🌱 Patch AM: What GameStop’s Newington shutdown means for local gamers and shoppers

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In today's newsletter:

• What GameStop’s Newington shutdown means for local gamers and shoppers

Also on today's calendar: Macros Healthy Restaurant Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the hair spray say to the hair when it got back from vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cloudy, with a high of 36 and low of 32 degrees.
• Wednesday: A shower in the a.m.; cloudy, temps: high: 45, low: 31.
• Thursday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 44 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Video game retailer GameStop resumes Connecticut store closings (nhregister.com) — Newington’s GameStop in Turnpike Plaza has closed as part of a new round of Connecticut store shutdowns that also hit Waterbury, Stratford, and Enfield. The landlord says the Newington closure stems from a lease expiration, while GameStop’s filings show hundreds of locations shuttered nationwide and more closures expected this fiscal year.
   

📸 Around Newington

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Newington

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Wednesday January 7

• Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance
  Newington, CT Calendar , Senior & Disabled Center 120 Cedar Street , Newington
  11:00 am
• Walk With Me
  Newington, CT Calendar , Senior & Disabled Center 120 Cedar Street , Newington
  12:30 pm
• Commission on Aging and Disabled Regular Meeting
  Newington, CT Calendar , Senior & Disabled Center 120 Cedar Street , Newington
  6:00 pm
• Economic Development Commission Regular Meeting
  Newington, CT Calendar , 200 Garfield Street , Newington
  7:00 pm

Thursday January 8

• Chair Yoga Series
  Newington, CT Calendar Newington, CT 06111
  1:00 pm
• Human Rights Commission Regular Meeting
  Town Hall Conference Rm 201A , 200 Garfield Street , Newington
  6:00 pm
• Open Space Committee Regular Meeting
  Town Hall Council Chambers Rm 103 , 200 Garfield Street , Newington
  6:30 pm
• Zoning Board of Appeals Regular Meeting
  Town Hall Council Chambers Rm 103 , 200 Garfield Street , Newington
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Macros Healthy Restaurant Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting
  Macros Healthy Restaurant , 2858 Main St , Glastonbury
  12:00 pm

Sunday January 18

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

Monday January 19

• MLK Day Indoor Socceropolis Camp for 4-6yr olds
  Mortensen Community Center, 200 Garfield St, Newington, CT, 06111
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday January 6

• Movers and Groovers
  Farmington Library , 71 Main St , Farmington
  10:00 am
• Do, Re, (You &) Me! January & February 2026
  Children’s Department Main Room , 281 Country Club Road , Avon
  11:00 am
• Alphabet Academy
  Farmington Library , 6 Monteith Drive , Farmington
  2:00 pm
• 3D Printing
  Computer Lab , 281 Country Club Road , Avon
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Obituary: Jerry Ucci (Porto Funeral Homes) —Porto Funeral Homes Read on Patch

• Hi neighbours!
  If anyone needs their lawns cut and maintained this spring and summer let me know. 860-637-3212 (Nextdoor Old Farm Dr)

• Wal-Mart posted a job opening for (USA) Senior Meat Cutter - FT in Newington. Apply here.
• The Learning Experience posted a job opening for Lead Infant Teacher in Newington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Newington here.

🗞 Nearby News

New Britain

• New Britain YMCA adding 71 spots to child care program (wtnh.com)
• Authorities Respond to Working Fire in Basement of New Britain Multi-Dwelling (thelegaladvocate.com)
• Advocates take a chilly dip to push back against animal abuse in Old Lyme (wtnh.com)

Wethersfield

• Watertown man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting woman (wtnh.com)

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