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🌱 Patch AM: Southbury Hopes To Look A Little More Like A Holiday Postcard This Year

Make time for 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize on the Southbury Patch calendar

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Hello again Southbury! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Southbury plans festive Main Street makeover with new holiday lights
  • How Route 487 construction could affect your September commute in Southbury
  • What Southbury's four-day town hall schedule means for your Fridays

Also on today's calendar: 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: An afternoon shower in spots, with a high of 77 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 78, low: 61.
  • Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 79 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Southbury Hopes To Look A Little More Like A Holiday Postcard This Year (patch.com) — Southbury is planning a postcard-worthy holiday makeover along a two-mile stretch of Main Street South, adding illuminated wreaths and garlands to about 150 lamp posts. Town officials are coordinating electrical upgrades, long-term reusable decorations, and possible participation from Southbury Green, the movie theater property, and Main Street businesses to create a coordinated holiday streetscape and marketing push.
   

• Milling and Resurfacing on Route 487 in Southbury and Oxford (ct.gov) — Expect daytime lane closures on Route 487 in Southbury from Kettletown State Park to Route 67 while the state mills and resurfaces the road between September 1 and 18. Work will run weekdays from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., with traffic control guiding drivers and possible schedule changes if weather interferes.
   

• Several Connecticut towns make the switch to four-day municipal work weeks (newenglandnewspress.com) — Southbury residents now have town offices open later Monday through Thursday under a four-day workweek pilot that began in April 2025, with offices closed Fridays. The schedule aims to improve evening access to services and mirrors a growing trend among Connecticut towns experimenting with compressed municipal workweeks to aid hiring and better serve residents.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • What is the biggest key to a comfortable retirement?
    I've noticed that retirement looks very different for everyone Some people rely on pensions, some on Social Security, some on 401(k)s and investments… (Nextdoor Upper Kettletown)
  • Hi all, my friends son is hoping to buy a condo in Waterbury's West End.
    He works at Waterbury Hospital and his price range is 275K max . Anyone have recommendations? I know there are a few complexes around there. (Nextdoor Southbury)
  • Dunkin' posted a job opening for Restaurant Manager in Southbury. Apply here.
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill posted a job opening for Crew Member in Southbury. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Southbury here.

🗞 Nearby News

Oxford

  • Oxford To Consider Changing How Residents Are Charged For Sewers (patch.com)

Middlebury

  • Best Tree Removal Services in Middlebury CT Improve Landscape Health (usatoday.com)

Naugatuck

  • Ex-Naugatuck Teacher Arrested, Police Say (patch.com)

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: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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