Connecticut River Towns Prepare For High Water

Storm Preparation At Brewer Deep River Marina (Jeff Cohen/WNPR)

High water is also threatening the lower Connecticut River, which rises and falls with the tides.  WNPR’s Jeff Cohen reports on preparations there.

Here’s the story.

McMahon Spends Money On The Ground In Hartford

Republicans don’t generally spend a lot of time or money in Hartford.  But as WNPR’s Jeff Cohen reports, Linda McMahon is trying to do  both in her bid for the senate against Democrat Chris Murphy.

Here’s the story.

No Cloud Computing For Hartford

One reason Google and other cloud computing services are popular is because they’re free to the individual user.  But if you’re the city of Hartford, making the switch from local services to the cloud is an expensive affair.

Here’s our story.

Where We Live: Is Medical Advertising Educational or Promotional?

Every now and again, John Dankosky actually takes a break and leaves us to work without him.

And that means I got to sit in his chair.

This morning, I hosted WNPR’s Where We Live on advertising in the healthcare industry.  Give it a listen.

Hartford Police Still Investigating The Death of Dartanyon Blake

Here’s the release.

 

 

McMahon and Obama: The New Dream Team?

Here’s something you don’t see every day.

It’s a campaign ad paid for by Republican senate candidate Linda McMahon that tells Independent voters that it’s okay to split their tickets — one vote for Linda, another vote for Democratic President Barack Obama.

“I’m supporting President Obama and Linda McMahon.”

Give it a listen.

We’ll have more on this on our air this evening, including some tape of McMahon (provided by the Murphy campaign) in support of Mitt Romney: “I really believe that he, more than any other candidate, will in fact turn our economy around and get our country back on track.”

In a close campaign with a good amount of undecided voters, it’s an interesting turn.

We’ve reached out to both McMahon and Murphy for comment.

UPDATE: Here’s the link to our story with Murphy’s response.

Doctors Still Upset About New Vaccine Program

In January, the state will roll out a new program forcing doctors to get most of their child vaccines from the state.  But physicians have been opposed to the change.  And, as WNPR’s Jeff Cohen reports, two groups representing doctors say the state’s new plan leaves them shocked and dismayed.

Here’s the story.

A New Public Housing Development On An Old Site

The last of Hartford’s post-war, barracks style federal public housing has come down.  And now, the city’s housing authority is building something new in its place.

A few years back, the Hartford Housing Authority started relocating the people who lived at Nelton Court. Then, last year, the authority started knocking the place down.  The housing authority says Nelton Court was beyond its useful life.  And it housed too many people in too small a place.

For a lot of people, Nelton Court was home.  But its reputation for drugs and crime was a reminder of all that was bad in the city’s North End.

I stopped by recently for a tour and met a few men who are working to build the new Nelton Court.   Give it a listen.

Segarra Still Wants Non-Profits To Pay Up

Government budgets across the country are feeling the crunch. That’s true for the city of Hartford, too.

Earlier this year, when Mayor Pedro Segarra presented his budget that closed a roughly $50 million deficit, he included $1 million in new revenue from what he calls a voluntary PILOT program.

Here’s how it works. About half of the value of real estate in the city isn’t taxable because it’s owned by either non-profits or the state. So Segarra wanted to reach out to some of those non-profits and see if they’d give some cash back to the city on a voluntary basis.

This week, Segarra updated the city council on his progress. So far, he’s had conversations with non-profits such as Trinity Colelge, Hartford Hospital, St. Francis Medical Center and the University of Hartford. Segarra says he thinks he’s making some inroads with some of them, but that he’s not go firm commitments in hand just yet. Either way, he says he’ll figure out a way to fill that $1 million budget hole.

QPoll: Senate Race Is Dead Heat

A new poll shows Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race remains a dead heat. WNPR’s Jeff Cohen reports.

Here’s the story.