Today is Tuesday, February 21, the 52nd day of the year.

Today's Headlines

St. Joseph's Basketball Teams Win Danbury Tournament

Comic Strip: It Came to Brookfield

Blog: Winner of Valentine's Day Poem Contest

Today's Weather

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain after 3 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Calm wind becoming south between 7 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. South wind between 5 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent.

Events & Reminders

• The High School Renovation Review Committee is meeting in room 209 of Town Hall today at 5 p.m.
• The Economic Development Commission and Municipal Building Commission are both meeting in Town Hall at 7 p.m.

Today in History

• 1804: The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales.
• 1848: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.
• 1925: The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
• 1965: Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.
• 1972: President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.

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