🌱 How East Hartford games helped launch UConn’s newest All-American star

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• How East Hartford games helped launch UConn’s newest All-American star

Also on today's calendar: The Shoreline Ringers present Silver Bells: A Holiday Handbell Concert and 7 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Times of clouds and sunshine, with a high of 33 and low of 24 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 41, low: 25.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 45 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Skyler Bell becomes first UConn football player in 15 years to earn first-team All-America status (nhregister.com) — A standout season at Rentschler Field in East Hartford helped UConn wide receiver Skyler Bell become the program’s first first-team All-American in 15 years. The Bronx native shattered school receiving records, earned national award recognition, and even turned down powerhouse offers to return to UConn, crediting the coaching staff’s belief in his potential.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Hartford

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• The Shoreline Ringers present Silver Bells: A Holiday Handbell Concert
  East Hartford Community Center, 50 Chapman Pl, East Hartford, CT, 06108,
  4:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Christmas Services at Second Congregational Church of Manchester
  385 N Main St, Manchester
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Glow - Hartford
  Connecticut Convention Center , 100 Columbus Blvd , Hartford
  4:00 pm
• Orchestra & Band Winter Concert (Auditorium)
  Hall High School W Hartford, CT 06117
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Glow - Hartford
  Connecticut Convention Center , 100 Columbus Blvd , Hartford
  4:00 pm
• Radiance | Festival of Lights
  The Amistad Center for Art & Culture , 600 Main St , Hartford
  4:30 pm
• A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas - Hartford Stage
  Hartford Stage , 50 Church St , Hartford
  7:30 pm

Friday December 19

• 20s/30s Ugly Sweater Party @ Elicit Brewing 🍻🍕
  Elicit Brewing Co - Manchester , 165 Adams St , Manchester
  7:30 pm

Sunday December 21

• December 21, 2025, 8:00 p.m.: Inifinity Hall, Hartford, CT
  Infinity Music Hall - Hartford , 32 Front St , Hartford
  8:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Cozy Slipper Day
  Bugbee Elementary School W Hartford, CT 06117
  8:45 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• PTO Event: Square Peg Pizza
  Naubuc Elementary School , 82 Griswold Street , Glastonbury
  5:00 pm
• Board of Education Regular Meeting
  MD Fox School , 470 Ave , Hartford
  5:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Greater Glastonbury Veterans & Allies Coffeehouse
  Riverfront Community Center , 300 Welles St , Glastonbury
  9:00 am
• Digital Photography [Understanding Your Camera]
  Barnes & Noble , 175 Glastonbury Blvd , Glastonbury
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please share & repost to help reunite this stray cat!
  FOUND on December 10, 2025 in East Hartford, CT 06118 near Silver lane Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the finder,… (Nextdoor Silver Lane)
• Ok this feels like a post that isnt a detrimental thing when their is so much suffering and people hungry and homeless that are definitely not thinking about what they are or aren’t getting or giving for Christmas this year maybe not giving idk I’m
  just feeling a little like this post is not a life or death situation but I have to ask because to a 5 8 10 year old girl they won’t be feeling the… (Nextdoor Glastonbury Line)

• Burlington Stores posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in East Hartford. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Hartford

• Final CT High School Football Coaches' Poll: Who finished No. 1 after state title games? (courant.com)
• 3 people injured in Hartford crash at Main Street intersection Monday, official says (nhregister.com)
• 3 Hartford teens charged for stolen car, ghost gun (wfsb.com)

Manchester

• Wrong Way Detection System Being Activated On Highway Interchange In Manchester (patch.com)

South Windsor

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