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Motorcycle Rally Downtown
Main Street will be closed from the Old State House to the central branch library on Saturday from 2:45 to 8 p.m. for a downtown motorcycle rally. The Capital City Bike Night is being held to raise money for low-income people who have custody of their...Tags: Vehicles, Personal Income, Motorcycling
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Bank Of America, Merrill Lynch Have Deep Roots In State
Courant Staff WriterThe Bank of America-Merrill Lynch juggernaut is poised to take on the world, but the combined company's roots run deep in communities across the country, perhaps nowhere more than in Connecticut. Four years ago, Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America...Tags: Restructuring and Recapitalization, Aetna Incorporated, Local Authority, ING Group, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Why We Drivers Should Be Nice To Cyclists
The Hartford CourantThey help keep gasoline prices down, but that's not the only reason. Michael DelGreco of Windsor has just started bicycling to work, for several reasons: gas costs a lot, it's a short distance (four miles) between his home and his place of employment --...Tags: Cycling, Vehicles, Automotive Equipment, Transportation, Road Transportation
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Librarians Vs. Docents In Perezdome
Last week, Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez and the city council openly discussed the idea of taking over the Hartford Public Library, even though it would have been more productive for them to discuss something more realistic, like offshore oil drilling in the...Tags: Colin McEnroe, Connecticut River, Regional Authority, Trinity College, Connecticut, Halliburton Company
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Beers Attract Crowd To Old State House
October in Germany? Nein! It was June in Hartford at the Old State House Thursday, with thirsty beer connoisseurs lining up with their mugs to participate in Connecticut's seventh annual Brew Fest. "I've never really seen the inside of the Old State...Tags: Travelers Championship, Insurance, Multi-Sport Events, Distilling and Brewing Industry, John Campbell
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A Nod To Those Who Give A Boost To Tourism In Central Connecticut
If you were planning a fuel- and dollar-smart "staycation" this summer, St. Joseph College was the place to be Wednesday. Staff and board members of both the Central Regional Tourism District, River Valley, and the Greater Hartford Convention &...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Connecticut, Connecticut Economic Development, Local Authority, Economic Policy
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Art Museum Listings
Bruce Museum — "Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker," ends Sept. 7. Hours: Tues-Sat, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun, 1-5 p.m. $7 adults, $6 seniors and students. 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich (203-869-0376). Florence Griswold Museum &#...Tags: Charter Oak Cultural Center, Nature, History, University of Hartford, House and Home
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Review: 'The Soiling of Old Glory,' by Louis Masur
Chicago TribuneTHE SOILING OF OLD GLORY: The Story of a Photograph That Shocked America, by Louis P. Masur. Bloomsbury, 224 pp., $24.95 America, Sen. Barack Obama said in his recent speech on race relations, has been "stuck" in a "racial stalemate" for many years....Tags: Barack Obama, Television Industry, Trinity College, Connecticut, Sociology, Paul Revere
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A Life Rich In Books, Travel And Social Justice
Special to The CourantEach Sunday, "Extraordinary Life" looks back on someone whose life made a difference. Beatrice G. Coward, 97, of Glastonbury, died March 23. Bea Coward was a woman ahead of her time, an independent career woman with an international outlook, a large...Tags: Soccer, Colleges and Universities, Connecticut River, Eastern Connecticut State University, Columbia University
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The picture of hatred
By James Ralph
America, according to Barack Obama, has been "stuck" in a "racial stalemate" for many years. In his recent speech on race relations, the U.S. senator from Illinois noted the palpable anger among blacks over the obstacles they have faced...Tags: Newspapers, Barack Obama, Crimes, Illinois, Trinity College, Connecticut
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Steady As It Slows
Courant Staff WriterFor three years, sales of office buildings in and around Hartford set records for volume and price, fueled by no-fuss underwriting and easy money from Wall Street. n And 2007 appeared to be set on the same course, especially after the sale early in the...Tags: Connecticut, Rocky Hill, Waterbury, MetLife Incorporated, Webster Financial Corporation
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Architectural Gems
Courant Staff WriterAsk Wilson H. Faude, historian extraordinaire and director emeritus of Hartford's Old State House, for his favorite piece of architecture in Hartford, and he'll sidestep colonial and Italianate and Queen Anne marvels. He'll go straight to that monument of...Tags: Aetna Incorporated, National Government, Tourism and Leisure, Katharine Hepburn, Architecture
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