Connecticut has always been considered a progressive and groundbreaking state, and in 1990 voters spoke loudly by making history. Gary Franks became the first, and only black person to represent Connecticut in […]
The Channel 3 Family Blizzard Vacation
Word that a giant blizzard was about to blast Connecticut meant it was time for the Channel 3 travel agent to plan a trip for the Eyewitness News family to a resort. […]
Florida Flirtation with Connecticut; the Hartford Buccaneers?
The Hartford/New Haven market is the largest television market in the United States without a major league sports team, so it should come as no surprise that over the years our capital […]
Face the State Flashback: Bob Steele at Channel 3
To mark the renaming of Grove Street in downtown Hartford after the legendary broadcaster Bob Steele, we have pulled some vintage film of Steele from his years at Channel 3. While most […]
Melissa Francis at WFSB: the Hartford Years
Melissa Francis is the answer to a WFSB trivia question: who anchored the first edition of Eyewitness News of the millenium? Kevin Hogan was her co-anchor and Scot Haney was doing the weather, […]
Denise D’Ascenzo Celebrates 26th Anniversary at WFSB
It was March 19, 1986 when Denise D’Ascenzo began her first day of work at Channel 3, coming to us from Cleveland. No news anchor in Connecticut television has been on the […]
Goodbye Big Al
This week marks the end of an era in local television: Al Terzi is leaving Channel 3. “Big Al,” as we call him, first came to Channel 3 in the summer of […]
Hartford Cathedral Fire of 1956
60 years ago this New Year’s Eve, a devastating fire in Hartford made headlines around the world. The ornate Cathedral of St. Joseph, the mother church of the Archdiocese of Hartford, was […]
Denise’s Vintage Voting Vestments
Election Night 2014 is almost here and the Channel 3 Eyewitness News team will be there to bring you up to the minute results from cities and towns across Connecticut. Denise and […]
Here Comes….Alfred
With a few days to go before Halloween we are getting ready for a winter storm! Yikes. Our team of meteorologists at WFSB has named this one Alfred. My favorite Alfred is […]
Face the State Flashback: Yanks Win ’96 World Series
What was once lost, has now been found. We’re talking about the video of my assignment nearly 17 years ago: my very first World Series. I recently found the tape, and you’ll see […]
My Involvement in a Recent News Story
John Howell, an astute reporter for the West Hartford Patch, called to say he discovered my name in a police report filed in West Hartford. I was considered a witness in a […]
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,” […]
Capital Catwalk Raises Record $$ for Dress for Success Hartford
The proceeds are still being tallied but it looks as if this year’s Capital Catwalk at the Hartford Stage raised record money for Dress for Success Hartford! Emceed by Channel 3’s Kara […]
Denise D’Ascenzo Celebrates Her Silver Jubilee at WFSB
It was March 19, 1986 when Denise D’Ascenzo began her first day of work at Channel 3. No news anchor in Connecticut television has been on the air consecutively at the same […]
Snowstorm Named After Actor Denis Leary
The winter storm that is pounding Connecticut and Southern New England today will be called “Winter Storm Denis” in honor of one of Connecticut’s very own, actor Denis Leary. Leary lives in the […]
Face the State Flashback: President Nixon Visits Hartford in 1970
The highlight of the 1970 campaign was a visit to Hartford and Stamford by President Richard Nixon. Nixon was brought to town to campaign for two Republicans who were in tight races. […]
My Assignment 18 Years Ago This Week
Eighteen years ago this week I was on assignment covering a story that dominated our newscasts for much of the summer and fall of ’95: the case of the People v. Simpson, otherwise […]
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