🌱 Patch AM: Which Avon students earned UConn’s coveted Fall 2025 Dean’s List honor?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which Avon students earned UConn’s coveted Fall 2025 Dean’s List honor?

Also on today's calendar: The Conversation Project and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one elevator say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high of 41 and low of 26 degrees.
• Tuesday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 44, low: 34.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 43 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• UConn: Every CT student who made the Fall 2025 Dean's list, by town (courant.com) — Avon residents can celebrate a long list of hometown students who earned a spot on UConn’s Fall 2025 Dean’s List, with dozens of names highlighted under the Avon heading. The piece compiles honorees from every Connecticut town, so you can also check on friends and relatives across the state.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Avon

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday January 18

• New World Trio "Treasured Trios"
  Saint John’s Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave, West Hartford
  2:00 pm

Friday January 30

• Knit and Pearls
  Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd, Avon
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday January 12

• The Conversation Project
  Eno Memorial Hall - Simsbury Senior Center , 754 Hopmeadow St , Simsbury
  1:00 pm

Thursday January 15

• Being Thomas Jefferson: Virtual Author Event with Andrew Burstein
  Avon Free Public Library , 281 Country Club Rd , Avon
  2:00 pm

Sunday January 18

• John Mayock & The Homesteaders
  Avon Free Public Library , 281 Country Club Rd , Avon
  3:00 pm

Monday January 19

• Turf Tykes
  1375 Hopmeadow St , Simsbury
  10:00 am
• Martin Luther King Day Community Celebration
  First Church of Christ , 689 Hopmeadow St , Simsbury
  2:00 pm

Wednesday January 21

• The Sandwich Generation: Addressing the Demands of Multigenerational Care
  Simsbury Public Library , 725 Hopmeadow St , Simsbury
  6:30 pm

Saturday January 24

• An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (In-Person Event)
  Avon Free Public Library , 281 Country Club Rd , Avon
  1:00 pm
• Kingswood Oxford's Wyvern Invitational A Cappella Festival
  170 Kingswood Rd , West Hartford
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday January 12

• Onederful Ones
  Farmington Library , 6 Monteith Drive , Farmington
  9:15 am
• Tinkering Tweens: Design Your Own Tic-Tac-Toe
  Farmington Library , 6 Monteith Drive , Farmington
  5:00 pm
• East Windsor Boys Varsity Basketball @ Canton
  Canton High School , 76 Simonds Ave , Collinsville
  6:45 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Adult Take-and-Make Program: Polar Bear Soap
  Farmington Library , 6 Monteith Drive , Farmington
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Cart Attendant in Avon. Apply here.
• Dribbler LLC posted a job opening for Private Soccer Coach in Avon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Avon here.

🗞 Nearby News

Farmington

• Mr. Handyman of Greater Hartford & Farmington Valley Tackles Honey Do Lists in Avon (desmoinesregister.com)
• TRIPPED UP: Bedbugs Attacked Us, and Our Luxury Hotel Won't Admit It. (myheraldreview.com)
• Obituary: Judith L. Hinkley Tyler (centralmaine.com)

West Hartford

• Dom Amore's Sunday Read: CT high school star now scoring big for Yale; DC's threes in NBA, and more (courant.com)

Southington

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-- The Patch AM Team

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