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🌱 Why this UConn star turned down Michigan to stay in Storrs

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In today's newsletter:

  • Why this UConn star turned down Michigan to stay in Storrs
  • How a 1975 Storrs concert just helped Fleetwood Mac chart again

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

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Sunshine mixing with clouds, with a high of 30 and low of 21 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 40, low: 24.
  • Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 45 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Skyler Bell becomes first UConn football player in 15 years to earn first-team All-America status (thehour.com) — A standout UConn wide receiver has chosen to return to Storrs after turning down transfer offers from major programs like Michigan, and has now been named a first-team All-American. Skyler Bell’s record-setting season, national award recognition, and Senior Bowl invitation spotlight UConn football and bring fresh attention to the Huskies’ program based in town.
   

• Fleetwood Mac's Live Album Spikes 19,000% In Sales (forbes.com) — Storrs gets a brief but notable shout-out as one of the towns where Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 tour performances were recorded for the newly hot Live 1975 album. The Record Store Day vinyl release sent sales soaring 19,000%, helping the decades-old Storrs and Passaic shows land on today’s national charts alongside Rumours and Greatest Hits.
   

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  • H&R Block posted a job opening for Bookkeeper - Franchise Location in Coventry. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Coventry

  • Brown student says roommate was killed in campus shooting: ‘It doesn't feel real' (wtnh.com)
  • Winter storm brings snow to Connecticut Sunday ahead of frigid conditions and subzero wind chills (thehour.com)
  • Video shows Greenwich firefighters battling house fire on Byfield Lane (ncadvertiser.com)

Tolland

  • Stafford Springs man found guilty of sexual assaulting 2 minors between 2014-2019 (wtnh.com)

Vernon

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Storrs

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