An Update From Patch

This evening and part of Saturday, Patch will be undergoing site maintenance that will increase the speed at which pages load and allow us to make future improvements to the site more rapidly. This is a first step toward reintroducing popular Patch features such as local calendars and discussion areas.

You can still read Patch while the maintenance is underway, but Patch editors won’t be able to post new stories until Saturday evening.

We will be posting vital breaking news in the meantime on the Monroe Patch Facebook page. (To stay in the loop there, be sure to like the page so the latest updates show up in your news feed.)

Thanks for supporting Patch, and thanks for your patience. We’ll let you know when the site is updated. In the meantime, we’ve pulled together some of the top stories from the past few weeks from the Monroe Patch.

• Fairfield Police Charge Man with Raping Girlfriend’s 13-Year-Old Daughter
• Monroe Man Charged for Allegedly Threatening Security Guard at Sandy Hook School
• Police: Man Tried to Shoplift Nearly $150 of Red Bull, Potato Chips in Monroe
• Cops: 74-Year-Old Man Arrested for DUI in Monroe Thought He Was in New York
• Update: Drivers Involved in Crash on Main Street in Monroe Extricated
• Six Separate Thefts from Cars Reported in Monroe
• Second Budget Rejected by Voters in Monroe
• Monroe Man Accused of Accidentally Shooting Son Seeks Probation
• Supreme Court Won’t Hear Appeal in Easton Police Raid Case That Left Norwalk Man Dead
• Woman Sentenced for Torching Million Dollar Monroe Home
• Monroe Man Sentenced for Downloading Child Porn

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