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Things to Know Friday August 14th

6 escape boat ‘explosion’ in Norwalk Harbor The Hour

Public health officials recommends moving football, volleyball to spring or cancel altogether WFSB

Eversource: All Isaias-related outages restored CT Post

Feds accuse Yale of racial discrimination during admissions process WFSB.com

Move-in day kicks off for UConn students amid COVID-19 concerns, housing changes for fall semester WTNH.com

Longtime sportswriter and columnist Chip Malafronte dies at 48 New Haven Register

College football in the spring: When? How much? Who plays? Fox61

St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation Swim Across the Sound Radioathon Friday 5am-6pm Donate

Greenwich Wine + Food Festival Rescheduled for Late April 2021 Greenwich Food + Wine

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen Are Expecting Their Third Child People.com

I Should Have Known That Thursday August 13: Credit Check

Here is this week’s “I Should Have Known That!” question. Did you know it?!

Q: 21% of adults will lose THIS at least once in a year. What is it?

A: Credit card

Congrats to Jen from Windsor who got it right first to win $100 to celebrate Hot Summer fun at Mohegan Sun! Listen next Thursday at 4:30pm to play again.

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Tell Me Something Good: The UK Has Figured Out How To Have Real Concerts Again

One of the things I miss the most during these pandemic times is live music. The excitement, emotion, and thrill you get from seeing a band or artist live. There’s truly nothing like it. Sadly, Covid has robbed us of that experience for much of the year so far. Until this happened the other night…

A concert venue in England has come up with what looks to be a pretty good plan for having concerts again. As you can see in the photo and videos below they basically set up a bunch of “pods”, that kind of look like the VIP seating at an outdoor amphitheater. It’s just square areas with metal barriers around them, separated from each other by several feet. You sit or stand in each pod with your group of friends or family that you came to the show with, and there’s no intermingling with other groups.

Honestly? At 36 years old and my crowd surfing and “pushing to the front of the stage” days well behind me, this is the ONLY way I want to go to concerts now. Not crowded, no one pushing or annoying you. It’s perfect actually.

They even figured out how to avoid mingling with people in concession lines. Fans pre-order all the food and drinks, which they receive as they enter the venue. Brilliant!

Now, someone PLEASE bring this idea to the the U.S. here in Connecticut so we can see live music again.

Honestly, this is everything I want as a 36 year old concert goer. https://t.co/2XBn1MnGZp

— Kevin Begley (@KevinBegley) August 13, 2020

The UK’s first socially distanced gig is happening now in Newcastle with @samfendermusic headlining, and where attendees have their own private viewing area with 2m of space between them. Here’s what it looks like #samfender #unityarena pic.twitter.com/YBdxpAjYyi

— Kieron Donoghue (@kierondonoghue) August 11, 2020

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Pricing At Tag Sales

Anna & Raven had a talk about Tag Sales earlier this morning and how they are making a come back. Anna thought to take a random item laying around the studio and put a price on it…Would you pay for this at that amount!?

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The Anna & Raven Show: Tag Sales, Mask Terminology & Hayden’s Life Advice

Thursday August 13^th, 2020

What are the rules to your tag sale? (0:00)

All I need to know about you (9:17)

The tristate travel advisory had its first violation…An oh yes, there was a fine. (13:07)

New terms for wearing a mask (17:27)

What is Gelotology? (21:59)

Life advice with Hayden! (29:45)

Couples Court: Riley and Nick got a new puppy about a month ago. The puppy started sleeping on their bed. Riley says that it’s so cute and it’s bonding time! Nick is very much against having an animal on their bed. Is he overreacting? (32:14)

Can Carol Anne stop Raven dead in his tracks or will the jackpot increase to $400!? (38:21)

Can’t Beat Raven

Carol Anne was very close, but Raven is just too good! Would you have gotten any of these questions right!?

Things to Know Thursday August 13th

Eversource: Hundreds still without power due to ‘complex outages’ Stamford Advocate

CT’s attorney general wants power companies to pay for lost food WFSB

State Dept. of Education hosting online back-to-school meeting with medical officials for parents WFSB

RI police: Driver in fatal Block Island crash released on bail, injured teen still in hospital CTPost

Connecticut’s 2020 Sales Tax Free Week Runs August 16-22 CT.gov

Joe Biden, VP pick Kamala Harris make first public appearance as running mates New York Post

Diana Musical to Hit Netflix Before Broadway Return, Marking Musical First for Streaming Giant Broadway.com

Ryan Reynolds Launches New Streaming Service, Only Has 1 Movie wegotthiscovered.com

Quackers the CT duck is missing: Reward offered New Haven Register

St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation Swim Across the Sound Radioathon Friday 5am-6pm Donate

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Tell Me Something Good: Five Year Old Helps Neighbors Via Power Wheels

Throughout the pandemic there have been many people helping out essential healthcare workers in all different ways. Which is really inspiring. But maybe the most inspiring one of them all is this five-year-old boy from El Paso, TX.

Throughout the pandemic he has been bringing COVID-19 care packages to essential workers who live in his neighborhood. His mom helps put them together with things like hand sanitizer and Lysol. Then, the cutest part of it all, he delivers them on his Power Wheel! Amazing.

It’s kids like this that really give you hope for our future generations.

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The Anna & Raven Show: Parenting Hacks, Shows and School Uniforms

Wednesday August 12^th, 2020

Working in another country (0:00)

What is your unique parenting hack (2:47)

All I need to know about you! (9:29)

What movie or TV show can you never get sick of? (13:03)

Should kids have to wear uniforms if they attend school virtually? (20:44)

Couples Court: Whitney was bullied relentlessly by two classmates in high school. Now, twenty years later, one of them has reached out via Facebook and has requested a lunch date to “catch up”. Troy thinks his wife, Whitney, should go and possibly get some closure. Whitney doesn’t want to give the bully any acknowledgement, not even a response. (32:03)

Kara tries to beat Raven in today’s Can’t Beat Raven! (39:32)

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Raven and His Famous Ex Girlfriends

Kara takes on Raven in Can’t Beat Raven, and another celebrity is added to the list of Raven’s famous ex girlfriends!