Face The State Flashback: The Hartford Rams

Pic courtesy of The Hartfordite

Face The State is an excellent local news program on Sundays at 11 AM on Channel 3. It is hosted by Sad City friend Dennis House. Heck, Hakaan even appeared on the show this summer. While Face The State is usually dedicated to current events, occasionally Dennis will use a segment to revisit a news topic of days past. A couple weeks ago he aired this great flashback (video after the jump) a news event that somehow, we at Sad City totally forgot about.

Gerry Brooks Chats With Sad City

Gerry Brooks has been a fixture on the Hartford news scene since 1974. We remember growing up watching Gerry and his segment "The Brooks File" on Channel 3. Today Gerry is still covering Connecticut news over at NBC and has his own blog.

We were very excited when Gerry became the first celebrity commenter on Sad City and since then he has become a multi-time commenter and Hot In Hartford contestant.

Gerry was nice enough to give us some time and answer some questions about career. Interview after the jump.

Reminder: Heaven in Hartford Dinner and Show

A reminder that tomorrow is the Pasta Dinner and Bluegrass show to raise funds for the skatepark in Hartford. Awesome food will be courtesy of soup and noodle artist Brendan Mahoney, as well as Food Not Bombs.

SKATEPARK PASTA DINNER & BLUEGRASS CONCERT

THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011, 6:00 PM

CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER

21 Charter Oak Ave, Hartford CT

www.heaveninhartford.org

Suggested donation is $15

Hakaan and Craig The Porn Star Discuss 1980's Hartford Celebrities

Following up on the popular "Where Are They Now?" story, Hakaan called into WCCC and spoke with Sad City friend Craig The Porn Star about the era before cable television, when local new personalities ruled the airways. Hear them wax nostalgic about Hilton Kaderli, Al Terzi, Gerry Brooks, Gayle King and more after the jump.