Now that 2014 is here the race for governor will begin in earnest. This Sunday we have the newest candidate in the race, Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti, who is seeking the Republican […]
Lauretti Aims for Malloy; Wyman Crucial to Ticket
Living at Adriaen’s Landing
The much talked about and long anticipated housing at the Adriaen’s Landing development in downtown Hartford is starting to get underway. Work has begun on the site and developer H. B. Nitkin […]
Demi, Brad, and Me
Hollywood star Brad Pitt was born on December 18, 1963. So was I. It’s true. I’m turning the big 5-0, and you know what, I’m embracing it. Happy birthday to me! Crazy, […]
Newtown & New Haven on Face the State
This Sunday on Face the State we are talking about Newtown and how the media has been doing covering the release of the 9-1-1 tapes and the impending one year mark of […]
Weicker Remembers Fight for Mandela
The death of Nelson Mandela was met with a unique sadness by former Senator and former Governor Lowell Weicker. Weicker was arrested for protesting apartheid in South Africa. Years later, Weicker was […]
A Family Political Dynasty in the Making?
Thanksgiving in the Klarides family was a special one this year, as three members are now elected officials. The most well known of the Klarides clan is Themis, a state representative and […]
The Face of the HPD
They are called spokespeople, but sometimes referred to jokingly as a flack, or mouthpiece. This Sunday on Face the State, we are joined by the spokesman who has become the face of […]
Whalers Fans Snatching Up 7 Digit Plates
A friend of mine just picked up his new vanity plate at the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles. The state’s new policy allowing 7 digit license plates is opening up a whole […]
A Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy
This past November as Americans marked 50 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a woman from West Hartford pulled out a card that brought back a flood of memories […]
I’ll Pass on Shopping on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, too
A little known media secret: we reporters tend to laugh at the people camping out in line on Thanksgiving waiting for the stores to open on Friday…the so-called Black Friday. Case in […]
Connecticut Remembers JFK
It was the 9/11 of my parents’ generation. On the Friday before Thanksgiving 1963, the nation was stunned by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The pain was felt deeply here […]
Learn from the Greatest Generation While We Still Can
In advance of the Connecticut Veterans Day parade this month I called the state Veterans Affairs department to inquire about World War II veterans in our state. In 2012, there were 16,200 […]
Women Rule in Election 2013, but What’s Next?
A little over a year ago on Face the State Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman and State Senator Toni Boucher lamented the lack of women in state politics. Wyman told us the legislature […]
Connecticut Lottery to Cash In on Hartford Whalers Nostalgia
The state is seizing upon the nostalgic popularity of Connecticut’s gone but not forgotten former major league sports team, the Hartford Whalers. The Connecticut Lottery is releasing a new scratch game featuring […]
We Interrupt this Program
Breaking news during non-newscast programming means cutting into regular programming, and not everyone is happy about it. Today when Eyewitness News pre-empted “Young and the Restless” to bring you live coverage of […]
Election Day Preview & Grand Jury Insight
The city of New Haven is picking its first new mayor in 20 years. New Britain could elect a 26 year old mayor, and a key figure in the gubernatorial race of […]
Allred Takes on Herbst on Face the State
Celebrity attorney Gloria Allred made it quite clear UConn president Susan Herbst has plenty of explaining to do about claims of rapes and sexual assaults at the state’s flasgship university. During a […]
National Cat Day
Who knew there was a national cat day? It is today, October 29th. As viewers of Better Connecticut know, Kara and I now have two cats in the family, who joined us […]
Skakel Trial Redux
This week a judge ordered that convicted killer Michael Skakel be granted a new trial in the death of his childhood neighbor back in 1975. Martha Moxley was bludgeoned to death in […]
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