Archive for December, 2006

Joy for the Kids and Scot Haney
December 22, 2006

This weekend, you will see the Eyewitness News team as never before — unless of course you’ve been lucky enough to attend a Joy for the Kids Concert.
Since 2004, the annual concert has featured everything from Al Terzi in a chipmunk costume to Scot Haney Irish step dancing in red sequins.

I’m not kidding.
This concert is [...]

Nutmeg Names: Tom Meskill
December 18, 2006

The country was trying to get out of the Vietnam War, the Baltimore Colts were Super Bowl champs and Three Dog Night topped the charts with “Joy to the World.”

The year was 1971 and Tom Meskill was beginning his term as governor of Connecticut.
Some 35 years later, I sat down with the former governor to [...]

Nutmeg Names: Ann Uccello
December 2, 2006

This Saturday, Eyewitness News kicks off a new and, hopefully, somewhat regular feature: Nutmeg Names.
We are going to take a look at some local folks who have made a mark on Connecticut.

First up, former Hartford Mayor Ann Uccello. In 1967, she became the first woman elected mayor of our capital city, and the first woman [...]