Daily Archives: November 9, 2009

Celebrate Steve Courtney’s Success

The celebration of Steve Courtney’s Connecticut Book Award is this Saturday evening, but has been moved from its originally scheduled location. Join Steve and his friends beginning at 7 p.m. at the Firebox Restaurant, just south of The Courant building on Broad Street. Steve, a former Courant editor who now works at the Mark Twain [...]

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Lose A Job, Gain An Award

The National Association Of Consumer Advocates (NACA) has  awarded former Hartford Courant columnist and business editor George Gombossy its highest prize for consumer reporting, the 2009 Media Award. Last year the honor went to two reporters from Business Week.   Rocky Hill attorney Dan Blinn, who nominated George for the award, said at the group’s meeting in Philadelphia:  ”For [...]

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Reaching Out From Beyond Newspapers

This from Jim Farrell, the on-again off-again Courant writer-editor-columnist-blogger who has always managed to function well in The World Beyond Newspapers: Tracy’s update on her transition into nursing reminded me of something that I thought might be of interest to other refugees. The deadline to apply for next summer’s alternate route to teacher certification program [...]

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