
January is a time for new beginnings and the first month of 2021 certainly fit the bill for me. My father passed away on New Year’s morning, I eulogized him at his […]
January is a time for new beginnings and the first month of 2021 certainly fit the bill for me. My father passed away on New Year’s morning, I eulogized him at his […]
2020 has been quite a year. It began with dealing with the tremendous grief over the loss of Denise D’Ascenzo in late 2019, her memorial service at the end of January, then […]
Here’s the headline: I am no longer with WFSB and I’m not sure what is next. Here’s an announcement posted by the station: WFSB (Channel 3) and Dennis House jointly announce that […]
In 1990, as a young news anchor, I attended a journalism seminar in Chicago sponsored by Broadcasting Magazine and the Society of Professional Journalists and left there with a lesson that I […]
Reporting on death is a sad part of being a journalist. I have to do it nearly every day, but rarely does it happen in such dramatic fashion as it did on […]
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 […]
The news that not only are the New Britain Rock Cats staying in Connecticut, but moving to a stadium twice the size in Hartford has been all the buzz since the story […]
I’ve seen my share of concerts in my day, including J. Geils at the Boston Garden when I was in high school, and the Ramones at the Cape Cod Coliseum, but back […]
You’ve heard of Anchorman, how about Anchorduck? I walked into the Face the State studio tonight and spotted said Anchorduck, actually Anchorducks. Our news studio, Studio A, is getting new, more energy […]
Legendary UConn men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun took a break from retirement this week to co-host Better Connecticut on WFSB today. Calhoun sat alongside Kara Sundlun, and substituted for the vacationing Scot […]
He’s enthusiastic and articulate, committed to his cause, and has movie star looks. Sounds like a perfect candidate for office, right? This Sunday on Face the State we are not joined by […]
The Connecticut journalism world was rocked today by news that two local mainstays are moving on. We learned about the departures of these legends whom I consider friends via something that wasn’t […]
I want to thank every one who came out to celebrate my 50th birthday at Hartford City Hall. Roughly 250 people helped raise money for Interval House, which helps women suffering from […]
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 […]
The Back 9 network is a relatively new golf and entertainment channel that set up shop in downtown Hartford at the Phoenix Building with studios under construction at the scene of the […]
A viewer wrote to me the other day saying my suits looked tight lately. Another I met this weekend said “you look bigger in person.” A third was more direct via Facebook: […]
I’ve been blessed with a career that has given me the opportunity to interview people from all walks of life. I’ve been able to talk with politicians, athletes, doctors, criminals, victims, celebrities, […]
This past weekend Channel 3 turned 56. On September 21, 1957, your favorite television station went on the air for the first time. Our call letters then were WTIC, and became WFSB […]
Does New York Mets outfielder Jason Bay harbor some secret love for Connecticut’s beloved and lost major league sports team? Bay was photographed wearing a vintage Hartford Whalers shirt during this week’s […]