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Francois Steichen: A Nebbiolo Tasting in Glenville

“Last week, I stopped at a wine store in Glenville to pick up a case of red. Paul, the Store Manager, and Erika, the Assistant Manager, happened to be tasting some red wines made from the Nebbiolo grape. They let me join in.” – Francois Steichen

MLK’s Time in Connecticut: An eye to a world beyond the Jim Crow South

“Less well-known, even to Connecticut residents, is the story of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s two summers picking tobacco in Simsbury.  In 1944 and 1947, the 15-year old, Morehouse College-bound student cultivated and picked tobacco on the Cullman Brothers’ “Meadowood” Tobacco farm with a coterie of his fellow Morehouse students.  The time that King spent in Simsbury not only helped him decide to become a Minister, like his father, but also transformed his previous mindset – that African-Americans and white Americans could not interact peacefully.'” – François Steichen

The E-Bike: Vox Clamantis in Deserto

“Shadowy e-bike and battery manufacturers, abetted by unscrupulous bike shops, large e-commerce sites, and indulgent shippers, ride a sales wave based on descriptive omission and the politics of the blind eye.” – François Steichen

The E-Bike: Embracing a New Reality in Daily Transportation

“Reconditioned batteries are a challenge.  We were forced to jump into [E-battery fire prevention] without any warning, and it was a revelation: E-bikes do not have to be registered, and Amazon ships reconditioned [i.e., uncertified] batteries.” – Greenwich Fire Department Chief Joseph McHugh