Monroe Daily: Transgender Plan Faces Backlash + New EMS Facility

Up and at 'em, Monroe! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know in and around town today.

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First, today's weather:

Possible light rain overnight. High: 83 Low: 66.

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Here are the top stories today in Monroe:

1. Transgender proposal for Monroe schools faces strong resistance (The Monroe Sun)
2. Woodbury looks to install floodgates on flood-prone streets (WFSB)
3. 'A very good day for the EMS services of Monroe' (The Monroe Sun)
4. $5.5M renovated farmhouse with 'mini brewery,' wine cellar on the market in Redding (Danbury News Times)
5. Milford deciding between Post Road sites for public cannabis use (Milford Mirror)
6. CSP investigating crash on Route 8 in Seymour as a road rage incident (WTNH.com)
7. Naugatuck VFW holding Citizen's Awards ceremony (My Citizens News)
8. Shelton Day adds Shop Hop to activities (Westport News)

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Today in Monroe:

• Wiggly Wednesdays - Edith Wheeler Memorial Library (9:30 AM)
• Cricut Demo: Vinyl Autumn Coasters - Edith Wheeler Memorial Library (11:00 AM)
• Women & Money Monthly Series - Edith Wheeler Memorial Library (1:00 PM)
• America's Revolutionary War - Edith Wheeler Memorial Library (2:00 PM)
• Tape Resist Marble Painting - Edith Wheeler Memorial Library (4:30 PM)

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Monroe Patch Notebook

• Monroe Farmers' Market: "Meet this week's volunteer; Amy Lee! Amy has been a volunteer for 3 seasons and has lived in Monroe for 14 years. Her favorite fruits are berries 🫐🍓 and she always buys jam from Wonderland Jam. She volunteers with us because she loves ..." (Facebook)
• Monroe Farmers' Market: "We've been so wrapped up in creating fun, summer memories that we forgot about reaching the goal of being CT's #1 Farmers Market! American Farmland Trust lets communities decide who to choose and this is your chance to show CT just how a..." (Facebook)
• Monroe Volunteer Emergency Medical Service: "Such an exciting time for our service! We had our official ground breaking yesterday! Thank you again to our community, the Town Council, our 1st Selectman Ken Kellogg, the EMS Building Committee, and also our Chief of Service Don Smith ..." (Facebook)
• Edith Wheeler Memorial Library: "Please register for Saturday's Adult Yoga class by emailing elainamcampopiano@hotmail.com. She will contact you directly if the class is cancelled. No prior yoga experience necessary - just bring a mat and water bottle, and wear comforta..." (Facebook)

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— Al Branch

About me: I am a veteran journalist and Connecticut native with more than 30 years of experience covering municipal governments, education, politics and a host of other topics. A few years ago, I realized how much I missed the world of hyperlocal journalism, and I was fortunate to be hired by Patch in 2013.

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