Category: Commentary
09
Dec
The Dead Pool
by Kerri Ana Provost
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While the HPD dead pool* is unprofessional, tasteless, and just one more way that members of the force have lost respect with those they vowed...
07
Dec
Autumn Barry Square Commentary Cultural Interest Frog Hollow Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Myth Busting Parks Unsolicited Advice
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 2)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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One of my talents is being able to see people where others see no one. Assuming this is not a superpower, but a learned skill,...
01
Dec
Access Commentary Construction Design Hartford Local News Long Reads Municipal Myth Busting Quality of Life Transportation
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in November 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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At least 52 pedestrians and six cyclists have been killed in collisions with motor vehicles in Connecticut this year.
29
Nov
Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Holiday Long Reads Reader Tip Shopping Unsolicited Advice
Localish Holiday Shopping When You Aren’t Going Into Stores
by Kerri Ana Provost
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First, if you are in the position to spend money on anything beyond necessities right now, congratulations. You have managed to get through 2020 without...
28
Nov
The Writing’s On The Wall
by Kerri Ana Provost
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While out and about today I passed several people who pulled down their masks to spit in the street or on the sidewalk, and one...
28
Nov
Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Downtown Film Food Free Fun Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Music Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go
A Little Something (December 2020)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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ADD TO CALENDAR Online Yoga: Toivo Center is offering yoga classes via Zoom, and one of these is scheduled for 10 AM on December 1,...
26
Nov
Autumn Commentary Covid-19 Hartford Holiday Long Reads Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Unsolicited Advice West End
Being Thankful
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s here. The day, or one of them, that gets hyped up for weeks in advance. If you believe everything you hear and see, you’d...
25
Nov
Autumn Barry Square Behind the Rocks Commentary Covid-19 Frog Hollow Hartford Holiday Long Reads Parks Parkville Unsolicited Advice
Choose Your Mood
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A few years back, I hosted a rock show from 3-6 AM. Occasionally people would call in. Have you ever talked to someone at 4...
24
Nov
Careful Consumption
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Continuing on this week’s theme of learning to love time alone, I’m going to make a few suggestions about consumption — and I’m not talking...
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 3)