With Tuesday’s primary looming, Republican candidate for governor John McKinney came in for a taping of Face the State that aired Sunday. Joined by Daniela Altimari of the Hartford Courant and Mike […]
McKinney on Foley, Malloy, Newtown, and Debates
The Home Improvement Era, B.C. (before children)
It’s funny all the time we used to have before we had children. My wife and I painted almost every inch of our home back in the day. Kara made curtains and […]
Two Local Legends Leaving for New Ventures
The Connecticut journalism world was rocked today by news that two local mainstays are moving on. We learned about the departures of these legends whom I consider friends via something that wasn’t […]
Happy 250th to the Hartford Courant
a copy of the very first edition of the Hartford Courant This July the United States of America will celebrate its 238th birthday. When our nation was born, there were no sirens, […]
Obamacare Comes to Connecticut on Tuesday
Obamacare, officially called the The Affordable Health Care Act, is coming to Connecticut on Tuesday. We discussed it at length last week, and still many of you have questions. So back for […]
Invasion of the Governors
They’re coming to Connecticut and not to visit Mystic Aquarium and the Mark Twain House. Two Republican governors from states with booming economies will be in the Constitution State next week with […]
Cafero’s Malloy Report Card: C- to D
The state Democratic party has been focusing its attention on 2010 Republican gubernatorial nominee Tom Foley, but it is only a matter of time before other candidates enter the 2014 race for […]
Lawyer: New Connecticut Gun Law Not Legal
A Branford attorney has uncovered a legal and legislative technicality that he says has rendered the state’s new gun law null and void. In an exclusive interview set to air Sunday on […]
Martha Dean Stirs Controversy on Face the State
In the most recent election for state attorney general, the voters of Newtown overwhelmingly chose Martha Dean to be Connecticut’s top law enforcer, but it remains to be seen if the town […]
Behind the Scenes at the 2012 Capital Catwalk
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Rowland in Federal Court: The Sequel
Former governor John Rowland will stand trial in federal court in June, ten years after he resigned from office to face corruption charges that would eventually lead to prison. What is next […]
The City Blog Reading List
In addition to wfsb.com, the Hartford Courant and other newspapers, websites and magazines I also read a good amount of blogs. There are so many blogs out there I enjoy monitoring and […]
Hartford-by-the-sea
A parking lot dotted with cars with Connecticut license plates, many of them with frames that read “Gengras, Schaller, and Hoffman.” Beachgoers with Hartford Whalers hats and UConn t-shirts. A CVS where […]
Dennis House blog 