Naugatuck Daily: COVID Infection Rate Improves + Lottery Winner

Welcome back, Naugatuck! Here's everything you need to know to get this Sunday started off right.

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First, today's weather:

Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 84 Low: 62.

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Here are the top stories in Naugatuck today:

1. Multiple CT Towns Hosting Household Hazardous Waste Collections (i95rock.com)
2. St. Michael's Village Green Fair Friday & Saturday [PHOTOS] (Naugatuck Patch)
3. Naugatuck Coronavirus Infection Rate Improving (Naugatuck Patch)
4. Obituary: Cecilia Dalessandro (My Citizens News)
5. 6 Eagles recognized after pandemic pause | RA Community (Waterbury Republican American)
6. 2 Fires Doused In Naugatuck, Fire Officials Say (Naugatuck Patch)
7. Thursday's schools scoreboard (New Haven Register)
8. Alumna Gifts Great-great-grandfather's Civil War Letters to WCSU (Naugatuck Patch)
9. Naugatuck Blood Drives on Sept. 14, Oct. 7 (Naugatuck Patch)
10. Obituary: Barbara J. (Kelsey) (Graben) Sousa, 86, of Naugatuck (Naugatuck Patch)
11. Obituary: Marie H. (Pisani) Farina, 93, of Prospect (Naugatuck Patch)
12. Naugatuck Resident Wins $100,000 CT Lottery Prize (Naugatuck Patch)

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Today in Naugatuck:

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Naugatuck Patch Notebook

• Naugatuck Police Department: "Godspeed Sergeant Mohl. Today #teamNPD along with agencies across the country joined together to pay our final respects to Sgt Mohl and his loved ones. We will never forget his sacrifice. RIP🖤 #repost @ct_state_police ・・・ THANK YOU. A s..." (Facebook)
• Naugatuck Public Schools: "Help us welcome our new staff members for the 2021-22 School Year! 💛 #Naugatuck #NaugyIsBack #NaugatuckSchools #NaugyStrong" (Instagram)
• Naugatuck Public Schools: "Help us welcome our new staff members for the 2021-22 School Year! 💛" (Facebook)
• Rotary Naugatuck: "Our Paul Harris Award is named after the founder of Rotary and is given annually to a member of our community who has demonstrated our core value of "Service Above Self". We missed last year due to COVID, so this year we are pleased to a..." (Facebook)
• Naugatuck Public Schools: "Beautiful artwork and commentary by NHS student Emma Messenger. 🎨 Want your artwork to be featured on #FineArtFriday? Fill out the form at https://bit.ly/fineartfriday (link in bio) #Naugatuck #NaugatuckSchools #StudentArt #StudentArtwo..." (Facebook)
• Naugatuck Public Schools: "Beautiful artwork and commentary by NHS student Emma Messenger. 🎨 Want your artwork to be featured on #FineArtFriday? Fill out the form at https://bit.ly/fineartfriday (link in bio) #Naugatuck #NaugatuckSchools #StudentArt #StudentArt..." (Instagram)
• Howard Whittemore Memorial Library: "The library will be open today and tomorrow between 10 am and 2 pm, perfect for picking up your Book Box!" (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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