Southbury Daily: Moratorium Planned On Cannabis Establishments

Up and at 'em, Southbury! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here's everything going on in and around Southbury today.

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First, today's weather:

Rain in the morning and afternoon. High: 75 Low: 64.

Here are the top stories today in Southbury:

1. "The Southbury Zoning Commission intends to adopt a temporary nine-month moratorium on cannabis establishments in town," officials wrote on Facebook. "This will afford the Commission the opportunity to carefully craft a regulation addressing the topic." (Town of Southbury)
2. Southbury Selectmen Discuss Emergency Planning and Pool | Top Stories (PrimePublishers.com)
3. Alumna gifts great-great-grandfather's Civil War letters to WCSU (HamletHub)
4. New Haven Free Public Library: Check It Out: Monthly NHFPL And Prospect Public Library Joint Book Chat (Southbury Patch)
5. Ansonia ponders zoning change for rock crushing facility (Middletown Press)
6. Naugatuck Ambulance board names new CEO (My Citizens News)
7. Vaccine Clinic Being Offered At Fall Festival (Cheshire Herald)

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Today in Southbury:

• Meeting: Strategic Plan Commission - Southbury Town Hall (7:00 PM)

Southbury Patch Notebook

• Southbury Plaza: " Choice Pet September Specials!! #choicepet #septemberspecial #southburyplaza #southburyct #ctlocal #connecticutgram #petstore" (Instagram)
• Southbury Plaza: " Staff member Naisha from Old Navy showing off some of their great selection of graphic tees in store at Southbury Plaza ! . . #southburyplaza #oldnavy #graphictees #connecticutgram #ctsyle #babyyoda #notoriousbig #friends #oldnavyst..." (Instagram)
• Gainfield Elementary School PTO: "Want to know what the PTO has planned for this year? Thinking about getting involved? Come to our first meeting of the school year - tonight at 7pm! We love new faces and ideas! Use the link below. "See" you there! meet.google.com/iwr-xy..." (Facebook)
• Southbury Library Youth Services: "Join us right here on Facebook LIVE for Teddy Bear Storytime! Thursday, September 9 at 12 pm. Catch us live or watch later. Stop by the Youth Services department to pick up a Take & Make teddy bear craft." (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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