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🌱 Patch AM: Oil Spill Cleanup To Continue For Weeks In Monroe

Make time for White Hills Christian Music Festival on the Monroe Patch calendar

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Hi Monroe! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Oil spill cleanup to disrupt Monroe roads for weeks
  • What Monroe students discovered on the first day of school
  • How Monroe Scouts are turning Harmony Grange into a food pantry garden

Also on today's calendar: White Hills Christian Music Festival and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the bartender say to the jumper cables when they walked in? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cloudy with a shower in spots, with a high of 74 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Thursday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 81, low: 65.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 86 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Oil Spill Cleanup To Continue For Weeks In Monroe (patch.com) — Monroe residents are being told oil spill cleanup near Hattertown and Guinea roads will take at least two more weeks as crews remove contaminated soil and install groundwater protections. Monitoring wells and a treatment system are now in place, and road repairs will follow once backfilling is complete. Drivers are urged to slow down and obey temporary traffic controls around the busy work zone.
   

• Monroe's public schools open with enthusiasm, smiles, optimism (themonroesun.com) — Monroe students returned to school with early dismissals, new communication tools, and a few policy tweaks, including tighter cellphone rules at Masuk High. Principals at Monroe's elementary and middle schools highlighted festive welcomes, playground improvements, new staff, and bus reroutes around the Hattertown Road closure as they kicked off the 2026-27 year with a focus on community and fresh starts.
   

• Eagle project at Harmony Grange in Monroe to grow fresh vegetables for local food pantries (themonroesun.com) — Scouts from Monroe Troops 62 and 26 are building a new vegetable garden at Harmony Grange that will supply fresh produce to food pantries in Monroe and nearby towns. Led by Eagle Scout candidate Elliot Harris, the project has drawn support from local businesses, town officials, and restaurants, and still needs donations of funds and perennials to finish the garden.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Please share & repost to help reunite this lost dog!
    George was lost on August 31, 2026 in Monroe, CT 06468 near Old Zoar Rd Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the owner,… (Nextdoor East Village)
  • Staffmark posted a job opening for Quality Machine Operator in Monroe. Apply here.
  • Goodwill Industries of Western and Northern Connecticut posted a job opening for Retail Associate in Monroe. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Monroe here.

🗞 Nearby News

Shelton

  • $5,000 reward offered after 2 abandoned cats found in Shelton die (sheltonherald.com)
  • Shelton football scrimmages New Canaan ahead of season opener (wfsb.com)

Trumbull

  • Trumbull Dog Day Festival 2026 Details Announced (patch.com)
  • Proclamation: September 2026 is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month (trumbull-ct.gov)

Ok Monroe! 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: Don't you 2 start anything (Thank you Mary L. for sending it in!)
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