Category: Environmental Interest
19
Jun
Juneberry Season
by Kerri Ana Provost
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What is the Juneberry? This video explains. So does this story. There’s an entire grove of them in downtown Hartford.
17
Jun
Frog Hollow Flora
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, mulberries, corn, tomatoes, swiss chard, and potatoes are just a few of the things growing in the neighborhood.
16
Jun
Access Environmental Interest Free Fun Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Myth Busting North East Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Spring
Forest Bathing
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After hearing the expression “forest bathing” more than twice and cringing each time, I looked up what was meant by it, and wondered if it...
15
Jun
Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Myth Busting North East Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Spring Transportation
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 29)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Those who do not diversify their sources of information are easily misled. Here is what Hartford also looked like in the past week. Pictured: Pratt Street,...
11
Jun
Access Activism Commentary Community Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Free Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Local News Municipal Quality of Life Transportation
Better Than Dwelling on What’s Broken
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Not feeling that heatwave? Scowling over a tripping hazard? There is a constructive way to help shape how our city looks and functions. Planting trees,...
02
Jun
Downtown Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford North Meadows Parks Rivers Sheldon/Charter Oak Spring Unsolicited Advice
Think Outside the Rose Garden
by Kerri Ana Provost
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You love the Elizabeth Park Rose Garden. I love the rose garden. We all love it. But for the next month, we will be inundated...
01
Jun
Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford North Meadows Parks Rivers Spring Transportation Weird
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 27)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Even with the holiday weekend and days of rain, still had no trouble locating people outside.
27
May
Activism Cultural Interest Education Environmental Interest Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Municipal Quality of Life Regionalism Unsolicited Advice
Recycling: Not a New Problem
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Several decades ago, all adolescents (nobody was a “tween” at this time) were herded into the school cafeteria for an assembly so corny that the...
26
May
It’s a No Brainard
by Kerri Ana Provost
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We need an airport in Hartford like we need a trash incinerator. Neither improves our habitat or our quality of life otherwise. This sign was...