Just a short errand ride this morning. My route was prescribed by the unnoticed ejection of my cable lock the night before while riding home from Hartford along the slippery Hockanum River boardwalk. Heading back along the boardwalk just past the tra... »
Matthew John Oakes of East Hartford has entered the three-way race for the Democratic Party’s U.S. Senate nomination. Oakes announced on January 14 but just got around today to sending our Hearst newspaper empire an email. I can’t be insulted because i... »
Salem and I went out for a snowy ride on Saturday during the first real snow storm since Halloween. We followed the Hockanum trails and several other miscellaneous trails on our way from Manchester back into East Hartford. Four inches of snow really ... »
Time to show what you're made of Hartford. I've decided that the market is down enough, and rents conversely high enough, to double down on a condo in the illustrious South Green neighborhood.Since the ex cleaned me out in the divorce, and I'm short o... »
Hartford's downtown is not that big. I think it's like two square miles or something tiny. I worked in it for awhile and would ride my bike there everyday. Now that I go to school in the West End, I don't get down there as much. But, I had some busines... »
Global warming has its upside in Connecticut. Was riding in a t-shirt today and got a full winter dose of vitamin D. Meandered over to the Heublein Tower in Simsbury, via the Hockanum River path. I picked up the path just off of Roberts Street by Ro... »
Nothing says welcome to Hartford like a hastily abandoned pair of white hooker boots (size 11!) and an ATV on the sidewalk. This morning I rode down to my soon to be home on Alden Street for the mortgage appraisal (fingers crossed) and found these une... »
East Hartford police have charged a doctor with raping a female patient at his medical clinic. »
