Field of Flags: Lives Lost, Honored, Remembered
From a field above the Pacific bluff in Malibu, California to a churchyard on Chebeague Island, Maine and places in between: American flags placed in columns and rows, each representing an American life lost, in silent remembrance to the men and women who...
10 Comments | Posted June 7, 2011 | 02:04 PM (EST)
RALLY DATE: Tonight: Tuesday, June 7th ~ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Get there early as Reverend Sharpton will be speaking at exactly 6:15 PM
Site: Brookside Elementary School
82 Highland Avenue, Norwalk, CT
for map: www.norwalk.k12.ct.us/brookside
Site of the rally is the Norwalk, Conn....
5 Comments | Posted May 12, 2011 | 11:56 AM (EST)
In what has become a national case with federal protection implications homeless mother, Tanya McDowell, returned to the Norwalk, Conn. State Superior Court for her pretrial hearing regarding her "stealing education" case. This incident escalated into a charge of $15,000 and first-degree larceny -- a felony that could...
Posted April 13, 2011 | 12:55 PM (EST)
Appearance at GOP fundraiser is less than 24 hours after holding up the country.
Stamford, CT -- On the heels of helping to avert the looming budget disaster, the 3rd most powerful man in government, US Representative (R-OH) John Boehner, traveled to the gold coast of Connecticut as the headline...
Posted January 19, 2011 | 05:00 PM (EST)
In what will be no more than a quick picture and sound bite on the national news coverage, ending speculation of will he or won't he, the four term Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman flanked by his wife Hadassah, their children, their spouses and grandchildren announced that he would...
Posted December 2, 2010 | 02:46 PM (EST)
Think back to this past Election Day -- you went to the polls, checked in, received a ballot, voted and placed your ballot in the scanner -- bam: you're done. Did your vote count or not? Recounts usually begin when the margin is too close, in Connecticut the magic number...
Posted November 2, 2010 | 11:52 PM (EST)
Bridgeport, CT -- With skirmishes and scrambles, CT-4 (D) Congressman Jim Himes was re-elected after a bruising campaign against State Senator Dan Debicella. The 4th district was one of those have-to-win-it back seats since it was previously the last republican held stronghold in New England after Himes won it in...
Posted November 2, 2010 | 01:59 PM (EST)
Your dog wants you to go out and vote for his or her best interests, especially if you happen to live in Missouri, which has a ballot measure on Election Day: Proposition B. Voting yes to Prop. B would establish state minimum living standards for dogs used in...
Posted October 29, 2010 | 09:15 AM (EST)
Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon www.linda2010.com touts her business acumen as the compelling reason voters should put her in office over the 20 year public service career of CT Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal. www.richardblumenthal.com
Linda McMahon did resign in 2009 as CEO of World Wrestling...
Posted August 30, 2010 | 12:19 PM (EST)
Stamford, CT: "Look around and see the many faces of God," welcomed Senior Pastor, Reverend Cari Jackson of the First Congregational Church before a diversely gathered crowd of nearly 200 people from a multitude of religious faiths and walks of life attending as individuals and becoming one as...
Posted July 30, 2010 | 03:47 PM (EST)
In an exclusive interview with Wayne Pacelle, president of Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Pacelle spoke of the most current Office of the Inspector General's (OIG) scathing report on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Inspections of Problematic Dealers (Puppy Mills), the Durbin-Vitter PUPS...
Posted May 24, 2010 | 11:02 AM (EST)
HARTFORD -- It was a forgone conclusion that both Connecticut's attorney general, Democrat Richard Blumenthal and former WWE President, Republican Linda McMahon would win their respective Connecticut nominations for the US Senate, a race that got far more interesting after the January announcement of Senator Chris Dodd's retirement. The gloves...
Posted May 17, 2010 | 05:44 PM (EST)
George Washington University is in its 189th year since an act by Congress held its commencement ceremony on the National Mall. This year, GWU president Steven Knapp conferred Honorary Degrees to well known jazz legend David Brubeck, businessman James Clark, owner of Clark Construction and a Honorary Doctor of Public...
Posted March 25, 2010 | 05:41 PM (EST)
Notified that there was an Anti-Immigrant/ Anti-Health Care Reform Tea Party protest scheduled to occur in front of US Congressman Christopher Murphy's Main Street office in Danbury, CT. CTBlogger www.hatcityblog.com covered the small crowd of 18 people by video, interviewing attendees, taking pictures, recording remarks etc... CTBlogger returned...
Posted March 11, 2010 | 02:38 PM (EST)
It had been a given that food, alcohol, and funerals were recession proof. That is, until recently. Now we feel the pain, each in our own way. Supermarket workers feel the pain: low wages, escalating health care costs, and a reduction in pension benefits. Unionized workers have their locals watching...
Posted February 8, 2010 | 12:38 PM (EST)
Hartford, CT: In the "Insurance Capital of the Country" 1,000 people showed up for the chance to get free medical care as part of the National Association of Free Clinics effort to highlight the lack of health insurance in the six states of Blue Dog Democrats. Not lost...
Posted January 19, 2010 | 02:07 PM (EST)
And deliver they do, every day of the year, night and day into countries with people in need. With the rush to help the earthquake victims of Haiti, below are a few of the many agencies that had been in Haiti before the earthquake, are there now and will be...
Posted January 14, 2010 | 04:33 PM (EST)
Admit it, how fun is it to come up with wrestling euphemisms especially when put into context of what has happened in politics in CT after Senator Chris Dodd's announcement that he would retire? Slammed down, wrestled, free fall, body check, choke hold, pinned, in the ropes, down for the...
Posted January 12, 2010 | 05:23 PM (EST)
Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr brings Main Street to Wall Street, Jan. 13-15.
Jackson, a Baptist Minister, Civil Rights Leader, Political Activist, founder and President of Rainbow/Push begins his days early and ends them late, no matter which city or town he happens to be in. This is...
Posted January 7, 2010 | 05:11 PM (EST)
EAST HADDAM, CT -- With the icy Connecticut River behind an antique Victorian home, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) announced to supporters, reporters and camera crews that he would not seek re-election.
The senior senator from Connecticut cited many reasons for his decision, including the death of his older sister...
Posted July 4, 2011 | 01:32 PM (EST)