🌱 Patch AM: How a multistate murder-suicide reached a truck in New Milford

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In today's newsletter:

• How a multistate murder-suicide reached a truck in New Milford

Also on today's calendar: Gallery Show.

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Very windy; colder, with a high of 26 and low of 21 degrees.
• Wednesday: Variably cloudy and breezy, temps: high: 30, low: 18. ⛄️ Brr!
• Thursday: Cold with a few snowflakes, with a high of 25 and low of 11 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Dad and daughter had a child through incest relationship before grim murder-suicide (themirror.com) — Police in New Milford discovered the bodies of 20‑year‑old Katie Pladl and her adoptive father, Anthony Fusco, in a truck with its windows shot out during a multistate 2018 murder‑suicide case. The article recounts how Katie’s biological father, Steven Pladl, killed his infant son, Katie, and Fusco before dying by suicide, outlining the disturbing background of their illegal relationship and prior arrests.
   

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Saturday January 3

• Gallery Show
  Village Center for the Arts , 12 Main St , New Milford
  6:03 pm

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Wednesday December 31

• Close at 2:00 Happy New Year
  The Burnham Library , 62 Main Street South , Bridgewater
• Noon Year's Eve Party
  The Brookfield Library , 182 Whisconier Rd , Brookfield
  11:15 am
• Tony & The West Siders New Year's Eve Live Music Bash at Aquila's Nest
  Aquila's Nest Vineyards , 56 Pole Bridge Rd , Sandy Hook
  6:00 pm
• New Year's Eve with Wanda Houston
  Fife 'n Drum Restaurant & Inn , 53 N Main St , Kent
  7:30 pm
• Karaoke Night at ICONS Sports Bar & Grill
  Icons Sports Bar & Grill , 80 CT-39 , New Fairfield
  9:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• New Year's Day
  Roxbury, CT Calendar
• Closed: Happy New Year
  The Burnham Library , 62 Main Street South , Bridgewater

Friday January 2

• William C. Kavanek: A Retrospective Opens
  The Burnham Library , 62 Main Street South , Bridgewater
  10:00 am
• William C. Kavanek: A Retrospective Show Opening
  The Burnham Library , 62 Main Street South , Bridgewater
  10:00 am
• French Conversation Fridays
  The Burnham Library , 62 Main Street South , Bridgewater
  1:30 pm

Monday January 5

• WMS Boys & Girls home Basketball Game vs. Memorial
  Whisconier Middle School , 17 Whisconier Road , Brookfield
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• While Christmas has come and gone … continue to water your Christmas Tree every day you have it up!
  A dry Christmas Tree can catch fire very easily and burn very quickly. (Nextdoor )
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  can complete any job as big as service upgrades, home remodels and additions to smaller jobs such as replacing panels, replacing switches, fans, and… (Nextdoor Northeastern New Milford)

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Sarr, McCollum lift the Wizards to their second win over the Grizzlies in 9 days, 116-112 (middletownpress.com)
• Animal influencer 'the Real Tarzann' hospitalized after skydiving accident (fox61.com)

Kent

• One Bridgerton Detail About Penelope Is Way More Complicated Than the Show Lets On (fandomwire.com)

Brookfield

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-- The Patch AM Team

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