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🌱 Patch AM: Sandy Hook LobsterFest Returns Next Week In Newtown

Also, don’t miss Estate Sale - Ridgefield on the Newtown Patch calendar

Saturday May 30th Patch AM

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In today's newsletter:

  • LobsterFest returns to Sandy Hook with dinner, fundraising and community fun
  • Which Newtown school positions could be cut after the budget shortfall?
  • How a Newtown High grad just landed her first Tony nod

Also on today's calendar: Estate Sale - Ridgefield and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: If you have 13 apples in one hand and 10 oranges in the other, what do you have ? 🤔 (Answer below!)


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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Windy with clouds and sun, with a high of 58 and low of 41 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 71, low: 50.
  • Monday: A couple of showers possible, with a high of 66 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sandy Hook LobsterFest Returns Next Week In Newtown (patch.com) — Newtown residents can look forward to the return of Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue’s popular LobsterFest on June 6, featuring lobster, steak, hamburger, and hot dog dinners. Advance lobster and steak tickets cost $40 through noon on June 5, then rise to $45, and can be purchased from fire company members, The Newtown Bee office, or the Fire Marshal’s office at the Newtown Municipal Center.    

• Newtown school board seeks to 'minimize' classroom impact after voters reduce 2026-27 budget (thehour.com) — Newtown voters have approved a 2026-27 school budget that’s more than $500,000 below what the district requested, forcing the Board of Education to decide what to trim at its June 2 meeting. Positions like a new Newtown Middle School dean of students and added elementary and special education staff are now uncertain as officials work to protect classroom learning.    

• Connecticut actress earns first Tony nomination as ‘Chess' nears closing (newstimes.com) — A Newtown native is in the Broadway spotlight as actress Hannah Cruz, a 2010 Newtown High School graduate, earns her first Tony nomination for “Chess,” which closes June 21. Cruz fondly recalls growing up in Newtown before building a rising stage and screen career that now includes this major recognition.    


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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Newtown Public Schools posted a job opening for Night Custodian in Newtown. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Bethel

  • See Where Bethel Ranks On Connecticut Home Value Map (patch.com)
  • New Fairfield baseball rallies past Newtown to secure its 1st SWC crown since 2016, and 3rd overall (newstimes.com)
  • Sharon Ann Cordova (newtownbee.com)

Brookfield

  • Brookfield softball shuts out Newtown to win SWC crown behind Sydney Miller's four-hit performance (newstimes.com)
  • See Where Brookfield Ranks On Connecticut Home Value Map (patch.com)
  • Video captures chaotic fight at Berlin basketball tournament that led to 3 arrests (newstimes.com)

Danbury

  • Popular Dessert Chain Planning First Danbury Location: Report (patch.com)

Ok Newtown! 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: Big hands ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!


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