The WFSB archives are full of old films and videotapes from our 60 years on the air. Some of the older stuff is without sound, like some clips I found from West […]
West Hartford 1962
The Hartford Connection to “The Post”
“The Post” is the big screen drama of how the Washington Post covered the story of the Pentagon Papers and battled the Nixon White House all the way to the U.S. Supreme […]
Bradley Airport 1967
Connecticut’s international airport has certainly grown over the years, and is vastly different today than it was 50 years ago. Here are some stills from a Channel 3 special titled “Not in […]
Inside the Connecticut Supreme Court
This Sunday we bring you an exclusive, rare look inside a place few people in Connecticut have been: the State Supreme Court. We talked with some people who rarely grant interviews, the […]
Blizzard of ’78 and the Politics of Storms
Anytime a major storm hits Connecticut, be assured the governor will be on television articulating what the state is doing to keep the citizens safe. If a politician handles the crisis well, […]
Breaking News from 1967: Jim Morrison Arrested in New Haven
Had there been Twitter 50 years ago, the above headline would have been tweeted around the world. Every so often I’ve been asked if our popular Face the State flashback segment could […]
Face the State Flashback: Gun Control in 1968
On a spring Sunday morning, television viewers watched a Connecticut senator talk about gun control. Sound familiar? Only this Sunday political conversation took place nearly 45 years ago. You’ll see it this […]
Face the State Flashback: A Legendary Department Store Closes its Doors
There was nothing like it in Connecticut then, and there is certainly nothing like it now. We’re talking about the legendary G. Fox department store in downtown Hartford, that closed its doors […]
Simmons & Bysiewicz Defend Former Rivals
The debate season kicks off next Sunday, October 7th when Chris Murphy and Linda McMahon face off in their first debate of campaign 2012. The two will square off in an hour long live […]
A Thanksgiving Lesson from Legendary Bob Steele
It’s that time of year for turkey, football, family, and a song, that many of us think we know. It starts with “Over the river.” I learned the proper verbiage for this tune […]
Flashback: The Hartford Rams?
Yes, that is an NFL stadium pictured in the Downtown North neighborhood of Hartford. Not the one New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft said he was bringing his team to in 1998, […]
Face the State Flashback: Income Tax Rally of ’91
Twenty-six years ago this fall an estimated 50,000 people turned out at the State Capitol to protest the state’s newly passed income tax. Any way you look at it, this was an […]
Remember the Hartford Monorail?
On a spring day just before Memorial Day back in 1998, I got a tip that Hartford was getting a monorail, courtesy of the federal government. Of course, I was immediately skeptical, then […]
Covering Senator Dodd in D.C.
Eyewitness News is here in Washington to cover Senator Chris Dodd’s final speech on the senate floor. We also taped this Sunday’s Face the State in his office, an office once inhabited […]
Happy Anniversary Parking Lot!
20 years ago today, on a cold Sunday morning, a spectacular demolition was witnessed by thousands of people. A hotel that hosted weddings, John Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, other politicians and […]
Weicker Blasts Blumenthal; Raises Trust Issue
They were neighbors in Greenwich, colleagues at the State Capitol in the early 1990s, and both went to Yale. A year ago, they both endorsed embattled Senator Chris Dodd for re-election. When Dodd dropped […]
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