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In today's newsletter:

• How cigarette-butt DNA tied a suspect to Wethersfield burglaries

Also on today's calendar: Film Premiere - The Marvel of Seeds! and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Breezy with flurries, with a high of 32 and low of 12 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Partly sunny, brisk and cold, temps: high: 27, low: 16.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 29 and low of 18 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Cigarette butt linked Manchester man to Cromwell burglary, warrant says (newstimes.com) — Wethersfield residents should know that DNA from several 2025 burglaries in town, along with a Cromwell break-in, has been linked to a Manchester man now facing serious charges, according to police. Investigators say cigarette-butt DNA, surveillance footage, and phone records tied him to the Cromwell case, while Wethersfield police previously arrested him on related burglary and larceny counts.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wethersfield

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 3

• Film Premiere - The Marvel of Seeds!
  Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St, Hartford
  5:15 pm

Saturday January 17

• Winter Whiskey Fest
  The 1851, 150 Sebethe Dr, Cromwell
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday January 7

• HC Raising Cane's - 6th gr. fundraiser
  Highcrest Elementary School Wethersfield
  4:30 pm

Thursday January 8

• Trade/Shop Selection Night
  A. I. Prince Technical High School Hartford, CT 06106
  5:00 pm
• LORD OF THE FLIES Performance
  Hall High School Blackbox
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 2

• Walk With Me
  Newington, CT Calendar , Senior & Disabled Center 120 Cedar Street , Newington
  12:30 pm

Monday January 5

• Mindful Eating: Eat Drink and Mind your Middle
  Newington, CT Calendar , 120 Cedar Street , Newington
  10:00 am

Tuesday January 6

• No School - Three Kings Day
  Capitol Region Education Council Hartford, CT 06106
• Telephone BINGO
  Newington, CT Calendar
  1:00 pm
• Newington Housing Authority Regular Meeting
  Newington, CT Calendar , 241 West Hill Road , Newington
  4:30 pm
• Tween DIY Nail Art
  Newington, CT Calendar , Lucy Robbins Wellles Library 100 Garfield Street , Newington
  6:00 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance
  Newington, CT Calendar , Senior & Disabled Center 120 Cedar Street , Newington
  11:00 am
• 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
  Town Hall Council Chambers Rm 103 , 200 Garfield Street , Newington
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Great news!
  Free horse and carriage rides in OW have been extended into the new year (2026) for three more weekends. January 3 and 4 January 10 and 11 February… (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)
• Happy new year!
  Start a new tradition or repeat an old one. Here are a few from around the world: “In Mexico, people eat one grape with each of the 12 clock chimes… (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)

• Shepard Steel posted a job opening for Welder/Fabricator (Miscellaneous) in Newington. Apply here.
• Trinity College posted a job opening for K.W. Davis Endowed Professor of Economic Organizations and Innovation in Hartford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wethersfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newington

• BRISTOL Rachel Girardin Bolduc Paradis, aged 96 passed away peacefully (newbritainherald.com)
• Connecticut officials urge safe driving: 'Drive Sober' this New Year's Eve (fox61.com)
• Strong winds topple tree onto Hartford homes, damaging cars (fox61.com)

Hartford

• What we witnessed in 2025: CT Mirror's year in photographs (ctmirror.org)

Glastonbury

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-- The Patch AM Team

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