Some news broke today (Sept. 25) that a company from New York plans some big investment in Metro Hartford. That’s great news.
Town Sports International (TSI) is opening up a health club with a pool and all the normal gym amenities in West Hartford Center at the new Blue Back Square Development. Anytime someone from somewhere [...]
Archive for September, 2007
What are we chopped liver?
September 26, 2007
Pick up your trash
September 24, 2007
One of my pet peeves is litter and the people who trash our great state. I’ve seen people toss bottles out of their car windows, fling cups into bushes, and drop cigarette boxes onto sidewalks.
From my observations, litterbugs are a diverse group: different ages, races, etc. One night while leaving Broadcast House, I noticed [...]
Channel 3 Turns the Big 5-0!
September 21, 2007
This week, Channel 3 celebrates our 50th anniversary!
It was such a different world when we first when on the air broadcasting from the Travelers Tower on September 21st, 1957. Dwight Eisenhower was president, the Brooklyn Dodgers were playing their final games in New York City and cars had stylish ginormous fins.
We were WTIC-TV then, and [...]
Welcome to Connecticut?
September 13, 2007
First impressions are lasting. So, why do the “Connecticut Welcomes You” signs look so bad?
This one here is in Voluntown welcoming drivers from Rhode Island.
It would be nice if they said “Constitution State” instead of “We’re Full of Surprises.” Those four words make up a long, defunct slogan that, from what I understand, didn’t go [...]
Remembering 9/11
September 13, 2007
Everybody remembers where they were on September 11, 2001. I was at home, actually sleeping in a bit when my news director called my house moments after the first plane slammed into the World Trade Center. “Are you watching TV?” she asked in a frantic voice. She explained what was happening and told me to [...]
