🌱 Patch AM: How a Newtown native stacks up at legendary Stafford Speedway

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• How a Newtown native stacks up at legendary Stafford Speedway

Also on today's calendar: St. Jude's Parish Italian Festival (Wednesday Aug 19 - Saturday Aug 29th) and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms, with a high of 79 and low of 67 degrees.
• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 81, low: 58.
• Saturday: Clouds and sun; less humid, with a high of 77 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• NOTEBOOK: Stafford Speedway's proving grounds are nothing new for many of the Modified Tour's best (nascar.com) — A Newtown native, Stephen Kopcik, is spotlighted as an 18-time Stafford Speedway feature winner ahead of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour's GAF 150. The story traces how Stafford has shaped many top Modified racers and breaks down the tight championship battle and family racing legacies fans will be watching.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Newtown

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 28
• St. Jude's Parish Italian Festival (Wednesday Aug 19 - Saturday Aug 29th) →
  St. Jude's Parish, 707 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe
  5:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize →
  Long Island Sound,
• Estate Sale →
  131 Lamplighter Ln, Fairfield
  9:00 am
Thursday September 10
• My Friend Abby's Shining Together Candlelight Vigil for Suicide Prevention →
  Trumbull Town Green, Trumbull
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 27
• Women's Torah & Tea →
  69 West St, Litchfield
  11:30 am
• Sinai and Civics: Class 4: Can Democracy Survive? →
  Interlaken Inn, 74 Interlaken Rd, Salisbury
  7:15 pm
Friday August 28
• A Taste of Shabbat at the Kent Farmers Market | Complimentary Candles, Fresh Challah & Good Company →
  Kent Welcome Center, 3 Railroad St, Kent
  3:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Newtown Community Running Event →
  , Newtown
  8:00 am
• Sanctuary Family Camp →
  Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, 8 Commerce Rd, Newtown
  1:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Celebrating The Civilian Conservation Corps In Ct: History, Legacy & Squantz Pond Camp →
  The Brookfield Library, 182 Whisconier Rd, Brookfield
  6:30 pm
Friday September 4
• A Taste of Shabbat at the Kent Farmers Market | Complimentary Candles, Fresh Challah & Good Company →
  Kent Welcome Center, 3 Railroad St, Kent
  3:00 pm
Sunday September 6
• Bridget Seaman Memorial FAITH Food Pantry Drive →
  Dickinson Memorial Park, 50 Elm Dr, Newtown
  2:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Bethel

• 9 South Street #B, Bethel, CT 06801 Property for rent (corcoran.com)
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Brookfield

• Georgia farm transformed its fall maze into a Dolly Parton tribute (fox5atlanta.com)
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Monroe

• See Annabelle by flashlight: Warrens' 'haunted' collection leaves Connecticut for Salem (rep-am.com)
• Monroe Police Reports: Broken taillight leads to DUI, Kia hits a tree (themonroesun.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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