Category: Long Reads
10
Jun
Access Construction Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Parks Progress Transportation
The Roundabout: How It’s Going
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you’re in desperate need of entertainment, stand on the Sigourney Street bridge by the stairwell and watch motorists act perplexed to find Park Terrace...
09
Jun
Hartford’s Parks Are Not Closed
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Once again, you can’t turn anywhere without hearing the lie that City parks were shut down over the weekend. We heard similar untruths throughout 2020....
27
May
Activism Cultural Interest Education Environmental Interest Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Municipal Quality of Life Regionalism Unsolicited Advice
Recycling: Not a New Problem
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Several decades ago, all adolescents (nobody was a “tween” at this time) were herded into the school cafeteria for an assembly so corny that the...
23
May
Access Activism Beyond Hartford Central Connecticut Commentary Cultural Interest Design Education Environmental Interest Free Fun Get Outside Local News Long Reads New England Reader Tip Transportation
Wheels in Old Wethersfield
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Scarecrows on Main event was a cute distraction, but now, with Bicycles on Main, I’m convinced that Old Wethersfield is trying to become a...
07
May
Commentary Environmental Interest Fun Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Rivers Spring West End
Curiosity
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Walking around in one’s own city should not be radical or weird or necessarily the topic of conversation; it should be normal. Why isn’t it?...
03
May
Unhidden Gems: Que Huong
by Kerri Ana Provost
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You can go home again. Arriving in the United States from Vietnam in 1975, owner Ve Do opened Que Huong at 355 New Park Avenue...
01
May
Access Commentary Construction Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Local News Long Reads North Meadows Parks Rivers
Park in the Meadows, Meadow in the Park
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s not entirely news that Riverfront Recapture purchased the only true meadow left in Hartford’s North Meadows. Or, rather, the only one that is not...
29
Apr
City of Shrines
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Blanchard Baisden of East Hartford was the fifth person to die in a motor vehicle crash in Hartford this year. Three passengers from his vehicle...
25
Apr
Access Activism Design Environmental Interest Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Local News Long Reads Myth Busting Progress Transportation
Scoot
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The scooters have arrived. This comes after years of discussion with and advocacy from residents. Part of why Lime pulled out of Hartford was because...
22
Apr
Access Activism Commentary Community Covid-19 Cultural Interest Design Education Environmental Interest Faith Food Free Get Outside Hartford Holiday Living Long Reads Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Quality of Life Reader Tip Regionalism Rivers Transportation Unsolicited Advice Volunteer
Earth Day 2021: Action
by Kerri Ana Provost
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We’ve been in a climate emergency. Most of 2020 and all of 2021, so far, has taught us what it looks like to act in...