Pope Manufacturing Company is a manufacturing company started by Albert Augustus Pope in Hartford, CT. The company began with the introduction of the “Columbia High Wheeler” bicycle in 1878. Pope bought Pierre Lallement’s original patent for the bicycle, and aggressively bought all other bicycle patents he [...]
Toni Gold, resident and one of the panelists at this morning’s forum on transportation, commented that the POCD must be less timid and more aggressive if it is to be successful. The packed house of audience participants seemed to agree with her.
After some introductory comments from Chief Operating Officer David [...]
Video: 11-09-09 Town Council Swearing In/Organizational Meeting.
I have been trying to post this for two weeks and finally got it up. Blip.tv was not loving this video and kept breaking it off around 20 minutes.
This is the swearing in of our newly elected officials. The Town Council selects a [...]
Just as I was lamenting my inability to go see the Hartford Symphony Orchestra this year, I received notice from a friend that part of the HSO would be performing for free at Trinity College last night.
The performance was in the Trinity College Chapel, which I had [...]
The University of Connecticut announced Friday that it has called off a controversial proposed merger between the UConn Health Center and Hartford Hospital - a deal that failed to gain enough support at the state Capitol.
The announcement came soon after the faculty at the health center voted this week to [...]
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 [...]
A report from Courant Staff Writer Edmund H. Mahony:
Kevin O'Connor, a Republican former U.S. attorney and former associate U.S. attorney general, said Thursday he will not run for governor, a decision that reshapes what is expected to be a hard-fought contest to replace Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
O'Connor, of West Hartford, [...]
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Hartford (WTNH) – Texting technology may soon be adaptable to the state’s 9-1-1 emergency service.
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[...]Hartford (AP) – Connecticut lawmakers are learning that the state’s budget woes are on track to get much worse in 2012.
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Citing concern that opening a shelter so close to the city’s “business and entertainment” hub would be bad for business (amongst a host of other crazy reasons), members of the Hartford Business Improvement District (BID) are trying to railroad the city into rethinking its proposal to open [...]
While violence and gang activity in Hartford and other urban areas have been covered with gusto by the mainstream media, the underlying causes of these issues have not been examined. The Black and Latino Caucus will host a timely town hall meeting on the statewide education achievement [...]
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' [...] Aftet last week’s Quinnipiac Poll revealed continued weakness in Sen. Chris Dodd’s public standing, some commentators are reviving a drumbeat that began earlier in the year by suggesting that Mr. Dodd should strike his colors and depart the field of political battle before things get worse.
The Hartford Courant picked up this meme in [...]
Hartford (AP) – The chairman of the Connecticut Republicans has asked one of his party’s candidates for U.S. Senate to consider switching races.
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PRINCE OF THE CITYVice President Joe Biden, the man that some have called the fundraiser-in-chief, will be in Hartford on December 11th for an event to benefit Sen. Chris Dodd’s re-election campaign.
Per CTNewsJunkie:
“We expect this event to be an entertaining one, with a lot of good-natured ribbing, as well as some [...]
We discuss the upcoming production of Howard Zinn’s play “Emma” coming to Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford. Cast and crew give their take on this historic play.
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[...]This book, copyright date of 1928, is the definition of quaint.
I happened across this at the library while looking for information on Hartford’s Dutch roots. Sure, I could use the card catalog, but I like to be surprised by what is on the shelves. The purpose of this book is [...]
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' [...]
Vice President Joseph Biden will be the headliner at a luncheon fundraiser for his close friend, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, on Friday, December 11 in Hartford.
The new Connecticut Science Center, overlooking the waterfront, is the venue.
Daniela Altimari has the details at [www.courant.com]
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