This Sunday morning the Democrats running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Joe Lieberman will debate for the third time on television.  The special one hour Face the State debate will […]
Face the State Debate Preps Underway
My Better Connecticut Experience
I went from news anchor to talk show host today, as I filled in on “Better Connecticut,” with my wife, mother of my children, and expert on almost everything, Kara Sundlun.    The one […]
WFSB Announces Panelists for Face the State Senate Debates
We are pleased to announce that some great journalists will our panelists for the two WFSB Face the State senate debates.  More details on the debates, later this week.Â
Face the State Flashback: An Historic Easter in Hartford
In this Sunday’s Face the State flashback, we take you back to April 10, 1966, when an estimated 3-4,000 people gathered on Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford to make history on a […]
Sunday Roundtable on Easter Edition of Face the State
This Sunday on Face the State we are joined by our political analysts Duby McDowell and Brian Flaherty along with Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie, author of the blog, “Daily Ructions.”    Among […]
A Very Cool Place to Work
I had the great honor this week of moderating a forum.  Sounds exciting, huh?  This one, though, was deep inside one of the most revered places in New England and the nation.  A […]
Why WFSB Didn’t Report Firing of Cable Anchor
I was asked by a viewer why we didn’t report the firing of Keith Olbermann at Current TV.    After all, she said,  it was all over the “twitterverse.”  That it was. Olbermann’s departure […]
Face the State Flashback: the 1958 Democratic Senate Debate
As we prepare for our upcoming senate debates to be seen right here on Channel 3, I thought we’d show you the first senate debate we ever broadcast, nearly 54 years ago.  […]
Senator McMahon of Connecticut
If Linda McMahon is elected to the U.S. senate, she won’t be the first Senator McMahon from Connecticut.  Very few people can remember voting for the first one because the youngest voters who […]
GOP Candidate Won’t Write Off Democrat Controlled Hartford
Connecticut’s First Congressional District is one blue place.  The last Republican elected to congress from CT-1 was in 1956, and he was voted out a term later.   The city of Hartford hasn’t […]
Shays Confident He Will Win Convention and Primary
Buoyed by new poll numbers showing him a stronger candidate in the general election than Linda McMahon, former congressman Christopher Shays said tonight he will defeat the 2010 nominee at the state […]
Face the State Flashback: My First Senate Race
After being a reporter for 23 years, I’m pretty used to interviewing members of congress, senators and governors, along with the men and woman who wanted the jobs those politicians held.    I […]
Denise D’Ascenzo Celebrates 26th Anniversary at WFSB
It was March 19, 1986 when Denise DâAscenzo began her first day of work at Channel 3, coming to us from Cleveland.    No news anchor in Connecticut television has been on the […]
Face the State Flashback: 1988 Connecticut Presidential Primary
The presidential campaign finally came to Connecticut this week, but it was a snooze.  Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney went to Stamford for a private fundraiser, but no cameras were allowed, and his […]
Jepsen Coming Into His Own as Attorney General
George Jepsen has been on the job as attorney general for a little over a year now, after replacing Richard Blumenthal, who held that post for 20 years.  Jepsen runs a vastly different […]
Larson Gets a Challenger in CT-1
1st District Congressman John Larson now has a challenger in his quest for an eighth term:  political newcomer John Decker, Republican of West Hartford.  The 45 year old  financial planner made the announcement […]
2012 Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Thanks to the thousands of people who came out to the parade! Here are some pictures taken by me, Denise D’Ascenzo, her daughter Kathryn, Hallie Jackson, WFSB Creative Services Director Greg Thomas, […]
Baldwin Talks Future of Connecticut Whale and the NHL
Former Hartford Whalers owner Howard Baldwin is back on Face the State this weekend to talk about the future of the team, and its dependance on a new lease at the XL Center.  He […]
What about a Saturday Primary, or an Earlier One?
For purely selfish, professional reasons I want Connecticut to play a much bigger role in the presidential process.   I want the candidates criss-crossing our state, shaking hands in Torrington, touring the Pez factory […]
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