“What’s new downtown this month?” Denise D’Ascenzo asked me recently. I started to explain how Hartford has been rapidly changing and we decided the best way to understand the changes was to […]
A Downtown Tour
When Charles Osgood Worked in Hartford
UPDATE: January 23, 2024 Journalist Charles Osgood has died: https://www.wtnh.com/news/national/charles-osgood-cbs-host-and-networks-poet-in-residence-dies-at-91/ Here is the original story from 2016 The legendary CBS newsman Charles Osgood is retiring this weekend from the […]
Serving in His Father’s Footsteps
There is a new police officer on the beat in Connecticut, with a familiar name. Michael Fallon is a newly minted rookie on the Newington Police force, who is following his father’s […]
A Run for Governor for Jepsen?
Attorney General George Jepsen is working on his appeal of the recent school funding decision, and came in for a taping of Face the State to talk about it. We also talked […]
Connecticut Guy Gets Top Billing in New Show
He went to school in Connecticut, grew up in the era of Ella Grasso, the Hartford Whalers and tolls on Interstate 95. He swam in the Sound, rocked out at the Hartford […]
An Emotional Episode Reminds Me of Why Everyone Should Learn CPR
On Saturday Kara, the kids and I were driving through eastern Connecticut when we spotted a woman at the side of Route 138 in Voluntown. She was on the ground on her […]
Nancy Pelosi Shops in Hartford
One of the most powerful women in Washington was in Hartford this Friday and spent about an hour or so shopping at one of Connecticut’s oldest stores. Stackpole, Moore and Tryon has […]
Marking 15 Years Since 9/11
This Sunday marks fifteen years since one of the darkest days in American history, September 11, 2001. We will have a one hour special on WFSB at 8AM to cover the memorial […]
Carter says Blumenthal is Beatable
This Sunday on Face the State, we welcome Susan Raff to the program as co-moderator. Susan has been filling on FTS for several years, and now will join me as we question […]
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