Category: Long Reads
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...
25
Jul
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What You Can Do In Hartford For Free
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Ancient Burying Ground: Have a few extra minutes while waiting for your bus? Check out how people honored their dead back in the day. This...
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...
07
Jul
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Between Rivers
by Kerri Ana Provost
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July 3 & 4, 2019 Rode bicycle from Hartford to Chaplin and back. I try to wrap myself entirely in the sound of the bees...
02
Jul
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26 Ways to Improve Hartford, Now
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s all too easy to be seduced into blaming all our woes on the current administration, and to simultaneously believe that a change of leadership...
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...
11
Jun
How to Ride the City Bus
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Whether you just moved to the area or are trying public transit for the first time, knowing where to begin can feel confusing. And who...
01
May
Asylum Hill Barry Square Behind the Rocks Blue Hills Clay Arsenal Commentary Community Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Faith Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Myth Busting North East North Meadows Parks Parkville Quality of Life Sheldon/Charter Oak South End South Green South Meadows South West Transportation Unsolicited Advice Upper Albany West End Women
Do You Feel Safe in Hartford?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Raise your hand if you live in Hartford and have ever been asked, directly or via the scattershot of the Internet, whether or not you...
02
Apr
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Look: Bacon!
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Folly Brook Natural Area — a wooded wetland just south of the Folly Brook dike and city line, north of Wethersfield Cove — collects...
29
Mar
Look: Hidden Gem
by Kerri Ana Provost
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You might travel down this busy road every day and not notice the road. There is no sign to indicate it’s anything but a driveway.