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UConn used yet another second-half blitz to earn a repeat championship Monday night before a crowd of 74,423 at State Farm Stadium. Full details and coverage of the back-to-back men’s basketball champions at in bio #repamnews #uconn #ncaa

For the presidential primaries, early in-person voting will be available at designated locations in all 169 cities and towns from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Check out in bio for all local voting locations #repamnews

A willing group of a dozen volunteers arrived at Goshen Center School with full heads of hair on Monday morning. An hour later, they left the building with nothing but stubble on top in a sacrifice that helped raise at least $12,000 in pledges for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, an organization, that funds research of childhood cancer. Read more at in bio #repamnews

Amari, a native of Waterbury, gave what the judges called a powerful performance on “American Idol” on Sunday night and earned two out of three votes from the panel to advance to the next stage of the contest in Hollywood. Read more about the singer’s experience on in bio #repamnews #ranews

Mayor Paul K. Pernerewski Jr. has been invited by U.S. Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., to attend President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address tonight in Washington D.C. Biden will speak to both chambers of Congress tonight at 9. For more details, head to in bio #repamnews #stateoftheunion

Judicial marshals had to deploy pepper spray to break up a fights outside Waterbury Superior Court between the family of a murder victim and the family of a man charged with murder. Full story at in bio #repamnews

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Michael Spragg of Prospect is the 2024 Drill Sergeant of the Year. Spragg represented Bravo Company 2/417th Regiment, 3rd Brigade, out of West Hartford at the Best Warrior and Drill Sergeant of the Year competitions at Fort Moore, Ga., on Feb. 8-11. Full story at in bio #repamnews

It was race day Saturday at Memorial Hall as Cub Scouts from Troop 459 competed in the annual Pinewood Derby. Boys and girls from kindergarten through fifth grade took part in the age-old scouting event, taking turns racing their homemade gravity-powered wooden cars in various heats down a 30-foot slope. Full story at in bio #repamnews

Watertown High School senior Aryana Nascimento is inviting girls to say “yes” to the dress, or in this case 300 dresses she has collected and plans to give away to any prom attendee who might be struggling with the high cost of the annual spring event. For more information on how to participate, head to in bio #repamnews

Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs are back-to-back Super Bowl champions. To read about the close game that went into OT, head to in bio #repamnews #superbowl

Connecticut legislators will examine options for regulating the use of artificial intelligence to generate realistic images, videos or voices in political advertisements ahead of the 2024 elections. Although campaign shenanigans and downright dirty tricks are nothing new in politics, the advent of generative artificial intelligence is raising new concerns about the rapidly advancing technology being used to deceive voters, damage political rivals, and erode trust in authentic information to influence elections. Continue reading at in bio #repamnews

The Country Eatery is now open for business in the same location as the former Woodbury Diner, but with a whole new look and feel and a breakfast and lunch menu full of all the usual favorites, plus a few “out of left field” items you might not normally expect. Learn more at in bio #repamnews