Category: Commentary
30
Jun
Camp Real Hartford Commentary Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Myth Busting Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Camp Real Hartford: Street Safety and Comfort
by Kerri Ana Provost
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We already covered the abundant danger in nature, and there isn’t much more to navigating streets safely that isn’t included in that post. Nonetheless, here...
29
Jun
Commentary Covid-19 Education Environmental Interest Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Local News Long Reads Quality of Life Shopping
A Welcome Return To Science-Based Decisions
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The science never pointed in any direction to suggest that single-use plastic bags were a safer option than paper bags or reusable cloth totes when...
25
Jun
Access Commentary Covid-19 Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Living Local News Long Reads Municipal Parks Quality of Life Summer
Parks & Rec
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Hartford’s parks were never closed during the pandemic, but most parking lots were barricaded for part of the shutdown and basketball hoops were removed from the...
22
Jun
Access Activism Camp Real Hartford Commentary Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Parks
Camp Real Hartford: Tree City
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Trees: They’re pretty good. How do I know? Go outside on a hot day. Find a leafy tree. Stand under it. Trees create shade that...
20
Jun
Activism Camp Real Hartford Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Education Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford Long Reads Summer
Welcome to Camp Real Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Hello! For the next 19 days we will be exploring our streets, backyards, and parks to have fun and earn up to seven (virtual) badges....
16
Jun
Access Beyond Hartford Central Connecticut Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Free Geology Get Outside History Long Reads Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Transportation
Outdoors Is Not Extinct
by Kerri Ana Provost
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With few exceptions, physical museums remain closed (COVID-19), but some are surrounded by beautiful grounds just asking to be visited. Dinosaur State Park in Rocky...
12
Jun
Activism Commentary Community Covid-19 Cultural Interest Frog Hollow Hartford Quality of Life Reader Tip
Message from Frog Hollow
by Kerri Ana Provost
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On the theme of “ways to make your voice heard that don’t put you at increased risk for COVID-19”: Learn what is meant by “defund...
11
Jun
Zion Hill Conditions
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s oversimplistic to blame it on vandalism, the conditions found in any of the cemeteries at Zion Hill. Those cute groundhogs? They are a menace....
05
Jun
Activism Beyond Hartford Commentary Community Cultural Interest Food Hartford Long Reads Unsolicited Advice
A Passing/Coming Storm
by Kerri Ana Provost
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There is a painting in the Wadsworth Atheneum by Sanford Robinson Gifford titled “A Passing Storm in the Adirondacks,” but if you look at the...
“A Budget is a Moral Document”