Category: Municipal
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....
29
Jul
Commentary Cultural Interest Design Downtown Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Municipal Parks Reader Tip Rivers
Corning Fountain: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This is a polite letter about the Corning Fountain, in Hartford’s otherwise beautiful Bushnell Park. An antique dealer has informed as that the fountain is...
04
Jul
No Love for this Tower of Trash
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The first photo was taken today, but I have photographed and reported to 311 this same pile of trash, multiple times, since May 3, 2020....
30
Jun
Access Commentary Community Hartford Local News Long Reads Municipal Parks Quality of Life Reader Tip
“A Budget is a Moral Document”
by Kerri Ana Provost
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These photos show casket handles and human bones at one of the cemeteries that is maintained by the City of Hartford. They are aware that...
25
Jun
Access Commentary Covid-19 Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Living Local News Long Reads Municipal Parks Quality of Life Summer
Parks & Rec
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Hartford’s parks were never closed during the pandemic, but most parking lots were barricaded for part of the shutdown and basketball hoops were removed from the...
21
Apr
He Said, He Said
by Kerri Ana Provost
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You can’t be too surprised when the average person falls victim to an infodemic when our own leaders can’t even interpret each others’ statements accurately....
16
Apr
Coronavirus Related Concern: Protection
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Last week the City of Hartford asked residents to snitch on those who were having social/recreational gatherings of five or more people, and to tattle...
13
Apr
Access Activism Commentary Covid-19 Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Living Long Reads Municipal Quality of Life Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Our Streets: Pandemic View
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Adding lanes does not guarantee that motor vehicle traffic will move more smoothly, but, when schools and non-essential businesses shut down, there are fewer vehicles...
20
Jan
Access Commentary Construction Design Downtown Get Outside Hartford Local News Meet Your Infrastructure Municipal Progress Quality of Life Reader Tip Transportation
What’s This?
by Kerri Ana Provost
3 Comments
Before I explain what this sexy beast and constant sentry of a traffic control device is all about, I’ve got to holler about something for...
Tired of Prayers and Promises