Category: Long Reads
01
Oct
Safe Streets Connecticut: September 2023
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Drivers killed five pedestrians in September 2023 in Connecticut. That’s 39 preventable deaths of pedestrians and cyclists, so far, this year. I’m writing this in...
30
Sep
Access Activism Autumn Barry Square Community Cultural Interest Downtown Education Environmental Interest Faith Film Food Free Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods History Holiday Living Local News Long Reads Music Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Parkville Quality of Life Reader Tip Sheldon/Charter Oak Shopping South West Transportation Upper Albany Weird
A Little Something (October 2023)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Trick-or-treating on a pedestrianized street is always better than that travesty known as trunk-or-treating
26
Sep
Activism Asylum Hill Autumn Commentary Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Local News Long Reads Myth Busting No Drama Weather North Meadows Parks Rivers Volunteer West End
Reading Trash
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Over the course of two hours, four volunteers retrieved about 70 pounds of garbage in the rain from along the Connecticut River, including by the...
24
Sep
Bollards!
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After this dry cleaners in West Hartford’s Bishops Corner was smashed through twice by cars in the last two years, massive, highly visible bollards were...
21
Sep
Activism Commentary Environmental Interest Hartford Holiday Long Reads Myth Busting Reader Tip Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Steps
by Kerri Ana Provost
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I won't drop the guilt on you. I'll let others do that.
19
Sep
Access Activism Commentary Design Downtown Environmental Interest Hartford Long Reads Quality of Life Transportation
Goals
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“The aim of climate activism isn’t to be ideologically pure, nor is it to erase the sins of the previous generations; it’s to ensure that...
18
Sep
Access Activism Commentary Community Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Faith Holiday Long Reads Quality of Life Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Where The Missing Sidewalk Excuses End
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This weekend I was up in West Hartford’s Bishops Corner and chatting with a fellow bus rider who had walked to one of the nearby...
14
Sep
Access Activism Commentary Community Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Long Reads Myth Busting Quality of Life Transportation Unsolicited Advice
PARK(ing) Day
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Tomorrow (September 15, 2023) is PARK(ing) Day, something Hartford participated in a couple of times about ten years ago and then ceased to, perhaps prematurely....
12
Sep
Access Activism Commentary Environmental Interest Hartford Long Reads Myth Busting Reader Tip Transportation Unsolicited Advice
World Car-Free Day
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“opponents of radical change have successfully categorized efforts to protect the environment or reverse the effects of climate change as personal sacrifices. We focus on...
10
Sep
Activism Commentary Cultural Interest Downtown Free Fun Get Outside Hartford Living Long Reads Music
Pride 2023
by Kerri Ana Provost
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At one time, I might have questioned how an event stemming from a literal riot could exist without centering itself around hours of speeches by...