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# The Sunday Brief: Last Day of Early Voting, Election Day Tuesday, and a Warm Week
- URL: https://www.brookfieldcurrent.com/daily-digest-2026-11-01/
- Published: 2026-11-01T14:17:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-01T14:17:10.000Z
- Description: Today is the final day of early voting, Tuesday brings Election Day and a 68-degree forecast, and a new ShopRite opens just down the road in Danbury.
- Author: The Brookfield Current
- Tags: News

Good morning, Brookfield. Sunday starts frosty and turns sunny, with a high near 60 — and the week ahead warms up nicely, right through Election Day. Here is everything happening locally today and in the days just ahead.

**Today is the last day of early voting.** Early voting runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Town Hall Meeting Room 133, and statewide, 438,451 ballots had already been cast through all methods by the end of Friday. [Read the latest numbers](https://www.brookfieldcurrent.com/early-voting-by-the-numbers-october-30/).

**Election Day is Tuesday.** Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m., Monday brings no early voting, and the forecast for Tuesday is mostly sunny and 68 degrees. [What to expect on the day itself](https://www.brookfieldcurrent.com/election-day-tuesday-what-to-expect/).

**The school board seat is still open.** The Board of Education vacancy from September remains unfilled, the charter's 60-day window has now closed, and the appointment now falls to the Board of Selectmen. [The full picture](https://www.brookfieldcurrent.com/board-of-education-vacancy-selectmen-next/).

**A new ShopRite opens in Danbury today.** [The 59,000-square-foot store at Nutmeg Square, on the site of the former Stop & Shop, opens to shoppers Sunday, with a ribbon cutting Monday at 10 a.m.](https://www.brookfieldcurrent.com/new-shoprite-opens-danbury-nutmeg-square/)

**Bobcats football has three games left.** After Friday's 20–3 loss to Stratford, [the varsity team travels to Joel Barlow on Friday night, with the junior varsity at home Saturday morning](https://www.brookfieldcurrent.com/bobcats-football-final-stretch/).

**Around the region,** [New Milford puts its nonprofits on stage Sunday afternoon, and Friday night's neighboring scoreboards were busy](https://www.brookfieldcurrent.com/around-the-region-nonprofits-friday-scores/).

**And in Danbury,** [a proposal to redevelop part of the former Union Carbide headquarters into a data center has drawn resident concerns — and a call from a local legislator for a statewide moratorium](https://www.brookfieldcurrent.com/danbury-data-center-debate/).

**Weather for the week:** frosty Sunday morning, then sunny and 60 today; mostly sunny and 66 Monday; mostly sunny and 68 on Election Day Tuesday; mostly sunny and 70 Wednesday. [The full outlook](https://www.brookfieldcurrent.com/frosty-sunday-warm-election-day/).

Keep the conversation going in [the Forum](https://www.brookfieldcurrent.com/forum/) — with Election Day two days away, what is the one local question you most want answered before you vote?