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Journalism and Communication Graduate from UConn Currently the business + arts reporter at New Britain Herald Bylines in The Daily Campus, Hartford Courant and USA Today College
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NEW BRITAIN - Within less than a year the Hardware City went from having no breweries since the closing of Cremo Brewing Co. in the 1950s, to now getting ready to open its second craft beer hot spot. Five Churches Brewing at 193 Arch St.
NEW BRITAIN - As Mark Schand traveled back and forth from Windsor to visit his father in New Britain, he noticed something missing in the Hardware City. "I actually couldn't believe it. We're in the downtown area and the whole stretch of the area has no healthy (food) options," Schand said.
NEW BRITAIN - In a video posted to the VH1 Save the Music Foundation Facebook page, Alice Bidoae, an eighth-grader at HALS Academy, and a friend play a multi-insono. Bidoae made the instrument herself. Part of it provides percussion, the other part the sound of plucked elastic bands.
New Britain Herald
Staff Writer PLAINVILLE-A new hair salon on East Street plans to offer more than just haircuts. Salon Margo opened on Oct. 19 at 448 East St. Owner Marguerite Swan, a 25-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, said when she was younger she never imagined that she would own a business one day.
Staff Writer NEW BRITAIN - The Hardware City will go glam next week as it will be used as the backdrop for a Lifetime movie featuring TV stars Mario Lopez and Melissa Joan Hart. Amato's Toy and Hobby at 283 Main St.
Staff Writer NEW BRITAIN - When it was announced that Stanley Black & Decker was planning to demolish all nine buildings it owns east of Curtis Street and south of Myrtle Street, some residents celebrated an opportunity revitalize the corner, while others were upset that their beloved city would be losing a bit of its history.
The Daily Campus
The writer was out to create the UConn he remembered from the early 2000's. "I guess it's calmed down recently, but to me it will always be the place that sets cars on fire when its basketball team wins games," he said.
Renald Louissaint's project that he will be presenting is titled "An Intensive Study on the Color Pink and Homophobia in the Male Community from the Perspective of a Straight, Black, Male." This is the first installment of five features to spotlight UConn School of Fine Arts' students partic
After the split of My Chemical Romance, Frank Iero, rhythm guitar and backing vocalist for the group, thought he was going to step away from pursuing music professionally.
The Hartford Courant
Hundreds of 20-somethings crowded the Metro-North trains last Thursday afternoon, some carrying six-packs, paper bags or plastic cups in hand. This scene has become a weekly ritual this summer as they head to the outdoor concert series in Stamford known as Alive@Five.
Ryan Matthews hosted a recent thank-you breakfast for his staff at Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, making pancakes, eggs, bacon and fruit salad in recognition of their "blood, sweat and tears." Matthews, director of community programs at the agency, is responsible for leading a team of youth-mentoring relationships across the organization's service area - 132 of the state's 169 towns.
The sun is shining bright and the streets are quiet except for a few passing cars as Hartford based artist Tao LaBossiere and his wife, Amy, paint the wall of the The 224, behind the Knox Community Garden on 17 Niles St.
The streets of New London are getting a bit of a makeover as 30 "Portraits of America," celebrating the city's diversity and immigration, will be on display in the abandoned storefronts of State and Bank streets starting Thursday, July 7.
For most 11 year olds, keeping their attention on one thing is nearly impossible. But that wasn't the case for three boyhood friends from Mississippi during the '80s. Eric Zala, Chris Strompolos and Jayson Lamb spent seven years of their youth recreating their favorite movie - Steven Spielberg's 1981 "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - shot-for-shot.
Head through the doors of The Tavern Downtown , swing a right toward the pool tables and follow the stairs down to your left. Although it's beneath the floors of the bar on 201 Ann Uccello St. in Hartford, there lies a heavenly space for soccer fans, specifically, the Hartford chapter of the American Outlaws.