Month: August 2011
31
Aug
Back to School Guide: Reclaiming Your Child’s Education (2/2)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Click here to read about how a student in Hartford opted out of the Connecticut Mastery Test. The Connecticut State Department of Education website makes...
31
Aug
Back to School Guide: Reclaiming Your Child’s Education (1/2)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In March of 2011, the mother of a straight-A Hartford student called up the principal to say that her daughter, Caridad¹, “will not be taking...
30
Aug
Activism Asylum Hill Beyond Hartford Community Cultural Interest Downtown Faith Film Food Frog Hollow Fun Hartford Music Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Sheldon/Charter Oak West End
Happening(s) in September
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The following is not intended to be an all-inclusive list. Rather, these are my snobbish selections of what sounds most interesting in the upcoming month....
26
Aug
Preparation without Panic
by Kerri Ana Provost
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On Tuesday, Connecticut residents were preoccupied with the earthquake, which did little damage here. On Twitter, people sounded frantic about the possibility of aftershocks. This...
25
Aug
Council Primary Candidates Forum
by Kerri Ana Provost
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About half the seats were filled at the start of Wednesday’s forum; by the end, only a few dozen people remained, and many of those...
24
Aug
Tonight’s City Council Candidate Forum: No Republicans Allowed
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Tonight there will be a forum for those running for City Council, but there’s a catch: it is exclusive. Only those whose names will be...
23
Aug
Can We Feed Ourselves?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In recent weeks Real Hartford polled* residents (not potential residents and not those who live elsewhere but work in the city) about their grocery shopping...
22
Aug
More Parking Bans
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Department of Public Works has announced a parking ban from August 23rd-29th on certain streets due to milling and paving. They say “no parking...
22
Aug
Prisoner Solidarity Speak-out to Mark End of Rolling Fast
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Local activists began a rolling fast at the beginning of this month to show solidarity with prisoners in the California state system; 6,600 prisoners had...