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In today's newsletter:

  • How Bethel teens helped expose a disturbing drugs-for-sex case

Also on today's calendar: Free Acting Workshop for All Levels and 9 more events.

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  • Friday: Cloudy with afternoon rain, temps: high: 48, low: 40.
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📰 News we're reading

• New Milford man serving 12 years in prison in drugs-for-sex case involving minors (newstimes.com) — Bethel police and Bethel High School staff helped uncover a serious drugs-for-sex case involving local minors that led to a New Milford man receiving a 12-year prison sentence. Investigators say the girls reported being given multiple drugs at a Bethel residence before being driven to his home, where evidence and GPS data later corroborated their accounts.
   

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  • Norwalk police investigated a suspicious package on Westport Avenue, which was determined to be a battery pack and posed no threat.
    12:10PM on Jan 6: Norwalk police closed Westport Avenue and Strawberry Hill Avenue for about an hour while investigating a suspicious package. (Nextdoor )
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    10:17AM on Jan 6: A suspicious device was found outside Bankwell Bank on Westport Avenue and Strawberry Hill Avenue, and the area is blocked off. (Nextdoor )
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  • Danbury Public Schools District posted a job opening for Science Teacher - Long-Term sub for LOA in Danbury. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bethel here.

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Danbury

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  • Newtown Water And Sewer Authority To Hold Hearing, Meeting On Proposed Rate Bump (patch.com)

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