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What's up Norwalk! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Norwalk middle school is rethinking student attendance tracking
  • Norwalk remembers influential rock critic and Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh

Also on today's calendar: The Late Summer Show and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Not as warm, with a high of 77 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Saturday: Humid with periods of rain, temps: high: 75, low: 69.
  • Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Absenteeism Is a Major Problem. So Why Can't Schools Agree on How to Measure It? (goodmenproject.com) — Norwalk's Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy is highlighted as an example of how schools juggle different ways of tracking attendance, reporting homeroom data to the state while using period-by-period records to monitor students more closely. The broader piece explains why states can't agree on a single definition of attendance, how that complicates chronic absenteeism data, and why more granular tracking is spreading nationwide.
   

• Jon Landau Remembers 'Generous Friend' and Springsteen Biographer Dave Marsh (rollingstone.com) — Longtime rock critic and author Dave Marsh, a prominent Bruce Springsteen biographer, died Aug. 14 at age 76 at his home in Norwalk. Friend and former Rolling Stone colleague Jon Landau recalls Marsh's confrontational style, deep compassion, and decades of work championing music and cancer patients through the Kristen Ann Carr Fund.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Darien

  • PLAINVILLE SCOOP: Birdcode to open new Plainville location this Friday, 08/21! (theconnecticutscoop.com)
  • Darien Custom Beauty Created by Award-Winning Builder Oliver Wilson Sells for $8.75M (cottagesgardens.com)

Westport

  • Ohio Man Arrested On Stalking Charge In Westport: Police (patch.com)
  • Stanfordite discusses his exoplanet discoveries (westportjournal.com)

Ok Norwalk! 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: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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