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🌱 How a 1970 crime spree pulled Georgetown, CT into Danbury history

Georgetown, Connecticut Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a 1970 crime spree pulled Georgetown, CT into Danbury history

Also on today's calendar: Vintage To Modern Clothing Sale $1 to $5 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call people that look after chickens? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny; low humidity, temps: high: 79, low: 61.
  • Sunday: Pleasant with variable clouds, with a high of 75 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Inside the Beautiful + Intimidating Holding Cells and Grand Rooms of Danbury's Fairfield County Courthouse (wearedanbury.com) — A wide-ranging historical feature on Danbury’s old courthouse, jail, cemetery, and other landmarks also revisits a 1970 crime spree that included a bank robbery in Georgetown. The piece traces the Pardue brothers’ violent path through Georgetown and beyond, while highlighting efforts to preserve Danbury’s historic buildings. It’s a deep dive into regional history that connects Georgetown to dramatic past events.
   

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    Saturday August 15
  • Summer Impressionist Painting Workshop - Registration FULL - waitlist only
    Weir Farm National Park 735 Nod Hill Road, Wilton, CT 06897
    10:00 am
    • Sunday August 16
  • Pop-In Art-Nature Journalling with Leslie Carone
    Weir Farm National Park 735 Nod Hill Road, Wilton, CT 06897
    1:00 pm
    • Monday August 17
  • Movie Monday!
    Mark Twain Library 439 Redding Road, Redding, CT 06896
    4:00 pm
  • Adult Chess Club (In-Person)
    Mark Twain Library 439 Redding Road, Redding, CT 06896
    6:30 pm
    • Tuesday August 18
  • Shuffle the Tiles! Summer Mah Jongg Lessons (In-Person)
    Mark Twain Library 439 Redding Road, Redding, CT 06896
    10:30 am
  • Creative Collective Discussion Group (Virtual)
    Mark Twain Library 439 Redding Road, Redding, CT 06896
    10:30 am
  • Weekly Drop-In Knitting Circle (In-Person)
    Mark Twain Library 439 Redding Road, Redding, CT 06896
    1:00 pm
  • Region 9 Board of Education - Finance & Operations Meeting
    Easton, Redding and Region 9 School Districts Redding, CT 06896
    5:30 pm

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Chicken Tenders (Thank you Mark J. for sending it in!)
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