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Category: Covid-19

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...
13 Apr
Behind the Rocks Covid-19 Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Long Reads Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Rivers Spring

Within a Mile of Home

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Technically, this is more like 1.5 miles. Walking this always makes me yearn for a time machine, specifically so I can go back and slap...
12 Apr
Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Downtown Fun Get Outside Hartford Parks Spring

Happy Sunday, From Heaven Skate Park

by Kerri Ana Provost
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The kale and herbs (actual herbs, that’s not a juvenile reference to weed) are thriving. Flowers are blooming. Seasonal graffiti is up. While other towns...
12 Apr
Covid-19 Frog Hollow Hartford

Seen in an Empty Parking Lot

by Kerri Ana Provost
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There’s no shortage of sights that feel completely out of place right now, from the sign outside a school (spotted in April!) urging students to...
11 Apr
Covid-19 Hartford Parks Unsolicited Advice

To Serve and Protect

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Now that cops appear to be stationed in all our parks, maybe we can get them to do the following: Turn off their engines. Idling...
08 Apr
Covid-19 Education Hartford Local News Long Reads Unsolicited Advice

What Covid Data Says (and doesn’t)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Data helps. Even when it is incomplete, it is more useful than emotionally manipulative reporting that often omits facts in favor of whatever is likely...
08 Apr
Asylum Hill Covid-19 Environmental Interest Free Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods West End

While You Were Scrolling Facebook…

by Kerri Ana Provost
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you nearly missed Spring. But like Scrooge, there’s still a chance to make things right. Get outdoors. That has not been canceled. Give other people...
06 Apr
Covid-19 Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Parks

Pope Park, Pandemic View

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Before believing the blame-and-shame gossip on social media, take a look for yourself. Pope Park on Sunday afternoon: During the twenty minutes or so that...
06 Apr
Asylum Hill Covid-19 Education Hartford

Not So Much

by Kerri Ana Provost
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05 Apr
Asylum Hill Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Free Fun Get Outside Hartford Living Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Seasons of New England Spring

Museum Visits

by Kerri Ana Provost
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This is the best time of year to visit the former homes of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain. The grounds smell wonderful. Spring is...