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5 unusual facts about Hartford Courant


Joseph Roswell Hawley

A few months after stepping down from that office, he bought the Hartford Courant newspaper, which he combined with the Press.

Lizzie Arlington

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."

Newtown Memorial Fund

On January 7, 2013, the Hartford Courant reported that every six minutes during the day, the Newtown Memorial Fund received an online donation.

Thomas Gaffey

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.


Connecticut Supreme Court

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.

Kolbe Cathedral High School

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.


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Damik Scafe

Scafe earned Hartford Courant All-State honors as a senior defensive lineman at Windsor High School.