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Bethel Daily Briefing: Thursday, Dec. 1

What you need to know to start your day in Bethel.

Today is Thursday, December 1, 2011, the 335th day of the year. Including today, there are 24 more shopping days until Christmas. 

Today's Weather

  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 47. North wind between 6 and 13 mph. 
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 23. Calm wind. 

Municipal Meetings

  • There is a Board of Education meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in Meeting Room E at the municipal center.
  • The Energy Conservation Committee will meet in Meeting Room A at 7 p.m. in the municipal center (agenda). 
  • There is a scheduled company meeting at 8 p.m. for the Bethel Volunteer Fire Department at the fire house. 

Events, Reminders, Notices

  • Debris Pick-Up: Debris pick-up has been moving fast in Bethel and the schedule has been pushed up a week. Today, pick-up will be in all roads east of Rt. 58, Redding Town Line up to Plumtrees Road, until Saturday, Dec. 3. For the complete new schedule, . 
  • Women Helping Women: Tonight visit the Stony Hill Inn in Bethel and have a Girls Night Out. For a $5 entry fee, see Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, Dazzling Details, Stella & Dot, Scentsy, Tastefully Simple, Rita's Floral Touch, Quackers and Honkers, KV Designs, Thirty One and The Duct Stops Here.
  • BHS Yearbook Information: The 2012 Yearbook Holiday Sale began last week. Please order before December 31 for the special holiday price of $75. Request an order form from Rebecca Lacey at laceyr@bethel.k12.ct.us. Also, recognition ads can now be purchased. The flier can be printed from the BHS website or go directly to: http://www.mdznr.com/yearbook/bhsparentad2012.pdf. Sale ends January 13. Please send all materials to Lacey at BHS. All photos will be returned.

Today in History

  • 1864: In his State of the Union Address, President Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.
  • 1885: The first serving of the soft drink Dr. Pepper at a drug store in Waco, Texas.
  • 1913: The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
  • 1955: In Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
  • 1969: The first draft lottery in the United States in held since World War II for the Vietnam War. 

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


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