Bethel Daily Briefing: Weekend of Friday, Oct. 14

Today is Friday, October 14, the 287th day of the year.

Today's Weather

Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 73. South wind between 8 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. 

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southwest wind between 8 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. 

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Breezy, with a southwest wind between 13 and 21 mph. 

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. West wind between 15 and 17 mph. 

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. 

Sunday Night: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. 

Municipal Meetings

• There are no municipal meetings in Bethel today.

Events, Reminders, Notices

• Lunch With The First Selectman: Residents can join the First Selectman for lunch today from noon-1:30 p.m. in Meeting Room A at the municipal center. Bring your own lunch and questions about local issues.
  
• Cider Donuts: Blue Jay Orchard's Facebook fans, can receive a $1 off a dozen cider donuts between now and Sunday.
• Today's Flu Shots: Bethel's Visiting Nurses Association will hold a  at English Apothecary, located at 140 Greenwood Ave. in Bethel, from 9-11 a.m.

Today in History

• 1888: Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture: "Roundhay Garden Scene."
• 1912: While campaigning in Milwaukee, former President Theodore Roosevelt is hot and mildly wounded by a mentally-disturbed saloon keeper. Roosevelt still carries our hi scheduled speech with the bullet still in his wound.
• 1926: The children's book "Winnie the Pooh," by A.A. Milne, is first published.
• 1968: The first live telecast from a manned space craft, the Apollo 7, occurs. 
• 1982: President Ronald Reagan proclaims the War on Drugs.

Weather information taken from the National Weather Service. Today in History compiled from Wikipedia and other sources.