Category: Local News
01
Oct
Access Activism Commentary Design Hartford Local News Long Reads Quality of Life Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in September 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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On September 16 at 8:17 PM, a woman (who remains publicly unidentified several weeks later) was struck at 1310 Silas Deane Highway in Wethersfield. For...
26
Sep
Access Construction Frog Hollow Hartford Local News Long Reads Municipal Quality of Life Transportation
Russ Street: Slow Your Roll
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A day after the City of Hartford newsletter announced that changes would be “coming soon” to Russ Street, fiberglass planters were installed along the road,...
02
Sep
Hartford Film Tackles Tough Topics on the Court
by Kerri Ana Provost
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On The Whistle is a tight, short film set and shot in Hartford, with most of its 40 person cast and crew coming from the...
02
Sep
Activism Community Cultural Interest Faith Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Local News Myth Busting Progress Quality of Life Reader Tip Volunteer
Time to Pay Your Respects
by Kerri Ana Provost
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There is something about a cemetery that serves as home to both a department store president’s mausoleum, and to those whose remains are marked by...
01
Sep
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in August 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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There were at least two incidents in August, just in Connecticut, in which a motor vehicle was used as explicitly as a weapon. A teenage...
15
Aug
Access Activism Commentary Hartford Local News Long Reads Municipal Myth Busting Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Tired of Prayers and Promises
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If I end up mowed down by some reckless driver on a road that the City of Hartford has neglected to fix, don't waste time...
07
Aug
What’s this? What’s this?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s a sharrow. A sharrow is: (a) a shared lane marking (b) a portmanteau of “shared” and “arrow” (c) a portmanteau of “shitty” and “arrow”...
02
Aug
Access Activism Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Food Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Hartford Local News Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Progress Quality of Life Reader Tip
Take a Seat
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A little bit of Capitol Avenue has been reclaimed for use by people with the installation of a picnic table and a dumpster repurposed as...
02
Aug
Activism Commentary Cultural Interest Design Hartford Local News Long Reads Municipal Transportation
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in July 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Preventing crashes is preferable to dumping all our energy into punishment, but let’s pause to think about the justice aspect of traffic injuries and fatalities....
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