Category: Environmental Interest
30
Aug
Activism Autumn Barry Square Commentary Community Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Film Free Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Music Myth Busting North Meadows Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Parkville Reader Tip South West Summer Transportation Volunteer Women
A Little Something (September 2023)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Here’s your curated Hartford event calendar for September 2023. What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend....
29
Aug
Access Commentary Construction Design Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford County Long Reads North Central Connecticut Quality of Life Review Rivers Summer Transportation Unsolicited Advice
The Problem With Single-Use Thinking
by Kerri Ana Provost
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While researching the variety of e-bike policies at Connecticut’s colleges/universities, I came across a tiny detail that hints as to why some organizations, and individuals,...
24
Aug
Re-Create
by Kerri Ana Provost
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While sign clutter is real, I love a colorful and informative interpretative sign. This one, in Pope Park, explains the habitat around the pond. From...
22
Aug
Commentary Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Long Reads Municipal Parks Reader Tip Unsolicited Advice
Leak
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Years back at the dog-and-pony show known as the annual City of Hartford budget hearing, a friend pointed out how one of the sinks in...
20
Aug
Access Activism Commentary Design Environmental Interest Food Hartford History Long Reads Myth Busting Summer
Enough
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In 1943, a 25 x 40 foot model Victory Garden could be found on the east lawn of the Old State House, at the spot...
18
Aug
Access Beyond Hartford Coastal Connecticut Commentary Construction Design Environmental Interest Free Get Outside History Long Reads New Haven County Parks Reader Tip Summer Transportation
Beyond Hartford: Milford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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[First time visitor? Coming here directly? Stop and learn about the Beyond Hartford, Beyond Cars series before reading on] I’m not saying that a state...
17
Aug
Retaining Water
by Kerri Ana Provost
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What ever happened to that? All of that. The City of Hartford, through its Retain The Rain initiative, gave rain barrels to residents. I was...
13
Aug
Blinkah
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Occasionally, artwork makes a lasting impression. In the summer of 2015, I was staying at a cabin in Pittsburg, New Hampshire. Most people I’ve spoken...
10
Aug
Downtown Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Local News Long Reads Municipal Parks
What’s Your Damage?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Following a storm in July, one of the local news outlets — doesn’t matter which one — made a pronouncement of where damage was and...
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