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 […]
Connecticut Guy Gets Top Billing in New Show
Connecticut Native Going Where Few Ever Go
Way back in the 1990s a high school kid came to WFSB for a day of job shadowing, working with me to witness what I did on a typical day at Channel […]
Governor Carlson?
How’s that for a provocative headline? Our guest this past Sunday on Face the State might some day run for office and one option is that big corner suite with the fireplace […]
Ice Bucket Challenge
I took the ice bucket challenge last night to help raise money for ALS research. A bucket of cold ice water as chilly as Long Island Sound in January was dumped […]
Hamden Coach Remembered at Stanley Cup
It’s hard to see, and not talked about often, but a revered hockey coach from Hamden has been memorialized at the Stanley Cup Championship. On the back of the helmet worn by […]
Lunching with a Legend
Denise D’Ascenzo and I had the great privilege of attending a special luncheon today honoring Barbara Walters, the trailblazing journalist who “retired” this spring. The 84 year old has already come out […]
Ted Kennedy, Minimum Wage & the King can do No Wrong
Seldom does a race for the state legislature attract considerable attention and rarer still is the legislative race that makes national headlines. That’s exactly what happened this week as the political world […]
Look Who’s an Extra
Face the State isn’t necessarily known as a launching pad to stardom, although Tom Dudchik of http://www.ctcapitolreport.com would disagree, as his show was greenlighted after a handful of much heralded appearances on […]
Couric & Connecticut
For some reason when I updated the Hartfordite posts from 2006 and 2007 didn’t migrate over. I’m not going to re-post all of them here, but thought I’d bring over a few […]
Ann Coulter on her Home State and 2014
Best-selling author and commentator Ann Coulter is one of the most memorable pundits on television. In the vernacular of television producers, this outspoken conservative always leaves you with a great soundbite. Coulter […]
Connecticut’s Version of Ronald Reagan; A Footnote to 2014
Do you know who this is? He’s an actor whose name will be mentioned in the 2014 Connecticut governor’s race. That actor shown with child star Shirley Temple is Republican John Lodge, […]
Face the State Flashback: the Woody & Mia Battle
21 years ago this winter I was covering a story in New Haven that attracted reporters from all over the nation. Film director Woody Allen and his estranged long time girlfriend Mia […]
ESPN’s Buccigross on NHL Return to Hartford
You’d be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t think our state would be better off with the Hartford Whalers back in town. Ever since former Whalers owner Howard Baldwin returned to […]
Ex-Reporter Stinchfield: Unions a Problem in Connecticut
There is a widely held belief that all reporters are secretly liberal Democrats. One of our guests this weekend on Face the State helps shatter that myth. Grant Stinchfield is a […]
Gayle King at WFSB: The Hartford Years
My former co-anchor Gayle King is enjoying life on “CBS This Morning,” with ratings up since she joined the show in late 2012. Even though it has been 15 years or so since Gayle […]
Mika Brzezinski at WFSB: The Hartford Years
Long before Mika Brzezinski became a best selling author and host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” she was one of us, a member of the Eyewitness News team. One of my very first […]
“Morning Joe” on Face the State
Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough marveling over their Hartford Whalers hats We are joined this week on Face the State by Channel 3 alumna Mika Brzezinski and her co-host on “Morning Joe,” […]
McMahon Speaks about Hart Lawsuit
Republican senate candidate Linda McMahon has spoken about a lawsuit filed against her and the WWE by Martha Hart, the widow of wrestler Owen Hartford. In an interview with WFSB for “Face […]
Getting Together with Gayle
Tune in to the Gayle King Show on Oprah radio on XM tomorrow (Thursday) at 9AM. Channel 156, my wife’s favorite station. I’ll be talking with my former co-anchor (the one who […]
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