🌱 Patch AM: Gather and Groove - Community Drum Circle and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Color Your Garden-Flowering Bulbs for Every Season at Cyrenius H Booth Library
• Beginner-Friendly Square Dance Lessons at The United Church of Christ Southbury
• Complimentary Presentation - Five Things to Know About Medicare at Online Event

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What do an island and the letter "t" have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Cloudy, rain becoming heavier, with a high of 65 and low of 58 degrees.
• Monday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 70, low: 51.
• Tuesday: Cloudy with occasional rain, with a high of 64 and low of 48 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oxford

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 22
• Color Your Garden-Flowering Bulbs for Every Season →
  Cyrenius H Booth Library, 25 Main St, Newtown
  1:00 pm
• Beginner-Friendly Square Dance Lessons →
  The United Church of Christ Southbury, 283 Main St N, Southbury
  7:30 pm
Wednesday September 23
• Complimentary Presentation - Five Things to Know About Medicare →
  Online Event,
  12:30 pm
Friday September 25
• "Big Earl's" Remarkable Estate Auction Sale →
  On-Site Live Estate Auction - Under Tents - Extravaganza,
  10:00 am
Saturday September 26
• Apple Festival →
  South Britain Congregational Church, 693 S Britain Rd, Southbury
  10:00 am
• Region 15 Invites Community to STEM-A-Palooza! →
  234 Judd Rd, Southbury
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Friday September 25
• Companion Pet Rescue at Quarry Walk, Oxford →
  Quarry Walk, 300 Oxford Road, Oxford
  3:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• Gather and Groove - Community Drum Circle →
  Oxford Town Hall, 486 Oxford Rd, Oxford
  5:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Trivia Night: Mixed Trivia--a Variety of Subjects →
  Seymour Public Library, 46 Church St, Seymour
  6:15 pm
• Trivia Night: Mixed Trivia--a Variety of Subjects →
  Seymour Public Library, 46 Church St, Seymour
  6:15 pm
Saturday October 3
• Friends of Beacon Falls Library is Hosting Our 4th Annual Pocketbook Bingo Fundraiser →
  758 Rubber Ave, Naugatuck
  8:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Silent Signatures: Chiseled in Stone →
  Seymour Public Library, 46 Church St, Seymour
  6:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Beacon Falls

• Discarded glass, milled to a powder, was used in structural concrete at Halletts Point in Queens, the first high-rise in the United States to use the material this way. The same powder later replaced (scienceblog.com)
• Every real estate transaction in CT, town-by-town. All in one place (courant.com)

Seymour

• High school football Week 2 roundup: Offense carries Ridgefield, Naugatuck to victories (wtnh.com)
• Michael J. Estok, Jr. (newhavenindependent.org)
• Speed Cams Deployed To Route 8 Work Zone (newhavenindependent.org)

Naugatuck

• Naugatuck football rides Brandon Andoh's five touchdowns past Notre Dame-West Haven (ctpost.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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