Category: Beyond Hartford
09
May
Constituents Sold Out in “Agreement” on Flower Street
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Following the latest hearing at the Connecticut Department of Transportation, one community member asked, “How much does Hartford’s Deputy Corporation Counsel Van Norden get paid...
02
Apr
Access Behind the Rocks Beyond Hartford Construction Hartford Shopping Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Newfield Avenue Detour
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Travel lanes were recently reduced in the area of Flatbush Avenue to accommodate CTfastrak construction. Now motorists will be re-routed through a shopping plaza parking...
23
Mar
Sandy Hook Run for the Families
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Sandy Hook Run for the Families 5K reached its registration capacity of 15,000 participants. The event’s website says that today’s 5K was “not about...
19
Mar
CTfastrak: “Stasis through Obfuscation” or “Flexibility”?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Walking into the Center for Contemporary Culture, one is surrounded by a half-circle of maps, seconds after having a pile of literature thrust into one’s...
19
Mar
10+ Years In
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In 2003, to oppose the United States’ invasion of Iraq meant setting oneself up for anything from ridicule to threats. Having been called a traitor...
18
Mar
Great American Meatout
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Meatout is hoping 25,000 take the pledge to eat meat-free for one day, March 20th. To be more precise, the pledge is to be vegan...
14
Mar
Hungry? It’s CSA Time
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The hand-wringing over access to fresh food in Hartford need not be. Besides the year-round farmers’ market on Broad Street, there are daily farmers’ markets...
12
Mar
CTfastone
by Kerri Ana Provost
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While CTfastrak is attempting a series of public engagement meetings this month, it is simultaneously attempting to disengage one specific segment of the public: those...
06
Mar
When Every Vote Doesn’t Count in Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In Hartford, the Working Families Party has displaced Republicans as the minority party on City Council. We have three Registrar of Voters because of the...
04
Mar
March Forth to Respect Women
by Kerri Ana Provost
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State Rep. Hewett made a corny joke, which some imaginative individuals construed as a sexual reference. Both the intern to whom the comment was directed,...