Category: Reader Tip
21
Mar
If You Must Drive, Let It Be This
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A friend alerted me to the existence of this vehicle, but I assumed it had moved on and that I missed my chance to see...
20
Mar
Deborah Chapel Endangered
by Kerri Ana Provost
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UPDATE: 21 March 2021 — According to Mayor Luke Bronin, the City of Hartford is filing an appeal, which could potentially prevent the demolition of...
19
Mar
Community Cultural Interest Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Hartford Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Reader Tip
Wolcott Family Park
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Residents of Wolcott Street brainstormed and painted the murals. There is also a within-the-last-year new playground on the site constructed from recycled tires. The park...
28
Feb
Access Activism Asylum Hill Barry Square Behind the Rocks Blue Hills Clay Arsenal Covid-19 Design Downtown Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Municipal North East North Meadows Parkville Quality of Life Reader Tip Sheldon/Charter Oak South End South Green South Meadows South West Transportation Upper Albany West End
Hartford’s Pedestrian and Cyclist Crashes, 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Besides looking at the fatal pedestrian/cyclist crash data statewide in 2020, I was tracking all collisions with pedestrians/cyclists in Hartford. Except for first responders and...
03
Feb
What I Learned From Paying Attention to One Year of Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After intentionally and carefully observing for one year, there are a number of steps regular folks can take that would significantly reduce traffic fatalities and...
28
Jan
Activism Commentary Design Hartford Local News Long Reads Quality of Life Reader Tip Regionalism Transportation
Moving to Slow the Carnage
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After 2020's astounding and unforgivable death count -- at least 60 pedestrians and six cyclists lost their lives in Connecticut -- maybe this will be...
27
Jan
Access Cultural Interest Education Free Fun Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods History Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Reader Tip
A Little Something (February 2021)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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ADD TO CALENDAR Learn ASL: The Hartford Public Library and Disabilities Network of Eastern CT are offering a six week beginner’s American Sign Language course...
25
Jan
Want To Prevent Pedestrian Fatalities? Here’s One Thing You Can Do
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A minimum of 60 pedestrians and six cyclists were killed by motorists in this state in 2020. These were all preventable deaths.
29
Nov
Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Holiday Long Reads Reader Tip Shopping Unsolicited Advice
Localish Holiday Shopping When You Aren’t Going Into Stores
by Kerri Ana Provost
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First, if you are in the position to spend money on anything beyond necessities right now, congratulations. You have managed to get through 2020 without...
01
Nov
Access Activism Commentary Design Frog Hollow Hartford Local News Long Reads Quality of Life Reader Tip South Green Transportation West End
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in October 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Raquel Vasquez, just hours after killing Madeline Feliciano and critically injuring Oscar Ramos-Garcia at the intersection of Park and Washington in Hartford, was arrested and charged...