A few months after stepping down from that office, he bought the Hartford Courant newspaper, which he combined with the Press.
By other side, a writer for the Hartford Courant, anticipating her coming to play for the locals against the Newark team, commented, "It is said that she plays ball like a man and talks ball like a man and if it was not for her bloomers she would be taken for a man on the diamond, having none of the peculiarities of women ball players."
On January 7, 2013, the Hartford Courant reported that every six minutes during the day, the Newtown Memorial Fund received an online donation.
In January 2009 the Hartford Courant announced state auditors were looking into other instances of improper reimbursement by Gaffey, including double billing of out of state travel to both the state government and his political action committee.
•
On December 2, 2007, Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie detailed Gaffey's efforts on behalf of a billion dollar bonding proposal from the Connecticut State University system; which he promoted while being romantically involved with the university administrator lobbying for the proposal.
Hartford, Connecticut | Hartford | John Hartford | Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences | Richard Courant | Hartford Whalers | University of Hartford | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | Hartford Courant | The Hartford | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford | Huntington Hartford | Hartford University | Haagsche Courant | Frédéric Courant | East Hartford, Connecticut | USS Hartford | New Hartford | East Hartford | USS Hartford (1858) | USS ''Hartford'' | Treaty of Hartford | Pierre Courant | New Haven–Hartford–Springfield commuter rail line | New Hartford, New York | Hartford Wanderers RFC | Hartford Seminary | Hartford, Kentucky | Hartford Convention | Hartford Colony |
The court became embroiled in a lengthy ethics scandal in 2006 when the Hartford Courant revealed that retiring Chief Justice William J. Sullivan postponed the publication of a controversial decision opposing Freedom of Information Act requests for documents that track the status and history of legal cases in the Connecticut legal system until hearings for his successor Justice Peter T. Zarella were completed.
In October 2005, Kolbe was briefly in the media spotlight when the Boston Globe, Hartford Courant, and other newspapers reported on the removal of teacher Stephen Kobasa.
Scafe earned Hartford Courant All-State honors as a senior defensive lineman at Windsor High School.