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🌱 Patch AM: Norwalk Home With 'Private Backyard Retreat' Listed For Sale

Coming up on the Norwalk Patch calendar: Moving Sale - Stamford

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Hey hey Norwalk! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Step inside a historic Cranbury home with a secluded backyard retreat
  • See what $340K in upgrades will bring to Meadow Street Park.
  • How Norwalk kicked off this year's AEM Manufacturing Express tour

Also on today's calendar: Moving Sale - Stamford and 19 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Beautiful with clouds and sun, with a high of 77 and low of 69 degrees.
  • Sunday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 81, low: 65.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 78 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Norwalk Home With 'Private Backyard Retreat' Listed For Sale (patch.com) — Norwalk house hunters may be interested in a $950,000 listing at 316 Chestnut Hill Road, offering four bedrooms and 2.5 baths. The home blends 1780s New England character with modern updates on 1.5 acres in the desirable Cranbury neighborhood, providing a private backyard retreat close to local amenities.
   

• Meadow Street Park on tap for $340K in improvements (nancyonnorwalk.com) — Norwalk's Meadow Street Park is set for a $340,000 makeover, replacing chain-link fencing with new benches, plantings, and a drinking fountain alongside its growing microforest. Funded through state-backed corridor grants, the upgrade will tie into the new Meadow Gardens housing development and aims to create a more welcoming green space for longtime neighbors and future residents alike.
   

• On the Road Again: The AEM Manufacturing Express Returns (aem.org) — A national manufacturing roadshow recently kicked off its Northeast tour with a celebratory stop at Terex/Smart Equip in Norwalk, spotlighting local workers and the city's role in non-road equipment manufacturing. The tour then continued to other Connecticut and Northeast sites, emphasizing how investment in American manufacturing supports jobs, innovation, and community infrastructure across the region.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Norwalk Oyster Festival Announces 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony, Fri. Sept. 11 at 6 pm —Janet L. Serra Read on Patch
  • Say hello to Chief Brodie!!
    This is my lil guy who I rescued in Pownal, Vermont 10 yrs ago. He enjoys being in charge, laying next to his mom (me) rubbing his belly and playing… (Nextdoor Nolan Court)
  • As part of the Walk Bridge replacement and infrastructure improvements in South Norwalk and East Norwalk, the legacy electric towers will be removed over the next month.
    The towers are balanced with over nine miles of wires that stretch between them so they need to be carefully removed, which will impact rail service… (Nextdoor Cranbury)
  • Aramark posted a job opening for Cook - Ridgefield HS in Norwalk. Apply here.
  • Fairfield Ludlowe High School posted a job opening for Custodian III-Grade 9 in Fairfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Norwalk here.

🗞 Nearby News

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Stamford

  • CT-Based Supermarket, Stamford Brewery Collaborate On New Fall Beer (patch.com)
  • Stamford Resident Scores Big Prize From Scratch-Off: CT Lottery (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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