Category: Featured Stories
Teddy Bears Ride CT Train For A Cause
Over 400 teddy bears rode the CT Rail train from Hartford Union Station to New Haven Union Station. Then they boarded a bus to Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital where they […]
OpEd: Standing Up for Coach Ollie
By State Senator Douglas McCrory The University of Connecticut has a coaching contract with former men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie, and despite their ongoing disagreement, it is way past time […]
Investing In Hartford
An Update from State Senator Douglas McCrory The State Bond Commission approved nearly $70 million worth of state loans and grants in order to make a variety of economic and quality […]
As I see It: Ready! Set! Vote?
By Christopher A. Service Sr. I have always been impressed with the enthusiasm with which we West Indians speak about politics. We agree to disagree and then some of us […]
A Visit To The Homeland, One Couldn’t Ask For A Better Trip
By Leon Fraser Recently, several journalists in the Diaspora in North America had the grand opportunity to take one of the most exquisite trips of their lives to Jamaica at […]
Caribbean Voters’ Surge, Focus on November 6th
By Mary Walton The America that shows its shining light on us in our island country also pushes and pulls us to leave our island in the sun to immigrate […]
First Day At Rawson, Martin Luther King, And HASDA Schools
HARTFORD, CT: After a summer’s long planning and preparation for First Day, when the day finally arrived, one could not miss the excitement at Rawson School, which is now […]
Foundation’s Listening Tour Stops In Hartford
Since January 2018, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (HFPG), serving some 29 towns in Greater Hartford—hundreds of nonprofits and over 750,000 residents, on track with a “listening tour,” that […]
Hartford Schools: Search Committee and Stakeholders
As Hartford superintendent search committee narrows, it focuses on three semifinalists: acting Superintendent Leslie Torres-Rodriguez; Tim Sullivan, assistant superintendent for operations at the Capital Region Education Council in Hartford, and […]
Dr. Yansen Puts America’s Fears And Anxieties Into Perspective In Motion
Have you paused to wonder the reasons for the fears and uneasiness in the United States and around the world, since the recent political campaign and the inauguration of Donald […]