Category: Hartford
12
Jan
Constitution Plaza Upgrade
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In 2007, WFSB fled Hartford for a car-centric and sidewalkless suburban area, leaving its broadcast house on Constitution Plaza vacant for two years before it...
30
Dec
Public Menorah Lighting for Chanukah in Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The first public menorah lighting on Hartford’s Main Street — and perhaps anywhere in the city — took place just after 5 PM on December...
27
Dec
Activism Central Connecticut Cultural Interest Faith Film Free Hartford History Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Reader Tip Winter
A Little Something (January 2025)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Here’s your curated mostly-Hartford event calendar for January 2025. What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend....
23
Dec
Design Frog Hollow Hartford Local News Meet Your Infrastructure Progress Quality of Life Reader Tip Transportation Winter
Continued Improvements to Capitol Avenue
by Kerri Ana Provost
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We were fully into December when the hardened centerlines with bollards arrived. These help to keep motorists in their lane and less likely to make...
15
Dec
Letting Ourselves Be Ruled by Fear or Curiosity?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Finishing The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters got me one book closer to meeting my reading goal for the...
14
Dec
Hartford Goes Hard
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Frog Hollow neighborhood just got hotter thanks to the recent addition of these fine quick-build treatments at the intersection of Broad Street and Capitol...
10
Dec
Autumn Community Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Faith Hartford Holiday Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Progress
Traditions & Trees 2024
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Usually, it’s a single, sad menorah stuffed in the corner — literally or figuratively — when sorry attempts at inclusivity are attempted at this time...
01
Dec
History in the Pits
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Walking through Bushnell Park on a dreary afternoon, I spotted the splash of pink from across the lawn. It pulled me into its orbit. Was...
30
Nov
Autumn Cultural Interest Faith Film Food Free Fun Hartford Holiday Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Shopping Transportation Winter
A Little Something (December 2024)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Here’s your curated mostly-Hartford event calendar for December 2024. What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend....
26
Nov
Autumn Beyond Hartford Climate Possibilities Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Geology Hartford History New Haven County Rivers Transportation
Beyond Hartford: GORGEous South Meriden
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Every time I looked into making a Beyond Hartford trip to Meriden, I dropped the effort because it seemed like a train ride . ....