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🌱 Patch AM: Danbury community remembers several beloved longtime residents and local leaders

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Sunday May 31st Patch AM

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In today's newsletter:

  • Danbury community remembers several beloved longtime residents and local leaders
  • Danbury’s Greek Orthodox community mourns beloved matriarch Mary Kolitsas
  • How Danbury’s boys and girls placed at the LL state meet

Also on today's calendar: Bye Bye Birdie Opening Night! and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: The top potato won what? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 73 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Monday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 70, low: 46.
  • Tuesday: A couple of showers possible, with a high of 73 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Chartier, Newsome, Kieras: Recent Death Notices From Danbury (patch.com) — Danbury is mourning several longtime residents whose recent deaths were announced, including a pioneering credit union leader, a beloved former school principal and historian, and multiple community volunteers and lifelong locals. The notices highlight their deep ties to Danbury schools, churches, civic groups, and the Red Cross, offering neighbors a chance to remember their contributions and legacies.    

• Mary (Batis) Kolitsas, matriarch of Greek Orthodox community (kentdispatch.org) — Danbury’s Assumption Greek Orthodox Church community is mourning Mary (Batis) Kolitsas, who helped build parish life and local businesses after settling in the city in 1966. The beloved Greek Orthodox matriarch later retired to Florida but returned to Connecticut before her passing, and her family suggests memorial donations to Assumption Greek Orthodox Church on Clapboard Ridge Road.    

• Ludlowe girls capture first CIAC outdoor track and field championship; Greenwich leads boys (newstimes.com) — Danbury High’s boys and girls track teams both placed at the CIAC Class LL state meet, with the boys fifth and the girls tied for 13th in deep fields. Fairfield Ludlowe’s girls captured their first-ever outdoor state title, while Greenwich leads the incomplete boys competition heading into a Sunday finish.    


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🗞 Nearby News

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  • New Fairfield baseball rallies past Newtown to secure its 1st SWC crown since 2016, and 3rd overall (newstimes.com)

New Fairfield

  • New Fairfield baseball rallies past Newtown to secure its 1st SWC crown since 2016, and 3rd overall (ctpost.com)
  • More Than Cooking: Chef Andrea Forzaglia's Culinary Class Builds Community at NFHS (thetowntribune.com)
  • NFBOE Gives Updates on School District's Strategic Plan, AI, and Central Office Move (thetowntribune.com)

Ok Danbury! 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: A championchip (Thank you Timothy G. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!


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