🌱 Patch AM: New Independent Bookshop Planned For Southbury

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In today's newsletter:

• Family-run bookstore bringing books and events to Main Street North
• Discover the Southbury farm trail that feels like stepping into the 1700s.

Also on today's calendar: REMINDER Recipe Challenge - Let's Stop Food Waste Together and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 76 and low of 51 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, temps: high: 69, low: 48.
• Sunday: Showers; breezy, cooler, with a high of 54 and low of 31 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• New Independent Bookshop Planned For Southbury (patch.com) — Southbury residents can look forward to a new independent bookstore, Little Fox Books, opening later this year at 142 Main Street North. The family-run shop, owned by sisters Abby and Maggie Lee, will offer books for all ages, gifts, and community events like author signings and children’s story times, though an exact opening date has not been set.    

• Road Trip: Explore protected farmland in Southbury and hike along the banks of the Pomperaug River (news12.com) — You can spend a day close to home exploring Southbury’s Platt Farm Preserve, an easy riverside trail along the Pomperaug protected by the Southbury Land Trust. Local conservation leaders explain how preserving over 2,000 acres safeguards water quality, farmland, and wildlife while giving residents peaceful spots for hiking, fishing, and wide-open views.    

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📸 Around Southbury

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Southbury

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★ Featured events ★

Friday April 17

• REMINDER Recipe Challenge - Let's Stop Food Waste Together
  9:00 am

Saturday April 18

• Estate Sale - Monroe
  27 Carmen Ln, Monroe
  10:00 am

Sunday April 19

• Biggest Warehouse Sale of the Year!
  21 Ethan Allen Rd, Newtown
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Artists' Pantry Free Shopping Day!
  Southbury Park & Recreation - Multi-purpose Room , 561 Main St S , Southbury
  10:00 am
• Pomperaug Panthers vs Holy Cross Crusaders
  Pomperaug High School , 234 Judd Rd , Southbury
  12:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• The Art Behind America's Historic Moments - Celebrating America's 250th
  Southbury Library , 100 Poverty Rd , Southbury
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Deacon Chuck Dietsch Memorial 5K Run & Walk for Haiti
  910 Main St S , Southbury
  9:00 am
• Newtown Volunteer Fair
  Cyrenius H Booth Library , 25 Main St , Newtown
  1:00 pm

Sunday April 26

• The Blues Cafe Presents Dead To The Core
  George F Newton VFW 150 Lee Farm Dr, Southbury, CT, 06488
  1:00 pm
• Free Hat City Flutes concert
  Church of the Epiphany , 262 Main St N , Southbury
  2:00 pm

Friday May 1

• Church Rummage Sale
  First Congregational Church , 40 Deforest St , Watertown
  2:00 pm

Saturday May 2

• Chinese Takeout Classics (Cooking Class)
  617 Main St N , Southbury
  9:00 am

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Southbury PatchAM possible:

• Maura Gilson-O'Donnell, REALTOR® — (203) 887-1692
  Your Newtown neighbor in real estate—here to help you move
• William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty, Danbury Brokerage — (203) 796-7700
  Exquisite Homes. Exceptional Agents. Every Price Point.
• Happy Days Creative Arts Center — (203) 231-1644
  Arts and crafts for all ages
• Cool Cookster, LLC
  Cooking up Self Care; Empowerment on a Plate

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🗞 Nearby News

Oxford

• Oxford Building Sold For $3.05M (patch.com)
• Applications Now Available for McKane Scholarship (primepublishers.com)

Middlebury

• Connecticut Nonprofit Serving Veterans Launches Fundraiser After Domain Names Allegedly Taken (primepublishers.com)
• Naugatuck-Based CPA Gets Prison Time For Tax Evasion (patch.com)

Naugatuck

• Matthew William Sherwood (bristoledition.org)

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Ok Southbury! 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: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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