January 07, 2020

Stadiums and Snow – The Challenges of a New England Winter

January 07, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

At the junction of winter’s snow and the increasing intensity of the football season during the crucial run to the playoffs, have you ever attended or watched a football game and wondered how the stadium gleams so clear and pristine amid the surrounding piles and crusts of brown-tinged, half-melted snow and ice?

January 05, 2020

New CT Exhibit Looks Back at Women Earning Right to Vote, 100 Years Ago

January 05, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

In honor of the 100th anniversary year of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which not only gave women the right to vote, but ensured their access to the political process and opened doors for them to achieve their educational, economic, and civic goals, the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame (CWHF) and the Connecticut Historical Society (CHS) have collaborated, with the support of CT Humanities, to develop a new banner exhibit, entitled "Rise Up, Sisters!"

January 01, 2020

Centennial Year Begins for Growing University of New Haven

January 01, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

he University of New Haven has more alumni from the nation of India (749) than the state of Texas (709). That’s just one of many facts and figures featured on a new website launched at the start of the new year to coincide with the year-long celebration of the University’s Centennial Year.

December 25, 2019

At Capital Community College, Some Classes Aren't in Classrooms

December 25, 2019/ Bernard Kavaler

College classes will be in session at historic venues throughout the city in the coming months as part of Capital Community College’s Hartford Heritage Project. The Bushnell, Old State House, and various sites that exemplify history and the arts will host place-based courses.

December 11, 2019

Who’s #2? Bradley International Widens the Gap with Rhode Island’s Green Airport

December 11, 2019/ Bernard Kavaler

Boston’s Logan International is far and away New England’s largest and busiest airport, by every measure. The battle for number two appears to be skewing even more strongly towards Connecticut’s BDL.

December 09, 2019

Western Connecticut Considers New 10-Year Regional Plan of Development

December 09, 2019/ Bernard Kavaler

Connecticut does not have county government, unlike virtually every other state in the nation. The closest we come to regionalism – a word that has traditionally drawn ire in the Land of Steady Habits – are regional councils of government, designated in state statute but not county governments.

November 06, 2019

State Unveils Business Recruitment Video Promoting “Place People Love to Live”

November 06, 2019/ Bernard Kavaler

“It’s a state where people wanna be,” exclaims Gov. Ned Lamont in the state’s new business recruitment video. The 7-minute video has an impressive line-up of a dozen co-stars, extolling the state’s virtues and urging corporate decision-makers from elsewhere to “Choose Connecticut.”

October 30, 2019

ConnTours Puts the State's History Just an App Away

October 30, 2019/ Bernard Kavaler

What’s new in Connecticut? ConnTours - a mobile-friendly guide to unique and interesting places that make up the Connecticut landscape, according to officials at Connecticut Humanities, which recently launched the new app.

October 13, 2019

CT State Supreme Court On the Road, Again

October 13, 2019/ Bernard Kavaler

The Connecticut Supreme Court will hear arguments in two criminal cases on Wednesday, Oct. 16, but not at the Court building on Capital Avenue in Hartford. The session will convene for two cases on the campus of the University of Hartford, as the Supreme Court takes to the road, again.

October 10, 2019

Percentage of Uninsured in Connecticut Among Lowest in Nation, Data Shows

October 10, 2019/ Bernard Kavaler

Connecticut’s overall uninsured rate is the seventh lowest in the nation, according to a new national survey of health insurance coverage. The state’s uninsured rate for adults is 6.09%, ranking tenth among the states, and for children is 2.58%, ranking fifth.