Tag: North End

By Mia JaworskiUConn Journalism For years, Star Hardware was a cor­ner­stone of Hartford’s North End, serv­ing res­i­dents with the tools, sup­plies and appli­ances they need­ed. But despite strong sales and a ded­i­cat­ed cus­tomer base, the store has faced an enemy it sim­ply couldn’t fight any longer: flood­ing. Located in an area long plagued by com­bined…

By Julianna D’AddonaUConn Journalism On Dec. 4, 2022, flood­ing from a com­bined sewage over­flow destroyed prop­er­ty, keep­sakes, and appli­ances in the house of Hartford res­i­dent Sharon Lewis. The after­math of the flood also destroyed her con­fi­dence in her insur­ance cov­er­age. Lewis had lived in the house at 32–34 Rutland Street most of her life and…

By Julianna D’AddonaUConn Journalism Cynthia R. Jennings, a life­long res­i­dent of Hartford’s North End, remem­bers wad­ing through stand­ing water to do her laun­dry. She later devel­oped an ill­ness her doc­tor attrib­uted to mold. And she has chan­neled those expe­ri­ences into help­ing her com­mu­ni­ty deal with envi­ron­men­tal prob­lems. Her expe­ri­ences bring to life the impact of…

By Noa ClimorUConn Journalism In 2023, Gov. Ned Lamont stood on the lawn of a house in Hartford’s North End as he com­mit­ted $85 in state funds to help res­i­dents liv­ing with flood­ing from com­bined sewage over­flows and flood­ing. He admit­ted that the North End had “been dis­pro­por­tion­ate­ly impact­ed by sewer over­flows for a long time.”…