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Responses to Muslims leading Prayer at City Council…

Luis — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:38:44 +0000

Hartford City Council decided this week to start diversifying the manner in which we observe a moment of silence at the beginning of each Council meeting. For years, the Council has always started with a prayer from a local pastor or priest followed by the pledge of allegiance. For the month of September (2010) we will [...]

New Blog/ger in town…

Luis — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:50:04 +0000

Like it or not, Hartford can be like the school cafeteria. With all the Latino kids here and Blacks and Whites over there. So it’s not surprising that an overwhelming majority of Blogs tend to cover the same type of things. In comes RubyPhoenix with her blog Things That Black People do in Hartford. Already, this [...]

Hartford does Debates coverage

Luis — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:22:33 +0000

Last night (July 14, 2010) the Hartford Public Library hosted a candidates debate for the upcoming state representative and senate primaries on August 10th.

So far, two outlets have coverage.

Check out The Hartford Courant article here…

and Real Hartford has their detailed [...]

Cohen coming into his own…

Luis — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:17:21 +0000

Many people remember Jeff Cohen who, although having a couple years under his belt with the Courant, made his mark as the main contributor to the Courant’s Cityline blog. Jeff went on to NPR to become their city reporter and, although his main duty is via audio files, he has established an online presence [...]

Jeff Cohen lives…

Luis — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:21:40 +0000

As stated in a previous post, Jeff Cohen, formerly of the Hartford Courant, has found a new home as a Capital Region Reporter for NPR. He just started another web presence with his new blog that will speak to “the happenings of the state’s capitol, politics, and looming budget crisis have our attention. You’ll [...]

Homeless Update

Luis — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:26:41 +0000

Our friends over at The Hartford Independent Media Center have a great link to the latest RadioActive radio show. This week there’s a conversation regarding Homelessness in Hartford with Brian Baker of the South Park Inn, Natalie Matthews and Sara Zucker of the Ct Coalition to End Homelessness.

Check it [...]

BoE Candidates Forum

Luis — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:23:59 +0000

Dateline: October 27, 2009 – 11 Candidates for the Hartford Board of Education elections came together for, what all reports say was, one of the most successful of such forums held at the Library’s X Room. I had my Tuesday evening Civic Leadership course with CCNE and was kinda bumming as I wanted to hear some [...]

Working Families takes the lead by a nose…

Luis — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:39:48 +0000

Stardate: Wednesday, October 21 – The Hartford Courant endorses two of the three members of the Working Families slate for the November 3rd Board of Education elections. In total, along with two “also consider” candidates, there were five candidate endorsed by the Courant out of the 13 running. The third candidate endorsed by the Courant was [...]

Where’s the cultural 4-1-1?

Luis — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:17:04 +0000

It’s safe to say that the days of “What’s there to do in Hartford?” are over. Conventional wisdom has destroyed that always untrue perception of the City. The question now isn’t “What is there to do?” but “How can I find out about it?” While The Courant’s Cal section is to be envied in its deliverance [...]

New presence to old friends

Luis — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:15:37 +0000

Long over due props need to goto the folks over at the Hartford Independent Media Collective. For a number of months now they have moved over to their new online presence…and it is snaaaaaazyyyyy.

My experience working in DC opened my eyes to the world of more progressive / radical thought in the states. I DJ’d for [...]