#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #74 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Anthony Ireland at The Rose Hill Mansion.

It was great to sit down, talk and reminisce with Anthony. 

Anthony is a professional basketball player, coach, trainer and president of AI3 Leadership Academy. 

We talked about:

The Brass Horse in Waterbury   (minute 1.30)

The  Waterbury Boys and Girls Club (minute 2.40)

Playing professional basketball overseas (minute 3:40)

The AI3 Leadership Academy (minute 7.20)

Old school photos like Nardwuar  (minute 10)

Crosby vs Trinity Catholic Championship at UConn (minute 12)

Jordan Booker (minute 15.30)

Jason Robinson (minute 16.40

Tootie Zimmerman (minute 17.50)

Ant’s  basketball journey (minute 18.40)

Inducted in the Hall of Fame at LMU (minute 21)

Guarding Dame Lillard while at Weber State (minute 26)

Feeney’s JCC over 30 Championship (minute 30.50)

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being a nonprofit president (minute 34)

Basketball Events: First, Last, Best , Worst (minute 39)

Favorite restaurant (minute 45)

Being a vegetarian (minute 48)

4 dinner guests  (minute 53)

Ant’s favorite teacher (minute 56.30)Marsha’s from WHFD Questions (minute 58)

Waterbury Slime Time from Drink Champs (minute 1.03)

Why Ant grew out his hair (minute 1.05)

Crazy Questions sponsored by Donut Crazy (minute 1.11)

Basketball Card Collection (minute 1.13)

Closing Remarks (minute 1.17)

Marsha’s Outro (minute 19.30)

Podcast Sponsors: 

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

GastoPark - www.thegastropark.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net
Luna Pizza - www.lunapizzawh.com/lunas-menu

It was great to sit down, talk and learn about Hartford with Carlos Mouta at Parkville Market.

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #72 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring The West Hartford Tree Project.

It was great to sit down, talk and learn about the importance of trees with Bill, Ted and Helen. 

We talked about:

Matt Conway, RiseUP Group, episode #71 (minute 1)

Helen Rubino-Turco, Director of Social and Leisure Services for the town of West Hartford (minute 3)

Ronni Newton, episode #39 (minute 4)

Reasons to have trees (minute 6)

The Seedling Project  (minute 8.20)

West Hartford Tree Project on Facebook (minute 14.20)

Seedling pick up on April 22nd - Earth Day (minute 15.24 )

“Right tree, Rig​​ht place.” - John Phillips, Tree Warden (minute 16)

Westmoor Park field trip and Education centers (minute 17)

North Central Conservation District in Bloomfield minute 18)

Elizabeth Park (minute 21)

Liz Pang owns Luna Tree Care (minute 22)

W.S. Merwin Poetry Laureate (minute 24)

Feeney’s tree named, Steve (minute 26)

Bill & Ted’s Favorite Tree, Black Tupelo Tree (minute 30)

Helen’s Favorite Trees - White Oak & Tula Poplar Tree (minute 34)

Trees at Sedgwick Middle School (minute 37)

Podcast Sponsors (minute 40)

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being The West Hartford Tree Project (minute 41)

Books: Can You Hear the Tree Talking? & The Giving Tree (minute 48)

Recommendations (minute 53)

Incohearent with Feeney (minute 55)

Marsha’s Podcast Outro (minute 59)

Links from Podcast:

West Hartford Tree Project - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070103132268

Connecticut’s Notable Trees - http://oak.conncoll.edu:8080/notabletrees/

North Central Conservation District - https://conservect.org/northcentral/

Luna Tree Care - https://www.facebook.com/Lunatreecare/

Westmoor Park - https://www.westhartfordct.gov/town-departments/leisure-services/westmoor-park

Elizabeth Park - https://www.elizabethparkct.org/

Friends of Fernridge Park, Inc. - https://www.facebook.com/friendsoffern/

Bringing Nature Home - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=bring+nature+home&hvadid=174238217476&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9003237&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=992441132181355099&hvtargid=kwd-6875656661&hydadcr=22536_9636733&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_dasbendlj_e

Podcast Sponsors: 

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

GastoPark - www.thegastropark.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net

Luna Pizza - www.lunapizzawh.com/lunas-menu

Matt Conway  is the Executive Director of The RiseUP Group. 

It was great to sit down, talk and eat pizza with Matt at The Community Exchange on 91 Memorial Road.

[email protected]

www.theriseupgroup.org

We talked about:

The RiseUP Group (minute 1.40)

The mural on the Noah Webster Library (minute 4)

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being an Executive Director (minute 9)

Parkville Paints Project in Hartford (minute 11:30)

Carlos Mouta from Parkville Management (minute 14)

Art ManiFESTation (minute 16.50)

Art for Hope (minute 20)

MLK 39 (minute 24)

The Studio/The Art Club (minute 27.40)

The Community Exchange (minute 30)

RiseUP Events: First, Last, Best, Worst  (minute 33)

The Artist Game (minute 40)

Matt’s Favorite Teacher (minute 47)

Special Guest, Robert Garrey (minute 53)

Matt’s Favorite Restaurant, Salute and 4 Dinner Guests (minute 58)

Luna Pizza delivered by Marsha McCurdy Adell (minute 1.02)

Marsha’s Questions (minute 1.07)

Crazy Questions (sponsored by Donut Crazy) (minute 1.18)

Feeney’s beard matches his dog (minute 1.25)

Recommendations (minute 1.27)

@Dadshoes2 on Twitter (minute 1.30)

Corey Pane (minute 1.38)

Closing Remarks (minute 1.41)

Marsha’s Podcast Outro (minute 1.44)

Podcast Sponsors: 

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

GastoPark - www.thegastropark.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net

Luna Pizza - www.lunapizzawh.com/lunas-menu

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #70 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Alex MacDonald. 

Alex MacDonald  is the  owner of Luna Pizza. 

It was great to sit down, talk and make a pizza with Alex. 

West Hartford: 860-233-1625

www.lunapizzawh.com/west-hartford/

We talked about:

One Bite Pizza Review (minute 2.00)

Podcast Sponsors (minute  4.50)

Skiing (minute 7.40)

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to owning Luna Pizza (minute 9.20)

Alex’s Favorite Restaurant and 4 Dinner Guests(minute 12.30)

Marsha’s Questions (minute 17.20)

Crazy Questions (sponsored by Donut Crazy) (minute 22)

Funny Yankees Story (minute 25)

Yankee Game: First, Last, Best, Worst  (minute 28)

Favorite Teacher (minute 34)

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Honoree (minute 36)

Pizza Tasting (minute 38)

Daniele from Daswani   (minute 41)

What makes Chris Flanagan a good #friend? (minute 44)

Questions (minute 46)

Recommendations (minute 50)

Behind the Scenes Pizza Making (minute 53)

Podcast Sponsors: 

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

GastoPark - www.thegastropark.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net

Marsha McCurdy Adell is the Deputy Fire Marshal for the West Hartford Fire Department. 

It was great to sit down, talk and sing with Marsha. 

860-561-8316

[email protected]

We talked about:

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being Deputy Fire Marshall (minute 2.00)

Swindled Podcast (minute 5.30)

Fire Calls: First, Last, Best, Worst  (minute 7.20)

Why become a firefighter? (minute 16)

First Black Female Firefighter (minute 20)

Five year old Feeney set a fire (minute 24)

Living in West Hartford (minute 28)

Zoe’s letter (minute 31)

Crazy Questions (sponsored by Donut Crazy) (minute 34)

Certified BBQ Judge (minute 42)

Political Strategist (minute 44.40)

Golftec (minute 47)

Certified Sommelier (minute 49.20)

Wine Tasting (minute 54)

Marsha’s Favorite Restaurant and 4 Dinner Guests(minute 1.02)

Finish the Song (minute 1.20)

State Game (minute 1.28)

Closing Remarks (minute 1.30)

Podcast Sponsors: 

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

GastoPark - www.thegastropark.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net

Kate Farrar is the State Representative of the 20th District.

860-240-8585

[email protected]

It was great to sit down and talk with Kate.

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being good a State Rep (minute 2.30)

Diwali (minute 5.20)

Juneteenth (minute 7.15)

Kate’s Favorite Teacher (minute 9.35)

Chan is a volunteer firefighter (minute 17)

Toy Drive at Sockstarz (minute 21)

Connecticut Foodhshare (minute 22.44)

Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund (minute 24.20)

Regionalized School Bill (minute 25)

Gas Stoves Bill (minute 29)

Hunting Bill (minute 31)

16 Year Olds Voting Bill (minute 34)

Doro Marketplace (minute 40)

Hot Basil (minute 47)

Kate’s Favorite Restaurant (minute 49)

UConn or Syracuse? (minute 56)

Daisy’s Dazzled Creations (minute 1.05)

Westfield Bank (minute 1.06)

Dice Game (minute 1.07)

Waterbury! (minute 1.13)

Questions (minute 1.18)

Teaching (minute 1.23)

Closing Remarks (minute 1.25)

Podcast Sponsors:

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

GastoPark - www.thegastropark.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net

Colleen Conway owns Ogham Art. 

https://oghamart.com

It was great to sit down, talk and play “Friends of Jeopardy” with Colleen Conway. 

We talked about:

Origin of Ogham Art (minute 2)

Visiting Ireland (minute 7.30)

The Ogham Alphabet (minute 10)

The Ogham Art website (minute 14) 

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being good at Ogham Art (minute 20.30)

Special guest, Matt from Maximum Beverage (minute 27)

Friends of Jeopardy (minute 36)

Special gift from Colleen (minute 1.23)

Sponsors for St. Patrick’s Day Parade (minute 1.28)

Johnny’s Jog for Charity (minute 1.30)

Ogham: First, Last, Best, Worst (minute 1.36)

Colleen’s Favorite Teacher (minute 1.40)

Four Dinner Guests (minute 1.49)

Crazy Questions (sponsored by Donut Crazy) (minute 1.52)

Daisy’s Dazzled Creations (minute 1.56)

Podcast Sponsors: 

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

GastoPark - www.thegastropark.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net

DaJohn Milner is an Adult Pathways Associate for The Urban League of Greater Hartford. 

www.ulgh.org 

140 Woodland St

Hartford, CT

06105

860-527-0147

We talked about:

Work Force Coordinator for The Urban League of Greater Hartford (minute 2)

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being a Work Force Coordinator (minute 3.30)

Making Connections (minute 5)

The Johnny L. McGhee Sr. Memorial Scholarship (minute 7)

Minority Business Network at Luna Pizza (minute 10)

Javil “Jah” John (minute 12.30)

DaJohn's Favorite Teacher (minute 14)

Work Day: First, Last, Best, Worst (minute 15.50)

Dress for Success Event (minute 20)

Sociology degrees (minute 22)

Daisy’s Dazzled Creations (minute 26)

Five Year Plan (minute 28)

Crazy Questions (sponsored by Donut Crazy) (minute 33)

Feeney met Jadakiss (minute 38)

Suggestions (minute 43)

Rock, Paper, Scissors for Hot Sauce (minute 48)

DaJohn’s Favorite Restaurant & 4 Dinner Guests (minute 53)

Losing his Father (minute 57)

Upcoming Events (minute  58.30)

JCC Basketball League (minute 1.00)

Closing Remarks (minute 1.02)

Podcast Sponsors: 

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

GastoPark - www.thegastropark.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net

John Decker is the Senior Vice President and Branch Director of RBC Wealth Management.

https://us.rbcwealthmanagement.com/john.decker/home 

It was great to celebrate the birthday of my #friend, John Decker!

We talked about:

Podcast Sponsors (minute 1)

Happy Birthday, John! (minute 2)

Elmwood (minute 3)

Coaching Sports (minute 9)

Rabbi Steven Chatinover (minute 12)

Elmwood Pastry Shop birthday cake celebration (minute 15)

Decker asked Feeney, 3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford) to being a Teacher (minute 17)

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being a Financial Planning (minute 20.00)

The Stock Market (minute  22)

“Friends R Us” tees (minute 28)

Bird Game (minute 31)

Dice Game (minute 34)

Death and dying (minute 39)

Yard Goats fundraiser for The Parenti Family (minute 42)

Decker’s Favorite Restaurant (minute 48)

Being Senior Vice President (minute 53)

Running for Congress (minute 58)

Business for Downtown Hartford (minute 1.05)

Rapid Fire with Index Cards (minute 1.07)

Rapid Fire with Index Cards (minute 1.07)

Recommendations (minute 1.10)

Dumb and Dumber quotes (minute 1.14)

Elmwood Bakery (minute 1.17)

Decker’s BIG PROMISE (minute 1.19)

Podcast Sponsors:

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

GastoPark - www.thegastropark.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net