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GOOD To Watch/Attend: This Week’s Town Board Meetings

Tuesday, Mar. 31

  • Board of Finance Budget Deliberations, at 7 p.m., at Comstock Community Center, Rm. 31 or via Zoom [agenda] [Zoom link]

Wednesday, Apr. 1

Friday, Apr. 3: GOOD Friday, Town Hall Offices Closed

Monday, Apr. 6

  • Board of Selectmen Meeting, at 7 p.m., at Comstock Community Center, Rm. 31 or via Zoom [agenda] [Zoom link]

GOOD First Amendment in Action: No Kings Rally will become a Weekly Event in Wilton

Justinbaiad.com Credit: Justin Baiad Photography

According to organizers, the “No Kings” rally that was held this past weekend in Wilton was the first of what will now become weekly events in Wilton. Organized by Indivisible Fairfield County and REBs Moving Forward (a Redding-based group), people are invited to gather every Saturday morning, from 10-11 a.m., along Danbury Rd. in front of Wilton High School to protest against the Trump administration.

GOOD Volunteer Opportunity: Town-wide Cleanup Day

Credit: GOOD Morning Wilton

Wilton Conservation Commission is hosting its annual Town-wide Clean Up Day on Saturday, Apr. 25, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m., rain or shine. Volunteers are needed to collect trash. Volunteers will meet at the Town Green in Wilton Center and supplies will be provided. Contact the Wilton Department of Environmental Affairs for more information at 203.563.0180.

GOOD Scientists: Wilton Students Receive Top Honors at 2026 CT Science and Engineering Fair

2026 CT Science and Engineering Fair winners from Middlebrook School Credit: contributed

The 2026 Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair finals were held in early March, showcasing top projects in life science, engineering and physical science by students in grades 7-12. This year, 12 Wilton students competed at the state level and received multiple awards and honors for their projects.

Middlebrook School

  • Wesley Marley and Arrin Suri: Green Walls: The Power of Plant-Based Materials for Home Cooling — 3rd Place, Alexion Biotechnology Award
  • Aarya Patel and Aaryan Patel: Dual Axis Automatic Solar Tracker — 1st Place, EnergizeCT Alternative & Renewable Energy Awards; 2nd Place EnergizeCT Future Sustainability Awards; Society of Women Engineers Award; MIT Club of Hartford K-12 Initiative Award; Jon Chapitis Memorial Award; Dreams Unlimited Award
  • Avery Schay and Jack Richardson: Human Versus Machine: Can Two Kids and a Quantum Computer Beat a “Magic: The Gathering” Professional? — 1st Place, CT Science Fair Association Mathematics Award
  • Tanush Nareddy: Treat Them Proteins! Using Technology to Help Damaged Enzymes — 1st Place, Pfizer Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Award
  • Owen O’Dea: Smart Bandages for Dogs — 1st Place, Black & Decker Applied Technology Award
  • Jiya Praveen: How Microplastics in Water Affects Cymatics — Ricoh Americas Corporation Award; Connecticut Science Supervisors Association Award; 1st place, Aquarion Water Company Award
  • Pratap Sharma: Smart Plant Care: Using Automation and AI — 3rd Place, Connecticut Science Fair Association Physical Science Awards; 3rd Place, Stanley Black & Decker Applied Technology Awards; 3rd Place, Infosys Foundation Computer Science Awards; Office of Naval Research, U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps Award

Wilton High School

  • Arav Gupta: OleoFoam: A Magnetically Controlled Oleophilic Foam for Targeted Oil Absorption — J.A. Augustine and H. Glista Award, Excellence in Physical Sciences
  • Ishanvi Jaiswal: Improving Space Weather Forecasting Through Multivariate Machine Learning Analysis for SPE (Solar Particle Event) Prediction — The Charles Hammond for Excellence in Astronomy Award

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