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Cheers Milford! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Milford's pause on school speed cameras means for your next drive
  • How a new $10M literacy push could reach Milford classrooms
  • How a Milford roundtable fits into Connecticut's heated housing debate

Also on today's calendar: My Friend Abby's Shining Together Candlelight Vigil for Suicide Prevention and 7 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Vin P.!

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 80 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Monday: Humid; afternoon showers, temps: high: 78, low: 69.
  • Tuesday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 80 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Milford Board of Aldermen pause speed camera, license plate readers (westfaironline.com) — Milford's Board of Aldermen has voted 9-5 to pause use and new installation of school-zone speed cameras and Flock license plate readers while a new review committee studies their impact, locations, fines, and privacy safeguards. Mayor Richard Smith's plan keeps some ALPRs only at city entry points during the moratorium, responding to weeks of resident concerns about surveillance, fairness of tickets, and how the technology should be used on local roads and near schools.
   

• Connecticut gets $10M from federal government to improve literacy (rep-am.com) — Connecticut has secured a $10 million federal grant to boost early-grade reading, funding more small‑group instruction time, teacher coaching, and better literacy assessments over the next five years. While the announcement highlights a Milford classroom at Live Oaks School, the expanded support will roll out to selected schools statewide, aiming to lift K‑3 reading proficiency that still lags pre‑pandemic levels.
   

• How Lamont and Fazio would tackle Connecticut's housing costs (milfordmirror.com) — Connecticut's race for governor is centering on how to tackle soaring housing costs, with Gov. Ned Lamont and Sen. Ryan Fazio offering sharply different statewide plans. Fazio recently highlighted his approach after a housing-policy roundtable in Milford, contrasting Lamont's transit-oriented building and state incentives with his own emphasis on municipal zoning control, property tax caps, and more competitive, repayable state housing loans.
   

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    Monday August 31
  • More America 250th Programs Coming Soon
    Mark Twain Library 439 Redding Road, Redding, CT 06896
  • Adult Chess Club (In-Person)
    Mark Twain Library 439 Redding Road, Redding, CT 06896
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    • Tuesday September 1
  • Sheri Szymanski
    Stratford Rotary Club Stratford, CT 06614
  • Redding Board of Education Meeting
    Easton, Redding and Region 9 School Districts Redding, CT 06896

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Marilyn "Lynn" Elizabeth Art, 85 of Milford, passed away peacefully on August 24, 2026. —Cody-White Funeral Home Read on Patch
  • Patrice Ann Shanley, 69, of Milford, passed away on August 26, 2026. —Cody-White Funeral Home Read on Patch
  • Herman Joseph Solomon, 91, died on August 20, 2026 —Cody-White Funeral Home Read on Patch
  • Joan E. Koziel —Barbara K Schmidt Read on Patch
  • Roy Robert Sebas, 81, of Milford, husband of Jacqualyn Sebas, passed away on August 20, 2026 —Cody-White Funeral Home Read on Patch
  • Nesco Resource, LLC posted a job opening for Assembler in Milford. Apply here.
  • Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Inventory Control Associate (Seasonal) in Milford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Milford here.

🗞 Nearby News

Stratford

  • Stratford's Recently Sold Homes (patch.com)

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West Haven

  • Early Learning Center Celebrates Grand Opening In West Haven (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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