🌱 Patch AM: How Brookfield is honoring Dolly Parton with a five-acre maze

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In today's newsletter:

• How Brookfield is honoring Dolly Parton with a five-acre maze
• Could statewide football changes alter Brookfield's future matchups and rivalries?

Also on today's calendar: 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize and 9 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 58 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 81, low: 57.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Dolly Parton-Themed Corn Maze To Open In CT Days After Icon's Death (patch.com) — A Dolly Parton-themed corn maze is opening at Twins BBQ Co. in Brookfield on Sept. 5, running through Nov. 7 at 401 Federal Road. The five-acre maze, part of a 20-farm international campaign, offers Dolly trivia games, photo spots, and farm activities, while donating a portion of proceeds to her Imagination Library for early-childhood books.
   

• Connecticut football Alliance reaches all 134 teams. Could bigger changes loom? (newstimes.com) — Connecticut's High School Football Alliance now includes all 134 teams, reshaping how schedules and playoff paths are set statewide. Brookfield's program is cited among SWC schools that benefited from Alliance matchups, as coaches debate whether expanding Alliance games could eventually outweigh traditional league rivalries and Thanksgiving traditions important to many communities.
   

📸 Around Brookfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brookfield

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize →
  Long Island Sound,
Saturday September 5
• American Genius - New Milford →
  St John's Episcopal Church, 7 Whittlesey Ave, New Milford
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday August 28
• A Taste of Shabbat at the Kent Farmers Market | Complimentary Candles, Fresh Challah & Good Company →
  Kent Welcome Center, 3 Railroad St, Kent
  3:00 pm
Monday August 31
• Ice Cream Social: Grand Finale of Adult Summer Reading →
  The Brookfield Library, 182 Whisconier Rd, Brookfield
  1:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Looking for a little inspiration in a world that feels increasingly divided? →
  8:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Women's Torah & Tea →
  Chabad Lubavitch of Northwest CT, 69 West St, Litchfield
  11:30 am
Friday September 4
• A Taste of Shabbat at the Kent Farmers Market | Complimentary Candles, Fresh Challah & Good Company →
  Kent Welcome Center, 3 Railroad St, Kent
  3:00 pm
• WMS Back to School Dance
  Whisconier Middle School 17 Whisconier Road, Brookfield, CT 06804
  7:00 pm
Friday September 11
• A Taste of Shabbat at the Kent Farmers Market | Complimentary Candles, Fresh Challah & Good Company →
  Kent Welcome Center, 3 Railroad St, Kent
  3:00 pm
• High Holidays in Litchfield: No Membership Required, Everyone Welcome →
  69 West St, Litchfield
  6:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• HSPT Prep & Parent Info Session at Immaculate HS →
  Immaculate High School, 73 Southern Blvd, Danbury
  9:00 am
Saturday September 19
• Isaac Mizrahi →
  Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main St, Newtown
  8:00 pm

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• Coldwell Banker — (203) 240-0624
• The Corn Maze at Twins BBQ — (203) 395-1237
• Cool Cookster, LLC
• Twins BBQ Co — (203) 395-1237
• William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty, Danbury Brokerage — (203) 796-7700
• Candlewood Drugs — (203) 312-9999
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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

New Fairfield

• Connecticut football Alliance reaches all 134 teams. Could bigger changes loom? (ctpost.com)

Newtown

• Flock Cameras And The Community (newtownbee.com)

Danbury

• Downtown Danbury Transformation Brings New Businesses, Streetscape Upgrades and More (i95rock.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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