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Poet Samuel Amadon doesn't do Hartford any favors
Author Event: Poet Samuel Amadon reading from The Hartford Book with Timothy Donnelly, award-winning author of The Cloud Corporation, Wed., July 18, at Real Art Ways, Arbor St., Hartford, realartways.org Hartford is a peculiar subject. Live or work...
Tags: Bushnell Park, Companies and Corporations, Methamphetamine (drug), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Poetry
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Home, Sweet Home: Picking Your Spots
Diana's Pool One of the must-see attractions in eastern Connecticut is Diana's Pool in Chaplin, along the beautiful Natchaug River. This fishing, kayaking and hiking spot is also popular as a destination because of its sheer beauty. An almost rite of...
Tags: Bushnell Park, Canoeing and Kayaking, College Sports, Trips and Vacations, Heublein Tower
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Lime Bar & Grill: 'American With An Italian Flair'
The Hartford CourantThere's a new fruit in town, at building No. 14 of Avon's Riverdale Farms plaza. Lime Bar & Grill has taken over the space formerly occupied by Bosc Kitchen & Wine Bar, and the new restaurant, bar and cocktail lounge, is adding new zest to the area with...Tags: Pizzas, Foods and Beverages, James Beard, Restaurants, Chocolate Cake
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Local Hero: Eastford Man First Union General To Die In Civil War
The Hartford CourantGen. Nathaniel Lyon died at the right time. Raised in eastern Connecticut, the 43-year-old West Point graduate was killed while commanding the Union forces at the Battle of Wilson's Creek near Springfield, Mo., on Aug. 10, 1861. He became the first...Tags: Bushnell Park, New York, Missouri, Biography (genre), Regional Authority
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$20 Million Infusion May Revive Hartford's Constitution Plaza
The Hartford CourantFifty years ago, plans for Hartford's Constitution Plaza called for soaring office towers, a television broadcast studio, a hotel, storefronts for specialty shops and one more thing: apartments. Yes, apartments. In the wake of a recession that hit in...Tags: Trumbull, Media Industry, Artspace, Marketing, Michael Stone
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Tiger Woods Target Of 'South Park' Season Premiere
It's tough to come up with a suitable cartoon to accompany a new season of "South Park" ( Comedy Central, 10 p.m.), which begins its new season addressing the Tiger Woods incident.
But the latest stab at an adjoining cartoon, "Ugly Americans" (Comedy...Tags: New York, CBS Corp., Comedy Central (tv network), Television, St. Patrick's Day
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Hartford
The Hartford CourantORIGINS: Settled in 1633 as a Dutch trading post called House of Hope. Founded in 1635 by a group of settlers from Massachusetts led by the Rev. Thomas Hooker. NAME: Originally called Newtown, it was named Hartford in 1637 after Hertford, England. DID...Tags: Bushnell Park, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Education, Katharine Hepburn, Connecticut Historical Society
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Van Crashes Into Old State House Square
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD -- A van crashed into the Old State House Square on Main Street this morning, sending a female pedestrian to the hospital with serious injuries, police said. Police are trying to determine the cause of the crash. Results of the investigation...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Health, Vehicles, Disasters and Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Architectural Gems
Courant Staff WriterAsk Wilson H. Faude, historian extraordinaire and director emeritus of Hartford's Old State House, for his favorite piece of architecture in Hartford, and he'll sidestep colonial and Italianate and Queen Anne marvels. He'll go straight to that monument of...Tags: Bushnell Park, National League, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Ken Johnson, Tourism and Leisure
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Tall Tree, Tall Tales
Courant Staff WriterIn the bowels of the Connecticut Historical Society on graceful Elizabeth Street, Richard C. Malley is leading a cook's tour. As assistant director of museum collections, and curator of technology, Malley knows his way around the museum's extensive...Tags: Bushnell Park, Charles Dickens, Tourism and Leisure, Folklore and Mythology, Furniture
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The picture of hatred
By James Ralph
America, according to Barack Obama, has been "stuck" in a "racial stalemate" for many years. In his recent speech on race relations, the U.S. senator from Illinois noted the palpable anger among blacks over the obstacles they have faced...Tags: Television, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Sociology, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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New Center To Open; Will It Be A People Magnet?
The Hartford CourantAttraction. That was the word used more than a decade ago to describe the 2-acre parcel of land wedged in a corner near I-91 and the Founders Bridge, the back seat of a billion-dollar state plan for a stadium, a convention center, new housing and a...Tags: John G. Rowland, Science, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Metal and Mineral, Russia
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