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Be sure to catch Macros Healthy Restaurant Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting on the Newington Patch calendar

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Good morning Newington! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Newington’s Humane Society center can help your pets now
  • Why Newington just made AARP’s top 10 livable communities list

Also on today's calendar: Macros Healthy Restaurant Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting and 6 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

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  • Sunday: Sun and some clouds, with a high of 33 and low of 15 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Monday: A little snow in the p.m., temps: high: 29, low: 24.
  • Tuesday: Cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 36 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Meet the CT Humane Society's Adoptable Pet of the Week: Pug (iheart.com) — Newington pet owners can access reduced-fee veterinary care through the Connecticut Humane Society’s pet resource center right in town, funded entirely by donors. This week’s featured adoptable pet, an affectionate senior cat named Pug, is available by online-appointment adoption through CHS’s Waterford location, with the organization also operating facilities in Newington and Wilton.
   

• Hartford Named A Top 10 Livable Community In CT: AARP (patch.com) — Newington has been named one of Connecticut’s top 10 most livable communities in AARP’s latest Livability Index rankings, putting it alongside nearby towns like West Hartford and Hartford. The index scores neighborhoods nationwide on services and amenities that improve quality of life, and AARP leaders are urging local officials to use the data to guide future improvements.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Sunday January 4
  • Agaram Padasalai
    Community Room , 281 Country Club Road , Avon
    1:00 pm
    • Monday January 5
  • Baby's Morning Out Playgroup by UCONN
    Farmington Library , 6 Monteith Drive , Farmington
    10:00 am
  • Teen Cultural Expansion Workshop
    Teen Room , 281 Country Club Rd , Avon
    3:00 pm
  • Mario Kart World Winter Cup - 50cc
    Community Room , 281 Country Club Road , Avon
    4:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

New Britain

  • Developer Avner Krohn sells newly completed 107-unit New Britain apartment building (hartfordbusiness.com)
  • Early Voting Underway in 25th District Special Election. (newbritainindependent.com)
  • Advocates take a chilly dip to push back against animal abuse in Old Lyme (wtnh.com)

Wethersfield

  • Hartford Named A Top 10 'Livable' Community In CT: AARP (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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