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Things to Know: January 3rd

Snow possible for parts of southern CT today, weather service says CT Post

7 Connecticut criminal cases to watch in 2022 CT Post

Opposition to Longbrook Park tree removal plan has some Stratford officials stumped CT Post

Saving lives: How emergency shelters plan to keep CT’s homeless out of the cold this winter CT Post

CT theaters planned to celebrate Betty White’s birthday. Now they’re celebrating her life CT Post

Why is Connecticut’s NBCSN going off air? Sports chairman explains CT Post

CT aims to increase talent pool for ‘insanely strong’ manufacturing The Hour

Something’s Brewing: Transcend Beer Crafters wfsb

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Anna & Raven’s Hopes For 2022

New Year’s Resolutions set some tough expectations, so instead we asked Producer Jon to write a song about our hopes for the year of 2022…🤣

Anna’s Injury!

Anna is broadcasting from home after having surgery, she explains what happens here. Anybody else have a similar situation? Advice?

And The Top 50 Biggest Star Songs of 2021 ARE…

All this weekend we’re closing out the year by counting down the 50 biggest songs of 2021! The Star 99.9 Duchess Restaurants Shooting Stars End of Year Countdown.

If you missed the first run of the countdown you can catch the replays at the times below:

12/31 4pm

1/1 10am & 4pm

1/2 8am & 2pm

Here is the full list of the top 50 songs of the year.

50 Taylor Swift – Message in a Bottle

49 OneRepublic – Someday

48 Olivia Rodrigo – traitor

47 All Time Low – Monsters

46 Nelly & Florida Georgia Line – Lil Bit

45 Justin Bieber – Lonely

44 twenty one pilots – Saturday

43 Bruno Mars, Andersen .Paak & Silk Sonic – Leave the Door Open

42 AJR – Way Less Sad

41 Imagine Dragons – Follow You

40 Ariana Grande – Positions

39 P!nk – All I Know So Far

38 Lil Nas X – Montero (Call Me By Your Name)

37 Banners – Someone to You

36 Justin Bieber (feat. Chance The Rapper) – Holy

35 BTS – Buter

34 Dua Lipa – Love Again

33 Weezer (feat. AJR) – All My Favorite Songs

32 The Weeknd – Take My Breath

31 Duncan Laurence – Arcade

30 Ritt Momney – Put Your Records On

29 Marshmello x Jonas Brothers – Leave Before You Love Me

28 Tate McRae – you broke me first

27 Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart

26 Olivia Rodrigo – déjà vu

25 Walker Hayes – Fancy Like

24 Jason Derulo – Savage Love

23 Coldplay x BTS – My Universe

22 Justin Bieber (feat. Quavo) – Intentions

21 Elle King & Miranda Lambert – Drunk (and I don’t wanna go home)

20 Machine Gun Kelly – My Ex Best Friend

19 Doja Cat (feat. SZA) – Kiss Me More

18 Ed Sheeran – Shivers

17 24K Goldn – Mood

16 AJR – BANG!

15 Justin Bieber (feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon) – Peaches

14 Maneskin – Beggin’

13 Taylor Swift – Willow

12 Dua Lipa – Break My Heart

11 The Kid Laroi & Miley Cyrus – Without You

10 Ava Max – Kings and Queens

9 Maroon 5 (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) – Beautiful Mistakes

8 Adele – Easy On Me

7 Olivia Rodrigo – good 4 u

6 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber – Stay

5 Glass Animals – Heat Waves

4 The Weeknd (feat. Ariana Grande) – Save Your Tears (Remix)

3 Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits

2 Olivia Rodrigo – drivers license

1 Dua Lipa – Levitating

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Five Calls Says It All: Tripled Paychecks

State workers recently had their paychecks tripled by accident. Would you tell your workplace if they overpaid you? Five calls says it all! Do you agree with the verdict?
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Top 10 Tell Me Something Good stories of 2021

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! 34% of Americans used at least one vacation this past year to do THIS?

This week I have tickets to RiseNY. Which lets you soar over the city’s iconic skyline on an exhilarating, flying ride that suspends you 30 feet in the air while traveling through every borough and season from high above the Big Apple.

Play at 4pm to win. Here’s today’s question if you missed it:

Q: 34% of Americans used at least one vacation this past year to do THIS?

A: Sleep

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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Jets rookie QB surprises fan while having Christmas brunch at Jersey diner

Even when your team isn’t having the greatest season you can still be positive and help others. Like Jets rookie QB Zach Wilson. Who seems like a really nice kid an this story confirms it.

Christmas morning Zach Wilson was out to brunch at a diner in new York with his family when his waitress recognized him and said she and her son were big fans. She then asked if it would be okay if they FaceTime’d her son to surprise him. Zach went one better and gifted two Jets tickets to them for the next game this weekend!!

Wilson was there with his family who traveled across the country to spend Christmas with him. He told his mom to not record anything since he doesn’t do things like this for people to see. He said he just wanted her to be happy on Christmas, that makes him happy. But obviously there were other people in the diner who managed to capture the special moment on video. Here’s some of the posts:

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Has the Times Square Ball ever not been dropped on New Year’s Eve?

The Times Square ball has lit up NYC on New Year’s Eve at midnight every year since 1907. There has only been two times in history when it didn’t. Both happened during the World War II light restrictions in 1942 and 1943. Times Square had to remain dark on New Years Eve and there was no ball drop.

But even the pandemic we are in now didn’t stop the ball from dropping last year and it will be in all it’s glistening glory tomorrow night to welcome in 2022.

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How To Keep Your Kid’s From Getting Addicted To Social Media

China has come up with five new ways to un-addict their children from social media, and they’re not bad ideas! What are the rules of social media for your kids? Check out the podcast for some good tips!