West Hartford Reservoir

Outdoors Calendar

2013-05-02 16:00:32

FISHING May 8: Fly fishing presentation by local guide Steve Babbitt focusing on steelhead fishing. Connecticut Fly Fisherman's Association, 7 p.m., Veterans Memorial Clubhouse, 100 Sunset Ridge, East Hartford. Admission is free. ctflyfish.org. RUNNING...

Outdoor Calendar

2013-04-25 14:52:30

FISHING May 1: Farmington Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited monthly meeting, Stonewell Restaurant, Route 6, Farmington, 6:30 p.m. The meeting will feature professional fly tier and guide Mike Motyl, who will present a program of tying and fishing the...

Jean Wells: Feminist And Medical Trailblazer

2012-12-10 09:45:00

Jean Wells was a strong individualist, a feminist path breaker and a strong-willed pediatrician at a time when women physicians were rare and not always held in high esteem. In her Yale Medical School class, there were four women who repeatedly heard...

Legislative warfare resumes over limiting injury lawsuits involving recreational land

2012-03-28 08:33:00

Connecticut bike geeks, rail-trail dudes and nature freaks are digging in, bracing themselves to defend a victory they thought they’d totally won last year. Their adversaries? Why it’s those irrepressible legal guerrilla fighters, the trial...

Victory for Bikers: A proposed law that would limit access to recreational paths and trails is defeated

2012-04-04 08:30:00

Score one for Connecticut bike geeks, rail-trail dudes and nature freaks, who appear to have foiled an attempt to roll back lawsuit protections for cities, towns and quasi-public recreational land owners. "For at least this session, it appears to be...

Hundreds Turn Out To Fight To Keep MDC Property Open

2010-07-20 21:09:00

Paul Kramer will turn 68 on Thursday, a birthday that might never have been without the Metropolitan District's Reservoir 6. For the past 14 years, Kramer has left his Avon home in the early morning and power-walked its pristine trails, logging 20,000...

Scleroderma Foundation Tri-State Chapter, Greater Hartford Chairperson Ruth Saphirstein watches as West Hartford Mayor Scott Slifka cuts the ribbon at the start line officially kicking off the 10th Annual Hartford Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma Walk held on June 9th at the West Hartford Reservoir.

2012-06-09 00:00:00