Category: Environmental Interest
02
Jun
Downtown Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford North Meadows Parks Rivers Sheldon/Charter Oak Spring Unsolicited Advice
Think Outside the Rose Garden
by Kerri Ana Provost
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You love the Elizabeth Park Rose Garden. I love the rose garden. We all love it. But for the next month, we will be inundated...
01
Jun
Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford North Meadows Parks Rivers Spring Transportation Weird
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 27)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Even with the holiday weekend and days of rain, still had no trouble locating people outside.
27
May
Activism Cultural Interest Education Environmental Interest Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Municipal Quality of Life Regionalism Unsolicited Advice
Recycling: Not a New Problem
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Several decades ago, all adolescents (nobody was a “tween” at this time) were herded into the school cafeteria for an assembly so corny that the...
26
May
It’s a No Brainard
by Kerri Ana Provost
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We need an airport in Hartford like we need a trash incinerator. Neither improves our habitat or our quality of life otherwise. This sign was...
26
May
Oh, Mapleline!
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Looks like the Burns School kids are learning about trees, and making a necklace for one in the yard.
25
May
Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Myth Busting South End South West
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 26)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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What are you looking at? A neighborhood resident taking the initiative to water flowers and various plants at Zion Hill Cemetery. Newly planted items include...
23
May
Something Good
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This is the scene in Goodwin Park — lots of new trees going in the ground. Can we get some along Park Street next?
23
May
Access Activism Beyond Hartford Central Connecticut Commentary Cultural Interest Design Education Environmental Interest Free Fun Get Outside Local News Long Reads New England Reader Tip Transportation
Wheels in Old Wethersfield
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Scarecrows on Main event was a cute distraction, but now, with Bicycles on Main, I’m convinced that Old Wethersfield is trying to become a...
21
May
Oozing Charm
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Columbia Street is one of those places that manages to look stunning year round, even in those weeks of winter when everything else manages to...
20
May
A Day on Cedar Mountain
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you want nature with a side of peace and quiet, you’ll mostly get it in the South West neighborhood. . . aside from the...