My grandfather giving a beer to an 8 month old Dennis House Going to prom is one of those milestones in life that you will never forget. Proud parents take pictures of […]
Mark Shriver Talks About His Father, & Public Service
Mention the name Shriver in Connecticut and inevitably someone will bring up the 1995 Special Olympics World Games, one of the biggest events ever held in our state. We all remember the […]
Archbishop Mansell: Pro-Choice Catholic Politicians Should Not Receive Communion
We’ve just learned that Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro will be attending the installation mass at the Vatican for the newly elected Pope Francis. On Sunday’s Face the State, the Archbishop of Hartford Henry […]
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 […]
Feisty Fawcett v. Pensive Perillo on Face the State
Face the State, 1984 One of the staples of Sunday morning political talk shows are conversations between members of opposing parties talking about the issue of the day. It’s standard operating procedure […]
Remembering Channel 3's Brian Garnett
It is a sad day here at WFSB as we mourn the passing of a member of the Channel 3 family. Brian Garnett, who was a mainstay on Eyewitness News for more […]
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: DeStefano's First Day as Mayor
New Haven Mayor John DeStefano’s decision this week not to seek an 11th term rocked the state’s political scene and the Elm City. This week on Face the State take you back […]
Face the State Flashback: A Legendary Department Store Closes its Doors
There was nothing like it in Connecticut then, and there is certainly nothing like it now. We’re talking about the legendary G. Fox department store in downtown Hartford, that closed its doors […]
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, […]
Zany Comics Share More than Good Sense of Humor
There is a about a half century difference in their ages, so this can’t be filed under “separated at birth,” but Denise D’Ascenzo and I could’t help but notice the uncanny resemblance between the […]
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 […]
WFSB Announces U.S. Senate Debate
WFSB will host an hour long, commercial free debate between the two candidates for U.S. senate on Sunday, October 7th, at 11AM in the Face the State studio. Both Republican Linda McMahon and […]
Donovan: I'm not an Incompetent Manager
House Speaker Chris Donovan has granted his first extended interview since the scandal broke that surrounds his campaign for congress in CT-5. Donovan came to WFSB for a taping of “Face the State,” which yesterday […]
Did She Say Battle Creek, Michigan?
Yes, that’s exactly what Kara Sundlun said. Last week on Better Connecticut, Kara was interviewing actors Josh Duhamel and Dean Winters about their new show “Battle Creek” when she mentioned she once […]
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 […]
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 […]
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