Southbury Daily: Game Clock Operators Needed + Food Bank Is Busy

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know today in and around Southbury.

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First, today's weather:

Rain overnight. High: 85 Low: 67.

Here are the top stories in Southbury today:

1. Town Of Southbury: Employment Opportunity: Scorebook / Game Clock Operators (Southbury Patch)
2. Newtown Woman Accused Of Worker's Compensation Fraud: State (Newtown Patch)
3. Danbury police catch Waterbury man with ‘unusual amount’ of drugs (Danbury News Times)
4. $5.5M renovated farmhouse with 'mini brewery,' wine cellar on the market in Redding (CTPost)
5. CSP investigating crash on Route 8 in Seymour as a road rage incident (WTNH.com)
6. Naugatuck VFW holding Citizen's Awards ceremony (My Citizens News)
7. Shelton Day adds Shop Hop to activities (Westport News)
8. Vitti's Dance Studio in Danbury Announces Fall Registration Day (HamletHub)
9. Roxbury library presenting talk on Mars 2020 Mission (Westport News)
10. TheatreWorks New Milford presents 'If I Fell' opening Oct. 1 (Thehour.com)

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Today in Southbury:

• Adult Ed - Rm 215 - - Pomperaug Regional High School (6:00 PM)
• Meeting: Economic Development Commission (6:00 PM)
• Meeting: Zoning Commission - Southbury Town Hall (7:30 PM)

Southbury Patch Notebook

• Southbury Food Bank: "WOW!! SFB provided 2,367 #summerlunches to Region 15 students in need while school was out! Thank you for your support of this program and for our wonderful volunteers that made it happen!" (Facebook)
• Southbury Music Studio: "Our band instrument repairman can handle tasks from instrument cleaning, to a complete instrument overhaul. Prices vary depending on the degree of repair. Come by today to get a free estimate and let us fix your broken or damaged instrum..." (Facebook)
• Pomperaug Basketball Community: "Great opportunity to support local sports and make extra $!" (Facebook)
• Southbury Business Association: "SAVE-THE-DATE: After Hours Happy Hour at Catalyst Training Gyms in Southbury Plaza, 100 Main St N on Thurs. Sept 23rd at 5:00pm!" (Facebook)

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— Al Branch

About me: I am a veteran journalist and Connecticut native with more than 30 years of experience covering municipal governments, education, politics and a host of other topics. A few years ago, I realized how much I missed the world of hyperlocal journalism, and I was fortunate to be hired by Patch in 2013.

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