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Where The Missing Sidewalk Excuses End
This weekend I was up in West Hartford’s Bishops Corner and chatting with a fellow bus rider who had walked to one of the nearby synagogues from the nearest stop, and let me tell you, their face looked like they had seen things. They kept saying “it is not safe” in a way that I wish engineers could have heard directly. It wasn’t pleading or angry or entitled. It was simply factual: this is not safe.
Safe Streets Connecticut: August 2023
Around 2 PM on August 22, 2023, an unnamed driver killed a child with a vehicle in a Danbury parking lot. Police and news media bent over backwards to both not name those involved and to say that it was determined to be “accidental.” It is rare that someone intentionally harms or kills another with a motor vehicle, making this statement feel . . . something. It felt off.
Enough
In 1943, a 25 x 40 foot model Victory Garden could be found on the east lawn of the Old State House, at the spot formerly occupied by the post office. It was created and maintained by the Hartford Park Department, and financially sponsored by the Courant. Members of the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut staffed an information booth on site every weekday, answering questions about gardening. In the first six weeks of operating, 2200 questions came in, many dealing with how to manage pests or rotate crops.
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