Category: Access
09
Nov
Welcome Back, UConn!
by Kerri Ana Provost
7 Comments
Undoing poor decisions made decades ago has been reinforced as a trend with the announcement that UConn will be moving its Greater Hartford branch, currently...
20
Oct
Pedestrians and Cyclists to Retain Right to Use Flower Street
by Kerri Ana Provost
2 Comments
In late August there was an adjudicated regulatory hearing at the Connecticut Department of Transportation headquarters to decide whether or not Flower Street could be...
18
Oct
A Wreath for Emmett Till: One Book One Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
12 Comments
The images of Emmett Till’s unrecognizable, horribly brutalized body have not been locked out of public view since his murder in 1955. Mamie Till, his...
14
Oct
DOT Champing at Bit to Close Flower
by Kerri Ana Provost
7 Comments
Until the hearing officer hands down her decision regarding what the Department of Transportation can do with Flower Street, it should remain open, yet a...
11
Oct
Can’t Get There From Here: Hartford Marathon street closures
by Kerri Ana Provost
8 Comments
One street is already closed, with many others to join it on Saturday. The Hartford Police Department’s Traffic Division has released a full listing of...
09
Oct
Keydong Nuns at Trinity College
by Kerri Ana Provost
2 Comments
A half dozen children sit silently while Keydong nuns chant.
01
Oct
Signs Point to Bullying
by Kerri Ana Provost
2 Comments
In any mention of the Hartford section of the East Coast Greenway, two points always seem to come up: people are unaware of its existence...
26
Sep
Flower Street: “No” becomes “what do you think we can reconsider?”
by Kerri Ana Provost
3 Comments
Not until employees of the Department of Transportation were asked about next steps in the process, at the very end of a two hour meeting,...
31
Aug
Connecticut Improves in Bicycle Friendliness?
by Kerri Ana Provost
4 Comments
Connecticut was ranked 44 out of 50 for bike friendliness by the League of American Bicyclists in 2010; now, the state has moved to 20....