Category: Local News
17
Apr
Cultural Interest Design Downtown Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Local News Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go South Green
…And You Get a Mural!
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Why did it take a pandemic for Hartford to get Big Mural Energy? The latest, still in progress, is at Buckingham and Wadsworth Streets, where...
02
Apr
How To Stop Worrying About Parking in Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Take public transportation instead. I don’t know if muralist Ben Keller was trying to be subversive, but check out the train theme in his new...
29
Mar
Clover Gardens
by Kerri Ana Provost
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As more people return to their office jobs in downtown Hartford — noticeable by the increase in rush hour traffic — they might notice several...
20
Mar
Deborah Chapel Endangered
by Kerri Ana Provost
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UPDATE: 21 March 2021 — According to Mayor Luke Bronin, the City of Hartford is filing an appeal, which could potentially prevent the demolition of...
06
Mar
Small Step Forward for Pedestrian Safety
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Last week H.B. 5429 made it out of committee. (We can talk about the irony of gridlock when it comes to progressive action on transportation...
12
Feb
Access to Jobs and School
by Kerri Ana Provost
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There continues to be silence from the City of Hartford when it comes to progress of the free WiFi that was supposed to be available...
31
Jan
New Monument on Columbus Green
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The stone likeness of Columbus was removed from “Columbus Green” — a sliver between Washington, Lafayette, and Russ Streets — months ago, yet the pedestal...
28
Jan
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Moving to Slow the Carnage
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After 2020's astounding and unforgivable death count -- at least 60 pedestrians and six cyclists lost their lives in Connecticut -- maybe this will be...
25
Jan
Want To Prevent Pedestrian Fatalities? Here’s One Thing You Can Do
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A minimum of 60 pedestrians and six cyclists were killed by motorists in this state in 2020. These were all preventable deaths.
Building Community at Zion Hill Cemetery