Goodbye, Mr. Burton

We gathered at the historic Center Church in Hartford on Saturday to say goodbye to Aldene Burton, who was struck and killed by a bus on Dec. 7, and leave a hole as big as the world to those of us who knew and loved him. Mr. Burton was a man like no other — a …

When we end homelessness in CT…

…it will be in no small part because of people like Aldene Burton, who was killed last week in Hartford. I wrote this for Mother Courant.

RIP, Aldene Burton

We don’t know all the details yet, but graceful writer and gentle soul Aldene Burton died Monday after he was hit by a bus in Wethersfield, Conn. Aldene had been homeless for years, though he’d recently been housed. He was an advocate. He was a warrior. And we will miss him.