For some reason when I updated the Hartfordite posts from 2006 and 2007 didn’t migrate over. I’m not going to re-post all of them here, but thought I’d bring over a few […]
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Denise D’Ascenzo Honored with Silver Circle Award
She doesn’t like to brag, in fact the whole notion of being recognized for her work makes her fidget, but Denise D’Ascenzo is receiving a big honor. My longtime co-anchor has been […]
Channel 3 Back to School Pictures
It’s August, and that means back to school, although I’m pretty certain when I was a kid we went back to school after Labor Day. Perhaps it is revisionist history on my […]
The Jubilation of that First Baby Picture
WFSB made the rare decision to break into programming to get a live look at the royal baby leaving the hospital in London. Why? Our viewers wanted us to. There has been […]
Big $$$ Raised in 2013 Capital Catwalk
Great news from the Hartford Stage! The sold out 2013 Capital Catwalk to benefit Dress for Success Hartford raised more than $72,000! The show featured some familiar faces as models including Scot […]
2013 New England Emmys
Executive Producer Special Projects Tracy Furey, yours truly, Kara Sundlun, Denise D’Ascenzo, and photojournalist Eric Budney Members of the Channel 3 team traveled to Boston Saturday for the annual New England Emmy […]
Vociferous Vice Back on Channel 3
For a generation of Connecticut television viewers he was known as the “Money Man.” Jim Vicevich was a business reporter for WFSB for thirteen years in the 80s and 90s, and was […]
2013 Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade
WFSB photographer Mike Fisher grabbing a shot of our team careful not be devoured by the land shark that is a 1965 Buick Electra What a weekend! Members of the Channel 3 […]
Covering the First World Trade Center Attack
25 years ago I embarked on what was at the time the biggest assignment of the infancy of my Channel 3 career. Terrorists had attacked the World Trade Center, killing six people […]
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. […]
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 […]
Face the State in Washington for Lieberman's Farewell
Our plan for Face the State this week was to run an interview with Senator Joe Lieberman as he prepares to leave office in January The man who nearly became vice-president in […]
House Family at the Southington Apple Harvest Parade
Thousands turned out for the Southington Apple Harvest Festival parade Sunday and we were honored to be a part of it. The Channel 3 team came out and marched, and some rode in […]
Connecticut Losing TV Viewers
We received some unsettling news from Nielsen, the folks who conduct ratings for the television stations. The Hartford/New Haven market remains the 30th biggest television market in the country, but we lost nearly […]
A New Team on Eyewitness News at 11
Those of you got my tweet last night were the first to hear the news, before it was even announced. After more than four years of being by myself on Eyewitness News […]
Marking 20 Years at WFSB
For much of May, my good friend and longtime co-anchor Denise D’Ascenzo worked tirelessly on a special report: a celebration of my 20th anniversary here at WFSB. At times, I can’t even […]
Behind the Scenes at the 2012 Capital Catwalk
GET TICKETS FOR 2013 CATWALK: 280 Trumbull Street – 2nd Floor (Prudential Building) Hartford, CT 06103 Phone: (860) 525-5015 Fax: (860) 525-5025 hartford@dressforsuccess.org Read all about the Catwalk right here: http://courantblogs.com/java/dress-for-success-hosts-sold-capital-catwalk/ PHOTOS […]
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 […]
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, […]
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