Hartford and the Region
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FAN
Author's note: As many of my readers know, I was born and raised in western New York, and I have been a Buffalo Bills fan since their first game in 1960. I ...
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DOT Gets It Right
The Connecticut Department of Transportation recently presented its final Greater Hartford Mobility Planning and Environmental Linkages Study. The complete study, with appendices, is available at here. The study is long and detailed. ...
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Patrick
I met my new friend Patrick this morning. Patrick lives in New York City and is pursuing graduate studies in regional economic development and governance. He and his colleagues are looking for ...
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Questing
The other day, the Hartford Courant ran an article about seeing the state, one beer at a time: Questing. The article described a Simsbury couple’s five-year effort to drink a beer in ...
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How West Hartford Will Save the Capital Region
I continue to think about consolidating municipal government in the capital region of Connecticut, and I’ll continue to write about it. To recap, I believe: Hartford and several surrounding towns should merge ...
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A Few Unrelated Thoughts
Here are a few things I’ve been thinking about: Carolyn and I went to the 20th Annual Polaris Awards Wednesday night, the primary fundraiser for Leadership Greater Hartford. LGH trains and connects ...
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Hartford and East Hartford Can’t Do It Alone
I’ve been reenergized a bit by Mayor Bronin’s wisecrack several months ago. At an event to promote the Hartford 400 interstate highway design project, someone suggested that since the project would connect ...
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LEADERSHIP
I returned to regionalism recently, talking about Mayor Bronin’s recent comments and his general lack of interest in pursuing regional solutions to move greater Hartford forward. I tried not to be critical ...
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Author: Mark Korber
Mark Korber is a semi-retired curmudgeon who can’t quite stop practicing law. He is known to his friends to have an opinion on most anything and to express it, in detail, to anyone who shows the slightest interest. He writes about regionalism, Hartford, family and the Buffalo Bills.