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…
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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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.”…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Still looking for the words
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning I still did not have the words for what happened on Wednesday. They, the words, will come eventually, but…
The week brings bright spots amid more testing
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will have had my 6th test for Covid. There have been several exposures at school, and then the…
Some memories of events that defined us and helped us get through 2020
Editor’s note: Anna Bedell, who joined TBE earlier this month, is completing an online degree in journalism at Harvard. These stories are part of her…