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🌱 Patch AM: How will Southbury’s flood-damaged Larkin Trail crossings be rebuilt?

Also, don't miss Fall Festival on the Southbury Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • How will Southbury's flood-damaged Larkin Trail crossings be rebuilt?
  • Southbury records confirm death in decades-old Connecticut missing person saga

Also on today's calendar: Fall Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A brief morning shower; humid, with a high of 84 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, temps: high: 76, low: 50.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Plans To Repair Flood-Damaged Southbury Trails To Be Unveiled (patch.com) — State officials are coming to Southbury Town Hall to unveil repair plans for four flood-damaged Larkin State Bridle Trail stream crossings, including two near Jeremy Swamp Road and Curt Smith Road. Residents can attend Tuesday's 6–7:30 p.m. session in Room 205 or join virtually to hear timelines, environmental considerations, and how the work could better protect local trails from future storms.
   

• Man long linked to one of Connecticut's oldest missing person cases dies at 90 (ctpost.com) — A man long linked to a famous Connecticut missing-person case quietly died at his Southbury home in June at age 90, according to records from the Southbury town clerk. The story revisits his late wife's 1984 disappearance, the decades of investigation, and a later bribery conviction, while noting the case remains open with a reward for information.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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