Category Archives: Hartford Courant
Courant endorses six Democrats for town council
Here’s the Courant’s editorial today: October 19, 2007 WEST HARTFORD The decay of inner suburbs has foretold regional ills in some parts of the country. That hasn’t happened in Connecticut, by and large, but it is in the state’s interest … Continue reading
Filed under campaign, election, Hartford Courant, town council
School budget slicing and dicing
At the hearing last night, the Board of Education heard lots of ideas for paring the proposed budget, according to today’s story in The Hartford Courant. “Hall junior Alex Porter suggested reducing the school year by four days to trim … Continue reading
Courant story on racial imbalance in our schools
The Hartford Courant has a must-read story that raises many more questions than it answers about the growing racial imbalance between the schools as a whole because Charter Oak and Smith schools are far more diverse than most of the rest … Continue reading
Filed under Charter Oak, diversity, education, Hartford Courant, News, Schools, Smith, West Hartford
A devastating blow to West Hartford schools
Today’s story in The Hartford Courant quotes David Sklarz, the school superintendent, as saying last night that he faces “the most difficult reductions that I’ve had to present” in searching for ways to pare $1.8 million from the next education budget. … Continue reading
What’s the news in West Hartford?
As a longtime resident who has read the papers avidly for years, I always felt that I had only a slim idea what really goes on in this town. That’s one big reason I started this blog, to help fill … Continue reading
Filed under Hartford Courant, News, West Hartford, West Hartford News
Another upstanding West Hartford husband
Passed out, snoring in the wrong house
Filed under Hartford Courant, News, West Hartford
Corporate polluter: The Hartford Courant
I felt sick this morning to find that the oh-so-sanctimonious Hartford Courant had seen fit to seal a square of plastic across a portion of its front page in order to attach yet another annoying ad, this time for a … Continue reading
Filed under Courant, Environment, Hartford Courant, Newspapers, recycling
“I’m the zookeeper,” says West Hartford zealot
AJ Gutman’s Steele Road chalet has become an animal sanctuary, according to a fawning, ridiculous story in today’s Hartford Courant. Gutma’s got 30 iguanas, ”a turtle, two tortoises, several geckos and other lizards, some frogs, a few parrots, and a ‘genetically … Continue reading
Filed under Hartford Courant, iguanas, News, pets, Public safety, reptiles, West Hartford, Zoning, zoning enforcement officer
Crazed turkeys in West Hartford
Finally, the Courant has a story you can sink your teeth into. We learn from today’s paper that in the past month a number of wild turkeys are raising hell near King Philip Drive. According to the paper, “the increasingly brazen birds … Continue reading
Filed under animal control, Hartford Courant, News, police, Public safety, turkeys, wild turkeys, wildlife
Hartford cop kills himself in West Hartford
Late Sunday night, an off-duty Hartford cop going through a bad breakup shot himself to death in front of his ex-girlfriend outside the Walgreen’s on Farmington Avenue, according to The Hartford Courant. Yuck. And what a shame.
Filed under Hartford Courant, News, police, Public safety
