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Dating back to the years immediately following the American Civil War, the Record-Journal covers the news in Meriden, Wallingford, Cheshire and Southington.

 Meriden, CT
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UConn men’s basketball hosts 7-foot-1, 4-star center Jack Thelen on official visit: Report ift.tt/JTlxiE9
7-foot-1, 4-star center Jack Thelen takes official visit to UConn: Report

7-foot-1, 4-star center Jack Thelen takes official visit to UConn: Report

The Minneapolis-area native decommitted from Wisconsin earlier this month before visiting UConn.

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GM to pay Connecticut more than $6 million in driver data settlement ift.tt/QbAJfly
GM to pay Connecticut more than $6 million in driver data settlement

GM to pay Connecticut more than $6 million in driver data settlement

Officials said the data was bought by insurers that used it to set rates. 

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Portland Trail Blazers pick up 2027-28 team option on UConn’s Donovan Clingan ift.tt/wsarve8
Portland Trail Blazers pick up 2027-28 team option on UConn's Donovan Clingan

Portland Trail Blazers pick up 2027-28 team option on UConn's Donovan Clingan

Clingan led the NBA with 347 offensive rebounds in his second season, averaging 12.1 points and 11.6 rebounds.

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Connecticut foliage map: Where to see peak color as October winds down ift.tt/GNx0ULS
Connecticut foliage map: Where to see peak color as October winds down

Connecticut foliage map: Where to see peak color as October winds down

Most of the state is now at peak or past peak fall color.

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UConn’s Na’jai Hines lands on Karl Malone Award watch list for nation’s top power forward ift.tt/soCdGHc
UConn’s Na’jai Hines on Karl Malone Award watch list for best power forward

UConn’s Na’jai Hines on Karl Malone Award watch list for best power forward

Hines arrived in Storrs this offseason after an impressive freshman campaign at Seton Hall.

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Lindsay Clancy attorneys fire back over prosecution's opposition to a dismissal of her charges ift.tt/eYniF81
Lindsay Clancy attorneys fire back over prosecution's opposition to a dismissal of her charges

Lindsay Clancy attorneys fire back over prosecution's opposition to a dismissal of her charges

The Connecticut native accused of killing her three children is slated to appear again in court Monday. 

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UConn women's basketball star Sarah Strong named to watch list for Katrina McClain Award ift.tt/axDS8vk
UConn's Sarah Strong on McClain Award preseason watch list

UConn's Sarah Strong on McClain Award preseason watch list

Last season, Strong became the second Husky to win the award following Napheesa Collier in 2019.

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Pedals Smoothie and Juice Bar to close down two of its three locations in Connecticut ift.tt/SEZ6Ih5
Pedals Smoothie and Juice Bar to close down two of its three locations in Connecticut

Pedals Smoothie and Juice Bar to close down two of its three locations in Connecticut

Pedals opened its Middletown location in March while its Durham location opened in 2020 and its New Haven location in 2021. 

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Connecticut’s governor’s race is drawing a fraction of the outside spending seen in 2022 ift.tt/OlcgbAx
Outside election spending in Connecticut falls off sharply

Outside election spending in Connecticut falls off sharply

Independent expenditures are approaching $450,000 statewide, but most are targeting General Assembly races.

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Shelton native to compete on Food Network’s ‘Holiday Baking Championship’ ift.tt/3pJTYjK
Shelton native competing on Food Network’s ‘Holiday Baking Championship'

Shelton native competing on Food Network’s ‘Holiday Baking Championship'

"The holidays are here a little early and have I been keeping the biggest secret," the baker said in an Instagram post. 

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When will Connecticut see its first snow? History offers some surprising answers ift.tt/MyZC1tG

When will Connecticut see its first snow? History offers some surprising answers

As the leaves begin to fall off the trees, our attention shifts to the first snowfall of the season. Here's what history tells us about when to expect it.

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Deadline to file claim in $20.5 million CVS settlement is next month. Here's how to file ift.tt/JhAcwo2
Deadline to file claim in $20.5 million CVS settlement is next month. Here's how to file

Deadline to file claim in $20.5 million CVS settlement is next month. Here's how to file

U.S. residents who used the CVS website or app may be eligible to file a claim.

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CT brush fire risk high across all counties Thursday, officials say ift.tt/DjkirCd
CT brush fire risk high across all counties Thursday, officials say

CT brush fire risk high across all counties Thursday, officials say

The risk is high across all eight counties, according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

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Braylon Mullins hit the game-winning shot. That wasn't the whole story of UConn's comeback ift.tt/rb6H84k
Braylon Mullins' historic shot was only part of the UConn comeback story

Braylon Mullins' historic shot was only part of the UConn comeback story

UConn had many big plays before Braylon Mullins hit 'The Shot' that beat Duke.

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Live updates: Cooper Ouellette Connecticut trial begins in Sophie Ringquist's death ift.tt/Jgy0N59
Live updates: Cooper Ouellette Connecticut trial begins in Sophie Ringquist's death

Live updates: Cooper Ouellette Connecticut trial begins in Sophie Ringquist's death

Follow live updates as Cooper Ouellette's trial begins in the 2023 death of 17-year-old Sophie Ringquist in Burlington.

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Connecticut’s political map has changed. Here’s what it could mean for the election. ift.tt/Vupg1h7
How Connecticut’s political map has shifted over the past 36 years

How Connecticut’s political map has shifted over the past 36 years

Connecticut’s voting patterns have changed sharply since the 1980s. The shift is especially clear ahead of the upcoming governor’s election

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Two original 'Gilmore Girls' cast members to star in HBO documentary ift.tt/EodWlyS
Two original 'Gilmore Girls' cast members to star in HBO documentary

Two original 'Gilmore Girls' cast members to star in HBO documentary

Two of the characters from the original "Gilmore Girls" series teased their appearance in the upcoming HBO documentary.

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Weather, time change and a Saturday Halloween spur call for road safety ift.tt/T0dyDlc
Weather, time change and a Saturday Halloween spur call for road safety

Weather, time change and a Saturday Halloween spur call for road safety

AAA is urging people to be safe on Saturday as lots of trick-or-treaters are expected to fan out across Connecticut.

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Susan Bysiewicz (opinion): The way Nancy Wyman 'practiced politics should be the guiding light for us all' ift.tt/8JSMViE
Susan Bysiewicz (opinion): The way Nancy Wyman 'practiced politics should be the guiding light for...

Susan Bysiewicz (opinion): The way Nancy Wyman 'practiced politics should be the guiding light for...

Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz pays tribute to the legacy of her predecessor, Nancy Wyman. 'Our state is a little less sparkly without her in it.'

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Wallingford board rejects 17 classrooms, adds pool to one high school project after vote confusion ift.tt/tUEzvVn
Wallingford board rejects 17 classrooms, adds pool to one high school project after vote confusion

Wallingford board rejects 17 classrooms, adds pool to one high school project after vote confusion

The vote came after confusion over the school board's September meeting.

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