Philanthropy
August 31, 2024
By Heather Munro Prescott On July 11, 2023, NBC Connecticut reporter Jane Caffrey introduced nightly news viewers to a pilot program of the Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford. The course, part of the Literacy […]
August 29, 2016
By Michael C. Dooling (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Fall 2016 Over the course of a nearly 40-year career, from 1934 to 1972, New Haven’s J. Edward Slavin was bent on deterring youth at risk from […]
December 19, 2015
By Wm. Frank Mitchell (c) Connecticut Explored, Fall 2015 The Knights of Columbus, a national fraternal mutual aid organization, was founded in New Haven in 1882 to provide insurance protection for members’ families and to […]
December 18, 2015
By Mary M. Donohue with Kory Mills (c) Connecticut Explored, Fall 2015 Steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie was both reviled as the enemy of the working man and known as the “Patron Saint of Libraries.” Between 1881 […]