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RadioActive: The Parkville Project

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Published May 17, 2010 at 8:49 p.m.

Helene Kvale of Bated Breath Theatre Company discusses their latest play, The Parkville Project. The play takes place in Hartford’s Parkville neighborhood amidst the backdrop of an ICE raid and is based on interviews with Hartford residents. It runs July 7- 18.Click here to download the MP3photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kelli78/ ...

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Book Review: An Expen$ive Way to Make Bad People Worse: An Essay on Prison Reform from an Insider’s Perspective

Published May 17, 2010 at 6:44 p.m.

An Expen$ive Way to Make Bad People Worse:An Essay on Prison Reform from an Insider’s PerspectiveBy Jens Soering2004: Lantern BooksReviewed by Stephen Ostertag, Ph.D.Department of SociologyTulane UniversityOriginally posted on Political Media Review: http://www.politicalmediareview.org/2009/06/an-expenive-way-to-make-bad-people-worse/In this short book, author Jens Soering outlines several prison myths that he says obscure our ability to take a rational, informed, and [ ... ] ...

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In Praise of Monopoly

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Published May 14, 2010 at 7:56 a.m.

In which the author lauds one old-school product that's managed to survive the transition from paper to digital ...

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Davidoff Doublecross

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Published May 12, 2010 at 7:00 a.m.

He ran as a Republican ... Now he's a Democrat ... Yawn ... It's the same old Barbara Carpenter/Joe Verrengia escapade ... His run last fall, as well as the time before that, on the Republican ticket was essentially a lie ... Why should anyone be surprised that Davidoff has finally come out of his political closet? Truth be known, he's been voting with Democrats all along anyway ... So, now "the voice of reason" can go off and be verbose on the Democrat side of the table ... The Hartford

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The Taxpayers Association Petitions For A Budget Referendum

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Published May 11, 2010 at 7:47 a.m.

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Sure they know a referendum will cost the town roughly $40k (which is less than $1 per resident), sure they know it's only a 2.74% tax increase, but the fact of the matter is the Board of Education once again is out of control ... As a result, taxes are going up ... again ... For what it's worth, here is the WFSB video and the article in the Courant ... They will pooh pooh it as a minimal increase - but to them it's ALWAYS a minimal increase ... When does it stop? ... People are already

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The Wars Are Coming Home Everyday

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Published May 8, 2010 at 2:47 p.m.

I am here as always to exercise my constitutional right to speak as an American citizen, a Hartford resident and home owner and as a combat veteran of Viet Nam. I will first of all read the names of the KIA in Iraq and Afghanistan for the month of April. I do this because no [ ... ] ...

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Lamont opens lead on Foley in poll

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Published May 8, 2010 at 2:14 p.m.

On Wednesday Rasmussen published the results of a telephone poll of 500 likely voters in Connecticut, and here's the results:Ned Lamont (D) 42Tom Foley (R) 35Some other 11Not sure 13Dan Malloy also has a lead, although slightly smaller, over Foely:Dan Malloy (D) 38Tom Foley (R) 35Some other 11Not sure 16Margin of error is 4.5%, putting the candidates in a theoretical dead heat. The last Rasmussen ...

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Milford Democrats Awards Dinner

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Published May 7, 2010 at 7:01 a.m.

Our local DTC put on the second annual Milford Democratic Party Awards Dinner last night at the Costa Azzurra restaurant overlooking Long Island Sound ... Attorney General Dick Blumenthal was the "Democrat of the Year" recipient, shown here after his introduction by Milford DTC chairman Rich Smith. Justin Rosen (R), recipient of the "Young Democrat" award, is shown here with Rep. Jason Bartlett and ...

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Filling the Donut Hole: A West End Historic District Effort

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Published May 6, 2010 at 11:43 a.m.

Last night, Hartford’s West End Civic Association held a meeting for property owners along Whitney, Oxford and Fern Streets in an area known as the “donut hole” in a national historic district north of Farmington Avenue.A grant-funded effort is underway to apply for national register status so the donut hole is included—an area with 59 [ ... ] ...

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RadioActive: FlipSide by Hartbeat Ensemble

Published May 6, 2010 at 10:59 a.m.

Julia Rosenblatt of Hartbeat Ensemble and spoken word poet MIRA discuss their collaborative play, FlipSide, a work in progress. FlipSide portrays two sides of the “war on drugs.” See it this weekend at Manchester Community College.Click here to download the MP3 ...

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