By: Mary Ellen Godin, Record-Journal staff Published: February 27, 2009 HARTFORD – Spring is traditionally when homeowners or buyers think about adding a deck, a gazebo, a new kitchen or some landscaping. But the brutal economy has shown it follows no tradition. Confidence is down, credit is harder to get…

By Anne M. Hamilton , Hartford Courant Published: February 19, 2009 The Connecticut Flower & Garden Show, which opens today at the Connecticut Convention Center, has a new way to promote itself this year: the largest flower show in New England. Organizers of the 28th annual show said they’re hoping…

Published: February 19, 2009 On Thursday, Feb. 19, Gov. M. Jodi Rell cut a Garland of Mini-Carnations, Daisies, Roses and other flowers (instead of a traditional ribbon) to open the 2009 Connecticut Flower and Garden Show at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. The garland was created by Bob Kelly…

By Harlan Levy, Journal Inquirer Published: Saturday, January 10, 2009 The Hartford area has all of the elements necessary to be a meaningful player in the convention market, according to a report released Wednesday on the area’s attractiveness compared to 19 other comparable areas nationwide. Indeed, the Hartford area ranks…

By Eric Gershon, Hartford Courant Published on November 22, 2008 The Beach Boys played overhead as fleets of shiny cars gleamed inside the Connecticut Convention Center Friday — a carefree setting offering little hint of the U.S. auto industry’s accelerating free-fall. Among the hundreds of cars on display at this…

October 11, 2008 By LYNN DOAN, Hartford Courant Tim Van Deusen, owner of Pro-Film Professional Window Tinting of Torrington, uses a BTU meter to demonstrate the heat rejection properties of window tinting film at the OneThing Conservation Expo at the Connecticut Convention Center. (BOB MACDONNELL / HARTFORD COURANT / October…