🌱 Patch AM: Danbury star who helped upset Naugatuck now chases an even bigger goal

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In today's newsletter:

• Danbury star who helped upset Naugatuck now chases an even bigger goal

Also on today's calendar: Tasteful Tasting and 2 more events.

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 62 degrees.
• Monday: Humid; a p.m. shower or two, temps: high: 81, low: 66.
• Tuesday: Humid with a heavy t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Danbury ended a 23-year playoff drought. Jake O'Keefe wants more (nhregister.com) — Danbury High quarterback Jake O'Keefe, who helped the Hatters end a 23-year football playoff drought, is gearing up for a big senior season. The multi-sport standout also shined in baseball, where Danbury's postseason run included an upset over No. 8 Naugatuck, and he's now drawing college interest while leading his team on and off the field.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Naugatuck

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12
• Brass City Brewfest and Beyond →
  Library Park, 267 Grand St, Waterbury
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday September 10
• Tasteful Tasting →
  The Crystal Room, 98 School St, Naugatuck
  6:00 pm
Friday September 11
• Western Outside Movie Night
  Western Elementary School Naugatuck, CT 06770
  6:30 pm
Tuesday September 15
• Beginner-Friendly Square Dance Lessons →
  The United Church of Christ Southbury, 283 Main St N, Southbury
  7:30 pm
Saturday September 19
• Sidewalk Sale - September 18th-20th →
  Newbury Place, 41 Oak Tree Rd, Southbury
  9:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 31
• Registration for Terrific Toddlers and Pre-K Storytime
  Middlebury Public Library - Children 30 Crest Road, Middlebury, CT 06762
• Crochet Time
  Silas Bronson Library Auditorium
  4:30 pm
• Not Your Parents' Board Games
  Silas Bronson Library Auditorium
  6:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Classic Comedy Movies
  Middlebury Public Library 30 Crest Road, Middlebury, CT 06762
  6:00 pm
• Book Explorers
  Middlebury Public Library - Children 30 Crest Road, Middlebury, CT 06762
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• MPL Adult Book Discussion
  Middlebury Public Library 30 Crest Road, Middlebury, CT 06762
  1:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• LRMS Picture Day (Media Center)
  Regional School District #16 Prospect, CT 06712
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Eleanor Douglas obituary: Clancy-Palumbo Funeral Home, East Haven —Clancy Palumbo Funeral Home and Cremation Service Read on Patch
• Lake Compounce Welcomes New General Manager Daniel LLanas —Nancy Sasso Janis Read on Patch
• 'Hocus Pocus Live - A Parody Musical' to Return to the Warner —Nancy Sasso Janis Read on Patch
• Nancy's Calendar for the Weekend of Aug. 27 - 30 —Nancy Sasso Janis Read on Patch

• Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Merchandising Sales Associate in Naugatuck. Apply here.
• Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Forklift Driver in Waterbury. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Naugatuck here.

🗞 Nearby News

Beacon Falls

• The Lee Company Acquires Two Facilities (cbia.com)
• Town-by-town real estate sales across CT. Everything you need to know (courant.com)

Middlebury

• Remembering those we lost (bee-news.com)
• 'A Gradual Movement by the Democratic Party Towards Socialism' (ctexaminer.com)
• 1 injured, 10 to 12 displaced in Naugatuck apartment fire, official said (nhregister.com)

Waterbury

• Water main break cuts service to roughly 80 Waterbury properties, repairs underway (wfsb.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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