Category: History
26
Oct
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Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail: A Park as Long as Its Name
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In Connecticut, we are expert-level at metaphorically hiding our treasure. Sure, we’ll put up highway signs and a bit of fuss over Mystic, Hammonasset, and...
20
Sep
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13 Things To Know About Cedar Mountain
by Kerri Ana Provost
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(1) It’s in Hartford, Newington, and Wethersfield.
18
Sep
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East of the River, to Wethersfield
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Don’t believe everything that you read.
10
Sep
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Stonington Rocks!
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Stonington has been having a moment, but visiting only to Instagram a lobster roll is doing it wrong. First, some history.
05
Aug
How To Avoid Parking Meters in Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It will soon cost motorists more to rent car storage on certain downtown streets in Hartford. As of Monday, August 5, 2019, if you want...
22
Jul
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Beyond: Canal Road, and Other Delights
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A Bicycle Roadtrip West Hartford’s Canal Road, if you can get to it, is a joy.
09
Jul
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Mapping the Park River
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Park River continues to intrigue, mainly because so much of it has been buried below the city. I am working on a project to...
21
Jun
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Barn Island
by Kerri Ana Provost
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You will pass McMansions on the way to this property, and even a few new constructions, so very close to the coastline. When you walk...
19
Jun
Review: Good Trouble
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you live in Hartford and call yourself an activist, then you owe it to yourself to read Steve Thornton’s latest book, Good Trouble: A...
06
May
Look: Glenwood
by Kerri Ana Provost
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For a period, a village within Hartford was called Glenwood.