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🌱 Professional Development and 11 more events
Happening soon: American Genius - New Milford on the New Preston Patch calendar
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Coming up on the calendar:
- American Genius - New Milford at St John's Episcopal Church
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 77 and low of 57 degrees.
- Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 60.
- Saturday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 74 and low of 64 degrees.
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- American Genius - New Milford →
St John's Episcopal Church, 7 Whittlesey Ave, New Milford
7:30 pm
Saturday September 5
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Professional Development
Regional School District 12 11A School Street, Washington Depot, CT 06794
8:00 am - Zoning Board of Appeals Regular Meeting →
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7:00 pm - Fantasy Book Club
Morris Public Library 4 North Street, Morris, CT 06763
6:30 pm - Monarch Butterflies →
Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden, 9 Main St N, Bethlehem
1:00 pm - Prince Tribute Show →
Aquila's Nest Vineyards, 56 Pole Bridge Rd, Sandy Hook
6:00 pm - Popular Book Club
Morris Public Library 4 North Street, Morris, CT 06763
6:30 pm - Inland Wetlands Commission Regular Meeting →
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7:00 pm - Board of Selectman Special Meeting - Town Counsel Interviews →
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2:00 pm - Come visit the Project SAGE table at the Kent Farmers Market! — Project SAGE →
Kent Land Trust Inc, 170 Kent Rd, Kent
3:00 pm - Come visit the Project SAGE table at the Kent... →
Kent Land Trust Inc, 170 Kent Rd, Kent
3:00 pm - The Kenn Morr Band Outdoors in Kent, CT →
Kent Land Trust Inc, 170 Kent Rd, Kent
5:30 pm - Yoga at March Farm! →
March Farm, 160 Munger Ln, Bethlehem
9:30 am
Thursday August 20
Friday August 21
Saturday August 22
Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
Friday August 28
Thursday September 3
Saturday September 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in New Milford. Apply here.
- Kohl's posted a job opening for Seasonal Truck Unloader (6 a.m. start) in New Milford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New Preston here.
🗞 Nearby News
Washington
- Merck and Moderna say skin cancer treatment shows promising results in a late-stage trial for melanoma (fox61.com)
- Anonymous complaint triggered probe into 4 Connecticut school administrators (ctpost.com)
- Real Estate Transfers 08/01 - 08/15/2026 (hollistonreporter.com)
Kent
- Communism, McCarthyism, and the New Red Scare (spectator.org)
- Nostalgic items find new homes at Noble Horizons tag sale (lakevillejournal.com)
New Milford
- Route 7 traffic, air pollution under microscope in company's plan for New Milford concrete plant (newstimes.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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