Veteran newsman Dennis House from now on prefers to be known online as The Hartfordite. Check out his renamed blog.
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Veteran newsman Dennis House from now on prefers to be known online as The Hartfordite. Check out his renamed blog.
[...]Weeks ago, who would have thought that Linda McMahon would have made this a two-candidate race (sorry inhabitants of Planet Schiff). McMahon, with her intentional boasting that she might spend $50 million of her own money, has frightened off a felllow Greenwich multi-millionaire and a popular state senator. Next [...]
We don't know. But Greenwich millionaire businessman Tom Foley says he's ready to fight for the job. Foley announced Thursday afternoon that he was abandoning his senate bid to run for the governor's job. He didn't offer much more except to hint that he would not accept public financing. "There" [...]
We're hearing an awful lot about the troubles of the Connecticut casinos, yet they still rake in millions of dollars a day.
Then there's the Connecticut Lottery, which tells us the holiday season is the perfect' [...]
The $50 Million Woman's latest ad is giving Rob Simmons, ex-CIA and ex-U.S. Rep., some red meat to throw to the far right fringe he is courting.
The new McMahon ad trumpets job creation and what seems like her opposition to the stimulus package. That's the same one that economists generally agree has prevented a [...]
Can't these Republicans show a little respect for each other? Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele is making his long-awaited announcement this morning that he will run for governor. What does job-shopping Tom Foley do? He announces this morning that tomorrow will be his big day.' [...]
Cigar-chomping New Haven rainmaker Willie Dow again proves he's the Connecticut lawyer to call when you are looking at jail time. My colleague David Owens reports that Dow's arguments helped to convince Superior Court Judge William H. Bright to sentence former UConn [...]
Gombo has the story.
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It's a good idea, but Hartford still doesn't have its act together, the National Park Service says. The HBJ has more. Comment here.
Asher & Adams Pictorial Album of American Industry, 1876.
' [...]In the old Sealtest factory on a forlorn street corner in Hartford, the Chrysalis Center will soon be carrying out its hopeful work rebuilding lives.
As Hartford moves in fits and starts to repair itself, this investment in human capital might be as important as any other economic development in [...]
Linda McMahon campaign insiders tell me the $50 Million Woman will carpet bomb TV viewers with an ad buy "well in excess" of half a million bucks that will run though Dec. 20.
The campaign for the [...]
A week ago I wondered whether they matter. Dump Dodd Nation responds. You decide!
Dodd was a good, effective "liberal" but he has gone sour. He failed to chastise the world's largest invertebrate, Joe [...]
Admission on Saturday is half price -- $8.50 for adults and $7 for kids.
That's cheaper than a movie or a glass of wine at some West Hartford Center joint.
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Yeah, I'm not sure why either.
But if you feel a burning need to tell the world about those uncomfortable moments with your loved ones, Real Art Ways is here to help. This weekend RAW sponsors "Wince," an open-mic evening where participants can "share stories, artifacts and relics of those not-so-Kodak'" [...]
Worcester, of all the has-been cities, is beating us.
I picked this up the other night at Real Art Ways in Hartford, where arts community leaders were gathering to talk about whether the creativity that's already here can make Hartford a more vital place.
New York, Boston [...]
Today, Paul Szantyr is thankful that he can still dream.
He is thankful for the love from his wife, his dogs and to be around for another day.
When you lie motionless in Room 310 at the Subacute Center of Bristol, your body stricken with ALS, [...]
Really, really bored at the office this morning? You can plan the route to your in-laws! Click here to play around with the state's new interactive travel map.
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While the Democrats dither over Chris Dodd's chances at re-election and Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont thinks long and hard about whether he wants to run for governor, the Republicans are all of a sudden getting their chess pieces in place.
With the departure of Sam Caligiuri from the Senate race today and' [...]
In Hartford, student test scores are up. More children are learning to read. New schools and innovative programs have opened across the city.
Why is Hartford's cranky superintendent of schools fighting with so many people?
Steve Adamowski hit the trifecta the other day, sticking a finger in' [...]
The Yankee Institute, which loves to stick it to government for wasteful spending, is out with a new report that takes a close look at the tax implications of dog ownership. The Yankee folks, who apparently have some time on their hands, conclude that "a dog's life in Connecticut'" [...]
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government reports that "further revenue shortfalls and more spending cuts are most likely on the way for many states."
PIT = personal income tax, CIT = corporate income tax
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I can't decide. I know I'm glad I was at the Conard-Hall game Saturday instead of standing along a roadside in Litchfield screaming about fascism. About 100 hardy Dodd opponents showed up to jeer as Sen. Chris Dodd and his supporters gathered at a Litchfield [...]
Politicians, pay attention. The people are telling you that it's education that matters.
College enrollment had its largest increase in two decades. The number of students at two year schools, public and private, is up sharply.
"It shows what people are doing with their money,'' said Higher Education Commissioner Michael Meotti. "When they [...]
Like the rest of you, I'm an expert on I-84 in Hartford.
I drive on top of it, beneath it and around it. I've contemplated my existence while locked in bumper-to-bumper traffic. I monitor it closely from my office cubicle.
Most of the time, I curse this [...]
Does anybody really think that the millionaire duo from Greenwich, Tom Foley and Linda McMahon, didn't have something to do with Sam Caligiuri's likely departure from the senate race? Caliguiri -- who now says he's also thinking about the governor's race --was urged (via press release!) by party central to run for the' [...]
Gov. Rell reports a major breakthrough in highway junkfood:
For over two decades, the major food provider on the Connecticut Turnpike has been McDonald's. Under the new agreement, all 23 service plazas will include a Subway, a Dunkin' Donuts and [...]
Ed McKeon, reluctant Courant reader, has a great post this morning about a band that plays in downtown Hartford every Monday night but that's really about the potential of what Hartford could be. Take a minute and stop by Caterwauled. All of this' [...] 
Please read Chris Keating's excellent tale today of wrestling nutjob Superstar Billy Graham, who was happy to make piles of money for years off Vince and Linda McMahon but who is now bitter and out to take down the former WWE CEO in her campaign [...]
With an abundance of candidates and signs of a national mood shift, Connecticut Republicans are ushering one of their senate candidates off to the Fifth District, where there are hopes of a high-profile race against U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, the Democratic incumbent.
The problem with waiting until the trial is over is the proceedings will drag on for years when these guys get the death penalty. Monday night, the Cheshire Library Board made the right move supporting local librarian Ramona Harten. Hopefully the town manager will back them up and support [...]
Not long ago I got into it with the YouTube investment wizard and U.S. Senate candidate Peter Schiff over college loans and the ever-increasing price of tuition.
The impish Schiff -- who predicted the current economic collapse -- hit me with a simple explanation to a [...]
World Wrestling Entertainment won millions of dollars in tax credits from the state in return for doing business here. This is a problem? Isn't this what we want -- and what we're hoping to see more of if Hollywood makes more investment in Connecticut?
It's an issue if [...]
I cannot think of a larger collective waste of time than this idea of ripping down the elevated I-84 highway through Hartford. OK, maybe bringing an NHL team back is more extreme than this one. It's not that it isn't a good idea. I just see a million other priorities' [...]
A few friends told me about the hours-long wait at the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority's electronics recycling collection day on Saturday in West Hartford. Kyle Bergquist at Greater Hartford Real Estate Blog has an account of the lengthy ordeal. Apparently the event was jammed, even in the rain. [...]
Where We Live holds another in a series of meditations on the Coming Rebirth of Hartford this Wednesday at 5:30 at Real Art Ways at 56 Arbor Street in Hartford. Dankosky tells me this one is about bringing the "creative economy" to Hartford. The show [...]
A Hartford school administrator responds today in a letter to the editor to my blog entry last week where I was critical of the decision to eliminate a slew of high school sports. Curiously, Joan Massey chooses to lash out at suburban districts instead, writing:
What's' [...]
In his online column today, WFSB steady-hand Dennis House explores the question I've been talking about for months, whether Sen. Chris Dodd should give-up his re-election bid:
The thing is, Dodd is far more engaged these days than just a few months ago, so it's [...]
Our own Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-Independent, apparently had some critical advice for vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to the Alaska governor's new book.
The Wall Street Journal just bought a copy of "Going Rogue: An American Life" and wouldn't you know it, our favorite turncoat [...]
I stopped by a fascinating journalism and new media conference at Yale Law School this morning. I still can't get over this little nugget, presented by Lee Rainie, who is director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
One in five don't bother with any news at [...]
