Category: History
23
Jun
Access Camp Real Hartford Environmental Interest Fun Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Rivers
Camp Real Hartford: Water, Water
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The sloppy scribbles on this MDC map show you where the above-ground rivers and streams are in Hartford. Most of the city is within the...
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...
01
Jun
Activism Covid-19 Cultural Interest Design Hartford History Local News Myth Busting Quality of Life Transportation
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in May 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Three pedestrians and two cyclists were killed during May 2020, at a time when Lamont’s lockdown order was entirely in effect until May 20th. All...
18
May
Commentary Cultural Interest Education Faith Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods History Long Reads North East
Holocaust Memorials
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Maybe these memorials are too modest to be deemed worthy of attention, or perhaps they are forgotten because they are located within Hartford's cemeteries --...
10
May
Access Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods History
View from Zion’s Hill
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Zion Hill Cemetery has new signs installed at the corner of Zion and Ward Streets, and on Affleck Street; finally, visitors have a map...
06
May
Beyond Hartford Commentary Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford History Living Myth Busting Parks Unsolicited Advice
Alternative Connecticut Bingo
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The other Connecticut Bingo board circulating out there is cool and all, but I know there are readers who are ready to take it next...
04
May
Access Beyond Hartford Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford History Living Myth Busting North Central Connecticut North East Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Quality of Life Reader Tip Spring Unsolicited Advice Upper Albany
Virtual Walk Hartford: Explore Keney Park
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Normally when these Walk Hartford outings take place, they involve a handful of people, in person, and we take a break for lunch or have...
02
May
Behind the Rocks Beyond Hartford Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Free Geology Get Outside Hartford History North Central Connecticut Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Reader Tip Rivers South West
Virtual Walk Hartford: Explore Cemetery Brook
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Normally when these Walk Hartford outings take place, they involve a handful of people, in person, and we take a break for lunch or have...
30
Apr
Placebo
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Washington Post writes: “The story of fallout shelters, it turns out, is partly a story about safety in the nuclear age, but it’s more...