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• What does Wethersfield’s camera approval mean for drivers statewide?

Also on today's calendar: Hartford Community Dance 2nd-Saturday Contra Dance and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the baby light bulb say to its mom? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Snow and flurries at times, with a high of 29 and low of 27 degrees.
• Tuesday: Cloudy and not as cold, temps: high: 38, low: 32.
• Wednesday: Chance of a morning shower, with a high of 46 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bridgeport looks to put in red-light, speed cameras; State and Lafayette floated as possible streets (ctpost.com) — Wethersfield is among 10 Connecticut communities already cleared by the state DOT to move forward with speed and red-light cameras, as Bridgeport now develops its own proposal. The story explains how Bridgeport is designing its program, the approval steps required, and the broader debate over automated traffic enforcement. It also notes civil liberties concerns and how cameras supplement limited police staffing.
   

📸 Around Wethersfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wethersfield

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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

Saturday January 10

• Hartford Community Dance 2nd-Saturday Contra Dance
  Temple Beth Torah , 130 Main St , Wethersfield
  7:00 pm

Sunday January 18

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

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday January 5

• Mindful Eating: Eat Drink and Mind your Middle
  Newington, CT Calendar , 120 Cedar Street , Newington
  10:00 am
• Walk With Me
  Newington, CT Calendar , Senior & Disabled Center 120 Cedar Street , Newington
  12:30 pm

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

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 60 ideas of new things to try this year!
  Adventure & Thrills 1. Go zip-lining. 2. Drive a supercar. 3. Try paragliding or paramotoring. 4. Go whale watching. 5. Take a hot air balloon ride… (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)
• Happy Birthday to J.
  R.R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien. Born 1892 in England. Author of The Lord of the Rings (1955). (Nextdoor Old Wethersfield)

• Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for Team Member in Wethersfield. Apply here.
• Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. posted a job opening for Cashier in Wethersfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wethersfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newington

• Hartford Foundation's Latino Endowment Fund supports secondary education and career advancement (fox61.com)
• Firefighters work to put out West Hartford house fire (wfsb.com)
• Man arrested for allegedly possessing ghost gun following crash in Hartford (wtnh.com)

Hartford

• West Hartford town councilor to seek state rep seat (courant.com)

West Hartford

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