Category: Access

16 Mar

Market Rate

by Kerri Ana Provost

11 Comments

The Market at Hartford 21 opened at noon today with expected fanfare in the form of speech-giving, ribbon-cutting, corny song-singing, and bagpiping. Kelleanne Jones, one...

15 Mar

Access Commentary Education

Equal Financial Access to Higher Education is an Issue of Access

by Kerri Ana Provost

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A standing room only crowd wore yellow ribbons as they testified before the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee at the Legislative Office Building on...

10 Mar

Access Commentary Education Hartford

Conform for School Reform

by Kerri Ana Provost

2 Comments

Because such thinking has become part of the national rhetoric, nobody bats an eye anymore when words like “unity” and “collective” are shorthand for “conformity”...

19 Feb

Access Downtown Food Hartford

The Market at Hartford 21

by Kerri Ana Provost

14 Comments

This time, it looks like it’s really going to happen. On Friday, 300 people attended a job fair at The Market at Hartford 21, and...

02 Feb

Access Food Frog Hollow Fun Hartford Music Myth Busting Shopping Unsolicited Advice

Beer-Tasting and Adult Storytelling at Billings Forge

by Kerri Ana Provost

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A mash up is a song or video made my blending two (or more) others together. It can also be the combination of new with...

27 Jan

Access Commentary Community Environmental Interest Hartford No Drama Weather Quality of Life Transportation

Mayor Segarra Issues State of Emergency

by Kerri Ana Provost

7 Comments

I watched with glee as the car of a local miscreant was towed away. During previous snowstorms, this person left his car parked on the...

25 Jan

Access Cultural Interest Downtown Food Fun Hartford Music Parks Sheldon/Charter Oak Transportation

Bluegrass and Spraypaint

by Kerri Ana Provost

1 Comment

Bluegrass might not be the first thing that you’d equate with the culture of skateboarding, but maybe it ought to be. This Thursday, there will...

20 Jan

Access Commentary Hartford No Drama Weather Quality of Life Unsolicited Advice

A Rubric for Snow Removal

by Kerri Ana Provost

2 Comments

Even if you hate everything about the insurance industry, you have to admit that this sidewalk clearance around the Travelers Tower deserves an A+. Every...

12 Jan

Access Commentary Downtown Education Hartford

Who Needs to Get Schooled?

by Kerri Ana Provost

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Can we have a new superintendent now? And some news writers who are willing to use their critical thinking abilities? The Courant has published —...

28 Dec

Access Downtown Fun Hartford Music

Sunday Jazz at the Library

by Kerri Ana Provost

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It is possible to have a very full social calendar without ever spending more than pocket change. The Hartford Public Library figures into this ability...