Author: Peter Huoppi
Ledyard 14, East Lyme 0
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Read more "Ledyard 14, East Lyme 0"Scent of a Wet Dog
I share a lot of things with my dogs: a love of outdoor activities, space on the couch… One thing we don’t share, however, is a constantly sunny outlook. Take this morning, for example. My a.m. routine recently has consisted of a two-to-three-mile solo run followed by a one-mile walk with the dogs. They eagerly […]
Read more "Scent of a Wet Dog"The Big One: Remembering the Hurricane of 1938
I partnered with reporter Karin Crompton to produce this seven-part series on the hurricane that struck Connecticut, as well as Long Island and the rest of New England, in 1938. Karin conceived this project as an oral history to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the storm. She shot all of the interviews, I worked […]
Read more "The Big One: Remembering the Hurricane of 1938"Bed is where the dog is
As I’m sitting down to write this, Remy is spinning around in her dog bed violently pawing at the ground. Just when I think she’s going to claw right through to the floor, she turns two more circles and collapses in a huff. We have five dog beds in our house and I’ve seen both […]
Read more "Bed is where the dog is"Birthday Trauma
Monday should have been a great day. It was Labor Day, a day off from work with classic end-of-summer weather. It was also my 30th birthday, and we had tickets for the right field roof at Fenway Park. But Monday turned out to be an awful day for my wife, Jen, and our dog Remy. […]
Read more "Birthday Trauma"Machine vs. Beast
We recently returned from a ten-day vacation, and my excitement at being reunited with the dogs was slightly tempered by the rainforest that had overtaken my back yard. Surprisingly, in my absence, no Good Samaritan had spontaneously decided to push their mower up and down the overgrown hillside behind my house. The dogs, who treat […]
Read more "Machine vs. Beast"New London’s Empty Storefronts
This Flash-based map of vacancies in New London’s Central Business District is the result of many weeks of research by myself and reporters Karin Crompton and Kevin Dale. The “problem” of empty storefronts in the city was often referred to by citizens and public officials, but no one that we could find had ever provided […]
Read more "New London’s Empty Storefronts"The Reducers: “We’re Still Here”
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When I arrived home from work on Monday, all I wanted to do was sit down. It had been a long, full weekend and an earlier shift than normal at the office, and I was feeling a little sleepy. The dogs had other ideas… READ THE FULL POST HERE
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