Category: Commentary
02
Aug
Activism Commentary Cultural Interest Design Hartford Local News Long Reads Municipal Transportation
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in July 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Preventing crashes is preferable to dumping all our energy into punishment, but let’s pause to think about the justice aspect of traffic injuries and fatalities....
29
Jul
Commentary Cultural Interest Design Downtown Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Municipal Parks Reader Tip Rivers
Corning Fountain: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This is a polite letter about the Corning Fountain, in Hartford’s otherwise beautiful Bushnell Park. An antique dealer has informed as that the fountain is...
13
Jul
Commentary Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Myth Busting Parks
“Connecticut’s First Authentic Folk Hero”
by Kerri Ana Provost
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New signs have been installed near monuments in Bushnell Park, giving some information about the statues’ creators along with the person depicted on the pedestal. ...
11
Jul
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Attention
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Attention: social does not mean the same as physical. If you want people to put six feet of space between one another, say it. If...
06
Jul
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Liberty, Justice, and the Great Outdoors
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The understated beauty of Matianuck Sand Dunes Natural Preserve, defeated the odds by being allowed to continue, as is.
06
Jul
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The Problem With Pedestals
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“The time has come for Connecticut to tear down its monuments to inequality and racism: the elevated urban freeways that decimate our state’s neighborhoods, pollute...
04
Jul
Access Beyond Hartford Central Connecticut Commentary Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Get Outside Long Reads Myth Busting North Central Connecticut Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Reader Tip Rivers Summer Transportation
Podunk
by Kerri Ana Provost
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You could grapple for the last parking spot at Rocky Neck State Park, or, you could go to a place of no significance and have...
01
Jul
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Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in June 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The good news: there were not more pedestrian deaths in June than any other month this year. The bad news: there continued to be pedestrian deaths...
01
Jul
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Camp Real Hartford: Museum Day!
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This is the point where we would take a field trip to a museum, but with the situation being what it is — too risky...
When a Walk in the Park is No Walk in the Park