🌱 Patch AM: What New Milford police will do with a $20K wellness grant

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In today's newsletter:

• What New Milford police will do with a $20K wellness grant
• How a multi-state murder-suicide left two victims in New Milford
• How New Milford’s wrestlers battled to a top-three finish

Also on today's calendar: Gallery Show.

Today's riddle: What two things can you never eat for breakfast? . 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Occasional morning rain, with a high of 48 and low of 21 degrees.
• Tuesday: Windy and much colder, temps: high: 26, low: 23.
• Wednesday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 33 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• New Milford police awarded $20K grant to promote mental wellness among officers and their families (nhregister.com) — New Milford’s Police Department has secured a $20,000 federal grant to launch a mental health wellness summit for officers, staff and their families, likely this spring. The town council has already accepted the funds, which will support workshops, suicide-prevention and stress-management sessions, and ongoing resiliency training aimed at improving officer well-being and community interactions.
   

• Dad and daughter had a child through incest relationship before grim murder-suicide (themirror.com) — Police once discovered two shooting victims in a truck in New Milford, part of a multi-state 2018 murder-suicide tied to an incestuous relationship. The piece revisits how the killings unfolded across North Carolina, Connecticut, and New York, and includes law-enforcement accounts of the investigation and tragic aftermath.
   

• Sunday's Connecticut high school roundup: Trumbull wins Queen Gambit wrestling meet (newstimes.com) — New Milford High School’s girls wrestlers made a strong showing at the Queens Gambit tournament in Milford, finishing third overall in a deep statewide field. Several New Milford athletes reached the finals, helping the team place just behind Trumbull and Stratford in Sunday’s competition.
   

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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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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 29

• Teen Baking: Lattice Pies & Butterscotch Trifles
  Southbury Library , 100 Poverty Rd , Southbury
  1:00 pm
• Gentle Yoga with Chris
  499 Bantam Rd , Litchfield
  5:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Family Giant Games Afternoon
  Southbury Library , 100 Poverty Rd , Southbury
  1:00 pm
• Open Mic at the Woodbury Brewing Company
  Woodbury Brewing Company , 738 Main St S , Woodbury
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Close at 2:00 Happy New Year
  The Burnham Library , 62 Main Street South , Bridgewater
• Board of Awards Weekly Meeting
  Danbury, CT Calendar Danbury, CT 06810
  10:00 am
• Embodied Strength with Julie
  499 Bantam Rd , Litchfield
  2:30 pm
• Argentine Tango 2026 New Years Party! Wednesday December 31st 2026 | Southbury, CT
  Tango Argentino x Dardo Galletto & Alonso Guzman , 170 Flood Brg Rd , Southbury
  6:00 pm
• New Year's Eve with Wanda Houston
  Fife 'n Drum Restaurant & Inn , 53 N Main St , Kent
  7:30 pm

Thursday January 1

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

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I usually take care of snow removal on my drive with a snowblower, but I’m out of town, returning tomorrow.
  I have probably a 400 foot drive and I hear there’s about 10 inches of snow on Candlewood Mountain Road. Anybody available to plow or clear today? (Nextdoor Candlewood Mountain)
• Asking for my nephew!
  He is looking for a neurologist that isn’t in the nuvance program! Any suggestions would be good (Nextdoor New Milford)

• Big Y Foods, Inc. posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in New Milford. Apply here.
• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service/Sales in New Milford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New Milford here.

🗞 Nearby News

Washington

• Animal influencer 'the Real Tarzann' hospitalized after skydiving accident (fox61.com)

Danbury

• Danbury's Best Holiday Light Displays, See Who Won (patch.com)
• Fire Reported At Former Stop & Shop Building In Danbury (patch.com)

Ok New Milford! 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: Lunch and dinner. (From Norine S.)
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