There’s a debate brewing in Downtown Hartford over whether to create a homeless shelter in the historic Center Church in Downtown Hartford. The Courant’s Jeffrey Cohen has been covering it. As soon as […]
If you’re coming to Hartford, bring a bag lunch!
You can’t win if you don’t play. That’s an old phrase from the Lottery but it holds true in downtown Hartford where some merchants often complain “it’s hard to stay in business […]
Feeling the pain of our friend Al Terzi
Something is missing here at Channel 3 this week: the presence of our dear friend Al Terzi. As many of you know, Al’s son Michael died unexpectedly on Thursday. He was only […]
Is An Intervention Ahead For Senator Dodd?
At the bar at the Red Rock, the cafeteria at the Legislative Office Building, and while jogging through the New Haven Green Democrats are having private, candid conversations about a man they […]
Is Blumenthal Reconsidering Running for Governor?
As soon as Governor Rell announced she wasn’t running I called Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to ask him if he was. Blumenthal announced early this year he wasn’t running, so I expected […]
Hello, Governor? I’m running against you.
Ned Lamont is now almost in the race for governor, and his target was one of the first people to know. Lamont told me this afternoon he called Governor Rell to tell […]
15 Years!
Gas cost about a dollar a gallon. The Hartford Civic Center was home to the Whalers and on occasion, the Boston Celtics. People had lunch from the vendors at the Main […]
The Same Old Baby Name Game
Originally published July 20, 2009 Many of you have asked for an update on the baby, and I can tell you Kara is still due in September and we are still going […]
Your Capital City in Crisis
Lowell Weicker on Face the State
This Sunday the former Governor, Senator and Congressman talks about the income tax, casinos, Senator Chris Dodd and who he will vote for in 2010.
A Tough Decision
Bruce Sundlun picking up his new Buick Lucerne, May 2007 Former Rhode Island Governor Bruce Sundlun, my father-in-law, took a big step yesterday. After driving since the Great Depression, he gave up […]
the first Senator Dodd
1967 This Sunday on Face the State we take a look at the late Senator Thomas Dodd, the father of our current senator. Using some film clips from the Channel 3 archives, […]
The Swine Flew Through The Park
Swines and pigs created this scene at Elizabeth Park this weekend. Shameful. Litter everywhere and graffiti on the playscape. Look at this graffiti carefully….it looks like it was done by children. Were […]
Deep Conversation about a Fictional Dog
Yes, Denise, Al and I had a long conversation about a fictional dog who was a household name in the summer of 1976. Who would have thought? We are news anchors and […]
The new 4 door Oxymoron: Hypocrisy is standard
I snapped a quick picture of this vehicle on West Street in Rocky Hill today. It was covered in bumper stickers, and one quickly learned this driver is a …well….let’s put it […]
Do they really believe that?
“Phone number? ” That’s what the cashier at Sports Authority asks as does the one at Babiesru. I’m paying cash and they want my home number. Do I get the cashier’s number in return? […]
Eva M. House 1916-2009
As many of you now know, my grandmother passed away last week after a long life. Kara was talking about it on Better Connecticut and I want to thank all of you […]
The Wild, Wild West End
Wild turkeys, bats, a coyote, owl and a woodpecker. Where am I? Simsbury? Essex? How about Hartford? That’s what I’ve seen in the city’s west end. Every morning I hear an owl […]
Ambassador Foley v. Senator Dodd
Our Face the State guest today is Republican Tom Foley of Greenwich, former U.S. ambassador to Ireland. He is considering challenging Senator Chris Dodd.
Dennis House blog 