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5 Things To Know Today: Wednesday, Aug. 1

Here's your local guide to what's happening today in Weston, Redding and Easton.

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• There's a brown bag lunch with Redding First Selectman Natalie Ketcham today at noon at . 

• There's all sorts of activities today at the Easton Public Library for the kids. Click here to check out a schedule. 

• On this day in 1876, Colorado was admitted as the 38th State of the Union.  

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• On this day in 2007, the I-35W bridge collapsed during rush hour outside Minneapolis, Minn., killing 13 people. 

• Today would have been 's 70th birthday. Garcia died in 1995.

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