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Bethel Daily Briefing: Wednesday, Nov. 9

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

Today is Wednesday, November 9, the 313th day of the year. Today is also World Freedom Day in the United States, which commermorates the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Today's Weather

  • Wednesday: Patchy fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 64. Calm wind becoming south between 6 and 9 mph. 
  • Wednesday Night: A slight chance of rain or drizzle after midnight. Areas of fog after 11 p.m. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 48. South wind between 5 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

Municipal Meetings

  • The Planning & Zonning Commission will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in Meeting Room D at the municipal center (agenda). It will also continue a public hearing
  • The Public Site & Building Commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Meeting Room B at the municipal center (agenda).
  • The Bethel Housing Authority will hold its regular meeting tonight at 25 Reynolds Ridge at 7:30 p.m.

Events, Reminders, Notices

  • The Results Are In: First Selectman Matthew Knickerbocker won a second term in yesterday's election. It was a big night for Democrats, who also won all three Board of Finance seats.
  • Pizza & Jazz: Tonight's jazz at Pizzeria Lauretano is the Steve Blum Trio

Today in History

  • 1620: Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
  • 1887: The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
  • 1906: Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President to make an official trip outside the country to inspect the progress on the Panama Canal.
  • 1967: The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published.
  • 1989: Communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its sitizens to travel to West Germany. 

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


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