February 17, 2014byMark Mirko 2014.02.14 Windsor Locks,ct – “The stupid snow is making it hard to skate lately,” said Kyle Roberts, 16, of Windsor Locks. Roberts, who is out of school for February break, said that he hadn’t jumped trash cans in front of his house before but because his usual skating places are covered in snow this idea [...]
February 14, 2014byMark Mirko 02.13.2014 – Mansfield, Ct – How much does it weigh? “A lot,” says Shawn Allen, a 42-year-old Marine Corps veteran. Allen, who works as a tree-trimmer, says he walks several miles a day pulling the log with the goal of, ”The bigger the better.” Adding, “besides, they make good mantle pieces when they’re done.” This is the [...]
February 7, 2014byMark Mirko 02.07.2014 – Storrs, Ct – Four years ago Tim Isselee of Bethel, Ct, saw a video that inspired him to learn how how to do backflip while riding a snowboard. “I fell in love with doing flips into powder,” he says. After classes yesterday afternoon, the UConn Physical Therapy student started piling snow on the [...]
February 4, 2014byMark Mirko 02.04.2014 – New Britain, Ct – DiLoreto Magnet Elementary School sixth-grader Miguel Rodriguez, dons a whit coat for his portrayal as Albert Einstein in the Live Wax Museum organized by teacher Kit Moya. For the past two weeks Moya’s 24 students have been studying historical figures and events of their choosing, from pilgrims to the [...]
February 4, 2014byMark Mirko 02.03.2014 – Manchester, Ct – Mike Bruckner cleans fresh snow from the sidewalk outside his store, Hardware on Wheels. Bruckner says his store specializes in nuts and bolts saying, “People come to me when they can’t find it anywhere else. I’m known as the guru of nuts and bolts.” Photograph by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com.
January 21, 2014byMark Mirko By SHAWN R. BEALS, sbeals@courant.com The Hartford Courant VERNON — As groups throughout the country mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day with community service projects, a group from South Windsor-based Temple Beth Hillel made its 10th annual Shema Tour to choose a project for the coming year. Shema – the Hebrew word for listening – [...]
January 6, 2014byMark Mirko 2014.01.06. – Shelton, CT – John Barber (above), who heard shouts of “Johnny! Fire! Johnny! Get Out!” before fleeing his burning third-floor apartment early this morning, looks over the smoldering remains of the building that was once his home and housed about half a dozen businesses and 24 apartments. Firefighters rescued about 30 people from [...]
January 4, 2014byMark Mirko 2014.01.03. – Mansfield, CT – In temperatures dipping below 10-degrees, Mansfield residents Betsy Parker (L) and Carl Opderbeck clear out their driveways after this morning’s storm. Photograph by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com
January 4, 2014byMark Mirko 2014.01.02. – Storrs, CT – “I work out everyday at the gym but this is the workout for today.” says Sumbleen Ali of Lahore, Pakistan, (right) as she shovels snow from Nancy Rohner’s (left) driveway. Ali, a UConn graduate student from Lahore, Pakistan, is living at Rohner’s home while pursuing a graduate degree in Human [...]
January 4, 2014byMark Mirko 2013.12.30. – West Hartford, CT – “An important element of doing public art is that we get to interact with the public while we’re doing it. ” says Hartford artists Tao LaBossier (right), “I love to inspire people to take an interest in their own creative self-expression.” LaBossier and fellow Hartford artist Sarah Paolucci are [...]
January 2, 2014byMark Mirko 2014.01.02. – Manchester, CT – Braving today’s snow with a Spiderman hoodie, 20-year-old Damon Gagnon of Manchester waits on Main Street for a bus to take him to his job at the Funny Bone Comedy Club. Photograph by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com
December 4, 2013byMark Mirko Photograph by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com 2013.12.04 – Somers, Ct – With Glen Reynolds (L-R) of the Somers Fire Department, friend Lori-Anne Davis, and Robert Morpurgo (R) of the Somers Fire Department, Karen Harvey (L), makes a call from outside the home where her daughter, Katie Colgan, 33, and granddaughter Kerra Colgan, was inside when it [...]
December 3, 2013byMark Mirko 2013.12.03 – Old Lyme, CT – “Twenty percent of kids today perform music. Eighty percent of adults wish they had.” So says Gail Stevens, owner of Nightingale’s Acoustic Cafe, were every Tuesday her husband “Ramblin’” Dan Stevens (right) leads music clinics for area children. “I liken it to a one room schoolhouse because everybody learns from [...]
December 1, 2013byMark Mirko VIEW MORE “You know what was impressive about Cochran in his first home start at quarterback? Not his arm, although it was plenty precise. It was his poise. There wasn’t an answer to any prayer, because there was no prayer needed. All afternoon, Cochran played like he meant it. He knew what he was doing. [...]
