITCHELL(Patch Staff) Jan 15, 2016

1,075 reads

Speeding in Westport Leads to DUI Arrest for Bethel Man

Westport police said a Bethel man was speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs early last Thursday.

By WENDY ANN MITCHELL(Patch Staff) Jan 19, 2016

1,031 reads

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