Category: Frog Hollow
31
Aug
Access Commentary Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Hartford History Long Reads Parks Parkville Transportation
Car Park
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Pope Park West is a poster child for wrong-headed decisions. Bad enough that it was orphaned by I-84, the parcel on Pope Park Hwy #4...
30
Aug
Activism Autumn Barry Square Commentary Community Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Film Free Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Music Myth Busting North Meadows Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Parkville Reader Tip South West Summer Transportation Volunteer Women
A Little Something (September 2023)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Here’s your curated Hartford event calendar for September 2023. What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend....
27
Aug
Access Commentary Design Frog Hollow Hartford Long Reads Reader Tip Transportation Unsolicited Advice
AITA
by Kerri Ana Provost
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For two months during the summer of 2018, the bathrooms on CTrail Hartford Line trains were closed. It is a classic example of someone following...
24
Aug
Re-Create
by Kerri Ana Provost
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While sign clutter is real, I love a colorful and informative interpretative sign. This one, in Pope Park, explains the habitat around the pond. From...
22
Aug
Commentary Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Long Reads Municipal Parks Reader Tip Unsolicited Advice
Leak
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Years back at the dog-and-pony show known as the annual City of Hartford budget hearing, a friend pointed out how one of the sinks in...
10
Aug
Downtown Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Local News Long Reads Municipal Parks
What’s Your Damage?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Following a storm in July, one of the local news outlets — doesn’t matter which one — made a pronouncement of where damage was and...
06
Aug
Re-Reuse
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This is not the first or even second season that this repurposed dumpster has been on Capitol Avenue, so I am still surprised when people...
30
Jul
Access Activism Commentary Community Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Food Free Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford History Local News Long Reads Progress Summer West End
Communitarian
by Kerri Ana Provost
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That’s the word Andrew May used to describe his philosophy, and I wanted to ask if it was something contagious. To be honest, it probably...
27
Jul
Access Commentary Design Environmental Interest Food Free Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford History Local News Long Reads Parks Summer
Abundance
by Kerri Ana Provost
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What’s happening over in Zion Hill Cemetery today is not unprecedented. In British Columbia, a cemetery grows vegetables to give to the community; they also...
Safe Streets Connecticut: August 2023