Category: Feature Stories
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Almost a decade ago, Dan Hincks sought to add new dimension to his life as the owner and CEO of Data Management, Inc., a specialty product printing business located in Farmington. He wanted to find a way to combine his love of business with his passion for music by establishing an intimate, high-quality music destination…
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Like peanut butter and jelly or Batman and Robin, there are some things that just naturally go well together. In Connecticut, it’s history and innovation that pair up to help make the state an ideal tourist destination. “There is so much to do here, so many multilayer experiences. Most people would be surprised that there’s…
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It wasn’t that long ago that in the absence of personal technology and social media, parents and kids had no choice but to actually talk and interact with one another. These days, however, it’s not uncommon to find entire families staring at their screens without exchanging a single word. And while that just might be…
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Christian presses Anastasia up against the wall of the elevator and kisses her passionately before the doors open and three businessmen walk on, interrupting the moment. Anastasia’s head swims and she breathlessly waits for them to leave, and then …ahem, you get the idea. Even if you haven’t read “Fifty Shades of Grey,” you still…
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We’ve all seen it on the evening news. A suspicious package is discovered and the video rolls, showing bomb squad trucks and police on the scene and then in the midst of it all, a bomb technician emerges. Like something from outer space, this intrepid individual wears a white, puffy suit topped with a ginormous…
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Like poodle skirts and the Studebaker, the days when doctors made house calls seem like throwbacks to a different era. It’s hard to imagine in today’s fast-paced health care system that there was ever a time when you could call your own doctors for help after hours, expect that they’d oversee your treatment during a…
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The early December rain is steady and driving. An ugly, slate sky drains its cache onto the streets of Hartford which in turn carry it away in dirty rivulets to storm drains and sewers. It’s the kind of soulless day that makes you appreciate not having to go out in the dismal weather if you…
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To witness the Northern Lights blazing in the Alaskan night sky; to stand center stage on Broadway and sing I Dreamed a Dream for a sold-out crowd; to pen a best-selling novel; to cure cancer; to score the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl. Dreams – they’re what we are made of. They represent both…
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Sitting on Hannah Storm’s desk is a quote by renowned South African leader Nelson Mandela: And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. The words are a mantra to the ESPN anchor and Connecticut resident, who firmly believes that no one should ever focus on…
Sarah Lemire 