TSA Agents Say They’re Not Discriminating Against Black Women, But Their Body Scanners Might Be
The full-body scanners at airports across the country frequently give false alarms for Afros, braids, twists and other hairstyles popular among black women. By Brenda Medina and Thomas Frank, ProPublica Dorian Wanzer travels frequently for work. And almost every time she steps out of an airport body scanner, security screeners pull her aside and run […]
Hartford Woman Facing Deportation Continues Fight to Stay in U.S., Court Grants Reprieve
Updated Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 6:35 p.m. By Christian Spencer, Staff Writer HARTFORD — Facing deportation, Wayzaro Walton is on a quest to stay with her family in Hartford. Walton on Monday received a reprieve. A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered a stay of deportation for her while the federal […]
Eddie Perez Announces Bid for Mayor, Asks for A Second Chance
By Ann-Marie Adams, Staff Writer HARTFORD –– Former Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez is asking for a second chance to lead the city. Flanked by an energetic group of supporters at Arch Street Tavern on Thursday, Perez, 61, made his official announcement to run for mayor. “It’s time for a change in city hall,” said Perez, […]
Agency to Host Session on Business Access to Capital
23 April 2019
HARTFORD — This summer, small business owners will have access to training that will help them grow. Thanks to a partnership with the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and the Boston-based organization, Inner City Capital Connections. ICCC will host an information session on Wednesday, April 24 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Trinity College. […]
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Choral Group Offers Opportunities for High School Singers
18 April 2019
HARTFORD — The New England-based choral group Voce will conduct a day-long program of intensive workshops, coaching and performance opportunities for high school singers prior to its final concert of the season. The final concert will be on May 11, 7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick – St. Anthony Church, 285 Church St. in Hartford. About […]
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Hartford Public Library Offers Security Officer Training Program
12 April 2019
HARTFORD — Do you want another way to make money? If so, the Hartford Public Library will be offering training for those who want to make money as a security guard. The library will offer its popular eight-hour security officer training program on a monthly basis. The next training is on April 17 from 8 […]
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Former Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez to Announce Decison on Mayoral Bid
02 April 2019
HARTFORD — Former Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez is expected to announce his bid for mayor on Thursday. Perez, 61, was mayor from 2001 through 2010. However, Perez resigned in 2010 after being charged and convicted for taking about $40,000 in kitchen and bathroom improvements from Hartford developer, Carlos Costa. Costa was a city contractor on […]
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CRT Seeks Volunteers for After-School Program
27 March 2019
HARTFORD — The Community Renewal Team’s after-school program is seeking volunteers. The program, Generations, is administered on Tuesdays and Thursday at CRT in Hartford. CRT Generations is a program in which grandparents with legal custody of their grandchildren raise them in a safe and nurturing environment with other families in the same situation, organizers said. […]
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Hartford Residents Urged to Share Views on HPD Drones
26 March 2019
HARTFORD — Hartford residents are being urged to share their views about drone surveillance that will be used by the Hartford Police Department. The community conversation will be held 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday March 25 at the Hartford Public Library for Contemporary Culture. At the event, Drones, Surveillance, Technology and Considerations for Public Safety and […]
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CHS to Run Exhibit on Blacks and the Struggle for Citizenship
25 March 2019
The Connecticut Historical Society will run an exhibit that highlights 50 years of struggle for citizenship by black Americans. The exhibit, Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, is a new traveling show from the New York Historical Society that explores African Americans’ struggle for full citizenship and equal rights. Connecticut will be the […]
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Hartford Police Chief David Rosado to Retire, Jumps to Private Sector
21 March 2019
By Ann-Marie Adams, Staff Writer HARTFORD — After about one year on the job, Hartford Police Chief David Rosado will retire in April to take a leadership position in the private sector. Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin on Thursday announced that Rosado will take a job with Pratt & Whitney. Rosado’s last day will be April […]
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- TSA Agents Say They’re Not Discriminating Against Black Women, But Their Body Scanners Might Be
- Choral Group Offers Opportunities for High School Singers
- Hartford Public Library Offers Security Officer Training Program
- Hartford Woman Facing Deportation Continues Fight to Stay in U.S., Court Grants Reprieve
- Eddie Perez Announces Bid for Mayor, Asks for A Second Chance
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- Education Committee Approves Lamont’s Watered-down Regionalization Bill
- CRT Seeks Volunteers for After-School Program
- Hartford Residents Urged to Share Views on HPD Drones
- CHS to Run Exhibit on Blacks and the Struggle for Citizenship