Tag: #WestHartfordCT
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Dinah Road: New Name for New Street Approved by West Hartford Town Council
By Ronni Newton on We-Ha.com on May 16, 2022 A campaign by the Mayor’s Youth Council to rename a West Hartford roadway in honor of two women who were once […]
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Witness Stones Project Students Petitioning to Rename Street in Blue Back Square
By Ronni Newton on We-Ha.com on March 16, 2022 The only significance of the name of “New Street” in West Hartford is that it was a street newly-created about […]
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Witness Stones West Hartford Offering Virtual Community History Project
Published in We-Ha.com on February 16, 2022 In collaboration with the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society, Witness Stones West Hartford is offering a free virtual learning […]
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The MLK Mural Part I: Bristow and Freedom
By Witness Stones West Hartford Co-Chair Dr. Tracey Wilson in We-Ha.com on February 14, 2022 Journalist Yamiche Alcindor, speaking at the University of Hartford on Feb. 8, 2022, said that […]
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Conservation Project Planned for West Hartford’s Historic Old North Cemetery
By Ronni Newton on We-Ha.com on September 23, 2021 A stroll through the Old North Cemetery on North Main Street in West Hartford reveals gravestones bearing many familiar names – […]
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Witness Stones West Hartford Receives West Hartford Greater Together Community Fund Award
By Ronni Newton on We-Ha.comi on July 28, 2021 The West Hartford Greater Together Community Fund, which announced in January plans to award the first $25,000 of grant money to local nonprofits, […]
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West Hartford Witness Stones Students Argue for Change
By Katrina Koerting in the Register Citizen on June 28, 2021 WEST HARTFORD — Some streets around town could get new names under an ordinance to honor people or historic events. […]
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West Hartford’s Town Green Rededicated as ‘Unity Green’
By Ronni Newton on We-Ha.com on June 20, 2021 West Hartford’s second annual Juneteenth celebration, held over the weekend of June 19-20, 2021, was full of joy juxtaposed by serious messages […]
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Juneteenth Celebrations Begin with Witness Stones Installation in Old Center Cemetery
By Sophie Christensen and Lily Guberman on We-Ha.com on June 19, 2021 Even before entering the cemetery, the powerful sound of Afro Caribbean drumming could be heard from a block away. The […]
