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Hi Stamford! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Do you own this recalled Cuisinart grill brush linked to injuries?
  • Meet the former Stamford Advocate reporter shaping tomorrow's journalists
  • How ICE's statewide raids are reaching Stamford as arrests near 100

Also on today's calendar: Open House German School of Connecticut and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Humid; a p.m. shower or two, with a high of 78 and low of 70 degrees.
  • Tuesday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, temps: high: 84, low: 72.
  • Wednesday: Humid with a t-storm or two, with a high of 79 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Conair Adds Nearly Two Million Cuisinart Grill Brushes to a Recall Now Covering Every Wire Bristle Model (medicaldaily.com) — Stamford-based Conair has expanded its recall to include every Cuisinart wire-bristle grill brush ever sold, after reports of metal bristles breaking off and injuring users. If you own any Cuisinart wire grill brush, you're urged to stop using it immediately and contact the company for a refund or store-credit replacement.
   

• Barbara Selvin (stonybrook.edu) — Stamford gets a shout-out in this profile of journalism professor Barbara Selvin, who once reported for The Advocate here before moving into academia at Stony Brook. The piece traces her reporting beats, teaching career, and research interests in community journalism and women in the field.
   

• In Danbury, some are hiding from ICE. Others are following them. (ctmirror.org) — Immigration advocates say nearly 100 people have been arrested across Connecticut in a week of intensified ICE operations, including incidents in Stamford and Bridgeport, not just Danbury. Organizers describe racial profiling, tense confrontations, and families scrambling to protect loved ones, while local officials struggle to respond without drawing more federal attention. Stamford residents are part of this wider enforcement push affecting workplaces, schools, and neighborhoods.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Interfaith Council Statement on ICE Brutality —Marie Orsini Rosen Read on Patch
  • Building One Community's Back-to-School Fair a Success, Serving Over 400 Community Members —Building One Community Read on Patch
  • Our morning walk to Beldottis one of their favorite customers samples their sugar doughnut!
    Romeo loves Beldottis (he actually was given a sugar free biscuit) (Nextdoor Bedford St/4th St)
  • The Hollyglen Farm truck is out until dusk today, Saturday.
    185 Pinewood Road Stamford Organic produce-tomatoes, cucumbers, squash and organic catnip, pickles, flowers. Thank you! Nora & Jeremiah (Nextdoor North Stamford)
  • The Learning Experience posted a job opening for Summer Camp Counselor in Stamford. Apply here.
  • ShopRite Supermarkets posted a job opening for ShopRite - Meat Wrapper Clerk (Grade A) Salary Range $18.50 - $18.50/hr in Stamford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stamford here.

🗞 Nearby News

Darien

  • Six American records fall on day two of 2026 Para Pan Pacific Championships (usparaswimming.org)

Greenwich

Norwalk

  • Norwalk Home With 'Great Patio Area' Listed For Sale (patch.com)

Ok Stamford! 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 waist of time (Thank you Kourtney Z. for sending it in!)
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