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Category: Ghost Town

13 Oct
Access Asylum Hill Commentary Cultural Interest Downtown Frog Hollow Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Long Reads Myth Busting Parks Transportation Unsolicited Advice

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 45)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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“Life is a marathon, not a sprint” What does that even mean? Based on my observations of this year’s Hartford Marathon, here’s what I’ve been...
06 Oct
Autumn Downtown Frog Hollow Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Myth Busting Parks

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 44)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Places to go and things to see: a cemetery storage shed being renovated, a couple in perfect step, a wedding in the middle of a...
29 Sep
Autumn Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Free Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Shopping Transportation

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 43)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Didn’t even have to go to Farm Aid to find people out and about. Places photographed in this post include: Heaven Skate Park, Bushnell Park,...
22 Sep
Activism Community Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Free Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford History Music Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Rivers Transportation

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 42)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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We need a weekend after the weekend. Such a blur of events, but the one that too many people missed and should have prioritized was...
15 Sep
Activism Cultural Interest Downtown Food Free Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Music Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Summer Transportation West End

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 41)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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ConnectiCon, Hartford Pride, the Amistad, sea shanties. . . and that’s only a slice of what was going on last weekend. The parks were popping. Volunteers...
08 Sep
Barry Square Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Faith Free Frog Hollow Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Holiday Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks South End Summer Transportation West End

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 40)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Whether gathering in Pope Park for the weekly soccer game or in Elizabeth Park for High Holiday services, people were still in abundance this week...
01 Sep
Downtown Frog Hollow Fun Ghost Town Hartford Long Reads Myth Busting North Meadows Parks Parkville Summer Transportation

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 39)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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For those just tuning in, this Ghost Town series began after the umpteenth time I heard someone declare Hartford to be devoid of people. I...
25 Aug
Cultural Interest Downtown Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Myth Busting Parks Summer Transportation

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 38)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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People managed to find time to do things besides prepping for the “storm” and sitting indoors, watching the rain for half of the last week.
18 Aug
Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Downtown Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Long Reads Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Summer Transportation Unsolicited Advice

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 37)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Hope nobody is tired of carnival! The West Indian Independence Parade (with the standard live show following) wrapped up a week of celebration. It’s much,...
11 Aug
Access Commentary Community Covid-19 Cultural Interest Downtown Free Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Long Reads Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Summer

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 36)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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This week the Courant published a hard truth, and what those of us reading the hard data for awhile already knew: Hartford’s vaccination rate, besides...