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🌱 Patch AM: Acrylic painting demonstration and 11 more events
Spotted on the Monroe calendar: Technology Investing: Is A.I. opportunity or hype?
Hey there, Monroe! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Technology Investing: Is A.I. opportunity or hype?
- Navigating Divorce with Confidence & Clarity at RSVP below for zoom invite
- Your New Year's Resolution Solution: Square Dance Lessons! at St Paul's Episcopal Church
... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!
Find out what's happening in Monroefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Monroefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Monday: A little snow, up to 1", with a high of 32 and low of 28 degrees.
- Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 39, low: 34.
- Wednesday: A morning shower possible, with a high of 45 and low of 30 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Monroe
★ Featured events ★
- Technology Investing: Is A.I. opportunity or hype?
3 Corporate Dr, Shelton
12:00 pm - Navigating Divorce with Confidence & Clarity
RSVP below for zoom invite,
6:00 pm - Your New Year's Resolution Solution: Square Dance Lessons!
St Paul's Episcopal Church, 25 Church St, Shelton
6:30 pm
Wednesday January 14
Thursday January 15
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Other local events
- Acrylic painting demonstration
Shelton Community Center, 41 Church St., Shelton
1:00 pm - Restorative Aerial Fusion & HaloTherapy
Salt Cave of Darien , 555 Post Rd , Darien
4:00 pm
Monday January 12
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Write-In with Gabi Coatsworth
Pequot Library , 720 Pequot Ave , Southport
10:00 am - Rhythm and Rhyme
The Westport Library Komansky Room,
10:30 am - Adult Watercolor
Middlebury Public Library , 30 Crest Road , Middlebury
10:30 am - Ticketed Event: All-Age Family Storytime
Ridgefield Library , 472 Main Street , Ridgefield
10:30 am - Verso University Presents: Mah Jongg for Beginners
Room 212, The Westport Library , 20 Jesup Road , Westport
12:00 pm - Commission of the Elderly - Regular Meeting
Derby Senior Center , 293 Main Street , Derby
3:00 pm - Verso University Presents: Mah Jongg for Advanced Beginners
Room 212, The Westport Library , 20 Jesup Road , Westport
3:30 pm - WMS Boys & Girls home Basketball Game vs. Memorial
Whisconier Middle School , 17 Whisconier Road , Brookfield
4:00 pm - Make Your Own Graphic Novel Storyboard!
Fairfield Public Library , 1080 Old Post Road , Fairfield
4:00 pm - Lego® Drop-In
Fairfield Public Library , 1147 Fairfield Woods Road , Fairfield
4:00 pm
Monday January 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Amy Lynn Zerella, 46, of Milford CT, passed away peacefully due to a brief illness on January 1, 2026 —Cody-White Funeral Home Read on Patch
- Report of police activity in Stratford, Connecticut.
5:38PM on Jan 3: Nextdoor user reports a large presence of first responders and police at the Family Dollar parking lot around 4:50 PM. (Nextdoor ) - I’m looking for 3-4 people to move 2 heavy bathroom vanities (300+ pounds each) off my pickup truck and into my garage.
We used a machine at the store to load them but we will need muscles to unload them into my garage. It should take 15 minutes. I’m in Monroe. Today… (Nextdoor Bagburn Hill / Monroe)
- SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Traveling Retail Merchandiser in Monroe. Apply here.
- CROSSMARK posted a job opening for Merchandising in Shelton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Monroe here.
🗞 Nearby News
Easton
- Easton EMS Calls : YEAR-2025 (eastoncourier.news)
Newtown
- Food truck featuring over 100 wing sauces aims to open Newtown restaurant by Super Bowl (newstimes.com)
- Twixtmas Celebration Filled With Music By Panacea & Friends (newtownbee.com)
- Winter Solstice Celebration Continued Despite The Cold Temps (newtownbee.com)
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