Bristol Today — the day in review
2nd city-wide conversation this Wednesday at Rockwell Park The annual conversations event will be held at Rockwell Park on Wednesday August 4, 2021, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., bringing together…
Articles by David Fortier
New pump track at Rockwell bumps and turns
By Rit Carter Sunday afternoon, 5-year-old Ben Fournier and his father, John, were at Rockwell Park enjoying the newly opened Bike Pump Track, a circuit of banked turns, berms and rollers designed for off-road bikes. Ben said his favorite part is…
Recuperating — icing, exercising, napping — not necessarily in that order
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will have had a new knee for just over a week. I have a hard time comprehending this, but I will have been walking…
An experiment and some surgery, one more fun than the other
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will have received a new right knee. The surgery was Friday, so I am guessing that I will be recovering, found a good…
Bristol Today – The day in review – July 22
The Memorial Boulevard Intradistrict Arts Magnet School Committee will hold its regular monthly meeting this evening in the Bristol Board of Education Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. Due to COVID restrictions, members of…
New MBS theater has, at its core, collaboration
By Donovan Wilson With the city resurrecting the old Memorial Boulevard School’s theater, the city may be covering old ground—since the theater has always balanced the needs of the schools and the…
Bristol Today — The day in review
Arts and culture commission meets this evening Among the items on this evening’s City Arts & Culture Commission agenda are two city beautification projects and updates on an application for…
Bristol Today — The day in review
Summer concert features Southern country rock bands Two Southern country rock bands will perform at tonight’s Summer Music Series at Rockwell Park amphitheater. G. Rockwell and the Still River Ramblers…
Bristol Today — The day in review
Public Library accepting book returns indoors Bristol Public Library is now accepting books returns inside. Colorful notices taped to the outdoor return boxes announced the change in policy, beginning today….
‘Welcome Bear’ greets passersby on Woodland St.
By Anna Bedell On the corner of Belridge Rd. and Woodland St., there stands a tall statue of a bear like a totem pole in the front yard, greeting the…
A power outage, again, after the online course ends
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning our TBE gang will have met at Jack’s, for the first time with Donovan Wilson in attendance. We discussed stories that we might cover…
A weird weather week. But aren’t they all? And new contributors
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning a few more trees will have come down on the green, not from the remnants of Storm Elsa but a few days earlier when…
Bristol in earlier days – July
From the annals of the Bristol Press Compiled by Dave Greenleaf 150 Years Ago – July 1871 Bristol High School closed today. The total number of scholars registered was 170….
Celebrating the Fourth and revisiting Monday
By David Fortier Come Sunday Morning, the potato salad and pasta salad Mary and I will be taking to the family Fourth of July picnic will have been whipped up…
Brass and Wind Pops Concert brings out crowd
Maria Salice serenades the crowd gathered for the Bristol Brass and Wind Ensemble Pop Concert at Rockwell Park this Sunday afternoon. (Video by D. Fortier) By David Fortier An audience…
Summertime, grand kids and concerts
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, summertime will have become official with the end of the school year, the first music concert at the Rockwell Park amphitheater, a family birthday party and…
$2 million grant from the state to assist with Sessions building clean up
By David Fortier The city has received a $2 million grant from the state for the rehabilitation of the Sessions building on Riverside Ave. The award ends an almost two-decade…
Black bear lumbers up Anthony Dr.
The Mountain View neighborhood, tucked away in the northeastern section of Bristol along the Farmington and Plainville town line, is relatively quiet, awash in its own rhythms. On any given…
1st concert in summer series draws hundreds to Rockwell amphitheater
Several hundred people came out for the first in the free summer concert series at Rockwell Park. The concert, postponed from Tuesday because of rain, featured pop cover band Darik…
Annual Greek festival fosters community
By Anna Bedell The Zorba Greek Festival is not only an annual three-day event but the heartbeat of the local Greek community, and even more so because of the pandemic….