Grateful–even if masked and socially distanced
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning all the plans for our socially distanced Easter celebration will have come to pass—sauces simmered, salad prepped, presents wrapped—and all that will be left…
Articles by David Fortier
Term limits receives further scrutiny
By David Fortier A misguided decision in 2013, allowing term limits to appear on the local ballot, has consequences for some candidates running in this year’s municipal elections. In addition,…
This one flew by. Why is that?
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the week will have flown by. That is not always the case. Some weeks never seem to end, so this makes me wonder why…
Voting bills, to watch; sunshine and spring, to enjoy!
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, spring will have sprung and Day Light Savings time will be the new norm; it always takes a bit to adjust, and I have…
Words matter, always have
By Anna Bedell Twitter suspended more than 150,000 accounts supporting QAnon conspiracy theories earlier this week, according to CBS. Conspiracy theories are on the rise. They have been the bane…
Signs of progress and a brighter future. It’s up to us.
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will have dissected a cow eye with a physiology-anatomy class at school and I will have checked out Bristol Bucks, a new initiative…
Vaccinated and yet in a holding pattern
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will have been vaccinated, and Mary, too. We are both in the 55-65 age group: I am a teacher. She put her name…
A birthday, a bat in the kitchen and BOE meetings
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning … I will have returned to the classroom after three weeks or so of quarantine and it was like the old saying, climbing back…
Two views: Should teachers be vaccinated before reopening schools?
By Jeffrey Caggiano, Republican Teachers are the lifeblood of our school system. I personally have a strong connection to two educators as my mother retired from the Bristol Public School…
Ice skating at Rockwell. How about that!
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning the snow will have stopped, even earlier on Saturday, and while there is new precipitation just over the horizon on Monday, there is no…
Looking ahead to Sunday
Look forward to some Sunday reading with The Bristol Edition Rit Carter’s exclusive –“Following the trail of an escaped slave who made Bristol his home.” David Fortier’s weekly column —…
Local doctor, an all-star in baseball and life
By Anna Bedell People in town know Dr. Charles “Randy” Robinson as an ophthalmologist, but few people know that in 2020 he became an All-Star baseball player. Robinson plays for a local amateur…
Pop culture website offers to assist local businesses
Barstool Sports, a pop culture website, is offering help to small business owners that are impacted by COVID, by helping keep them stay afloat during the pandemic. The New York Pickle Deli in Rocky Hill, Gaetano’s…
A verdict and life goes on, but wouldn’t have been nice if …
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will have spent every available moment listening to the second impeachment of the former president. (And of course, we all know the verdict.) It…
A Super Bowl and more of the same
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, with the Super Bowl on the horizon one of the big issues that arose in family texts was whether to root for Tom Brady…
Mayor Zoppo-Sassu discusses progress over the past year and challenges ahead
TBE caught up with Mayor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu earlier on Thursday. We talked about some of the challenges facing Bristol over the past year, progress during that time, and what is…
Civil discourse here at home
By David Fortier First, some musing about the national scene. Despite the constant reiteration from the national media, I don’t think we are as divided a country as reported. Get…
History — and things go on as they always do
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, our little TBE gang will have gathered at Jack’s house, wearing masks; at least one of us will phone in. At Jack’s we will…
The longest week–or maybe just one more
By David Fortier The week dragged on, in some way three weeks long rather than one, and I can’t help thinking it had as much to do with coronavirus and…
Outage on Federal Hill
One-hundred ninety-one residences on Federal Hill lost power around 7:45 p.m. this evening, Eversource has reported on his power outage map. The site stated that power should be restored around…