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• How to grab discounted tickets for LobsterFest 2026 in Newtown

Also on today's calendar: 50th Annual Southbury Strawberry Festival and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: The top potato won what? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 71 and low of 50 degrees.
• Monday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 69, low: 42.
• Tuesday: A couple of showers possible, with a high of 71 and low of 49 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Sandy Hook LobsterFest Returns Next Week In Newtown (patch.com) — Newtown residents can dig into LobsterFest 2026 on Saturday, June 6, supporting Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue while enjoying lobster, steak, hamburgers, and hot dogs. Discounted lobster and steak tickets are available through June 5 at The Newtown Bee office, fire company members, and the Fire Marshal’s office in Newtown Municipal Center.    

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Newtown

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday June 6

• 50th Annual Southbury Strawberry Festival →
  The United Church of Christ Southbury, 283 Main St N, Southbury
  10:00 am

Sunday June 7

• Jewish Festival- Opening Event Celebrating 100 Years of United Jewish Center in Danbury! →
  Tarrywile Mansion, 70 Southern Blvd, Danbury
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday May 31

• Knife Sharpening & Vintage Pop-Up →
  Soulber Kitchen & Market, 14 Depot Pl, Bethel
  11:00 am
• Comedy Night →
  Aquila's Nest Vineyards, 56 Pole Bridge Rd, Sandy Hook
  6:00 pm

Monday June 1

• Watercolor Florals Workshop →
  Art and Frame of Newtown, 77 Main St, Newtown
  9:00 am

Tuesday June 2

• Confession Curated Clothing Grand Opening →
  Confession Curated Clothing, 31 Hawleyville Rd, Newtown
  10:00 am

Thursday June 4

• Women's Torah & Tea →
  Chabad Lubavitch of Northwest CT, 69 West St, Litchfield
  11:30 am

Saturday June 6

• Shredding Day →
  Newtown Savings Bank Corporate Office, 39 Main St, Newtown
  9:00 am
• Catherine's Butterfly Party →
  3 Primrose St, Newtown
  12:00 pm

Tuesday June 9

• SCAN Presents Todd M. Casey will be Demonstrating a Still Life in Oil →
  Newtown Senior Center, 8 Simpson St, Newtown
  7:30 pm

Wednesday June 10

• St. Rose Carnival, Newtown CT →
  St. Rose of Lima Church, 46 Church Hill Rd, Newtown
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday May 31

• Litchfield Audubon: Picnic and Birding at Shepaug Dam →
  Shepaug Dam, 2225 River Rd, Southbury
  9:00 am
• Morning Meditation →
  Muktinath Holistic Center, 731 Main St Unit 121, Monroe
  9:30 am
• Pause & Pour →
  A Break Deserved, 29 Taylor Ave Unit B, Bethel
  11:00 am
• Goldilocks Workshop- Pick Your Project Workshop... →
  Board & Brush Creative Studio - Monroe, 292 Elm St #2, Monroe
  2:00 pm

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Newtown Public School District posted a job opening for Technology Education Teacher in Newtown. Apply here.
• NANA Regional Corporation posted a job opening for Hotel Lead Laundry Attendant, Qavartarvik Customer Lodge (Wage DOE & Federal Benefits - Bethel, AK) in Bethel. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Newtown here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Bethel

• Bethel native opens turns a trailer into a mobile romance bookshop in memory of her mother (newstimes.com)
• New Fairfield baseball rallies past Newtown to secure its 1st SWC crown since 2016, and 3rd overall (newstimes.com)

Brookfield

• Photronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAB) Given Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages (marketbeat.com)
• Alice Cooper's Michael Bruce and Dennis Dunaway (vintageguitar.com)
• 2026 CIAC softball tournament breakdown: Storylines, top players and predictions (stamfordadvocate.com)

Monroe

• Masuk students' ‘Reality Check' evolves with phone app to track finances (themonroesun.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A championchip (Thank you Timothy G. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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