Zoning commission approves assisted living project
The zoning commission unanimously approved plans, Wednesday, for a 60,000 sq. ft., 5-story building as part of a new assisted living project on the corner of North Main and Rt….
Articles by David Fortier
Exchange Club scholarship winners — 4-Part TBE Podcast special series
Bristol Eastern senior Alyssa Lavoie is on her way to Quinnipiac College. She is one of four Bristol Exchange Club scholarship awardees who agreed to talk with The Bristol Edition…
“Ten Minutes” with Lauren Santiago
Hosted by David Fortier Last week Lisa Maghini Santiago was our guest on “Ten Minutes.” This week we hear from her 20-year old daughter Lauren. A music student at Central…
“Ten Minutes” with Lisa Maghini Santiago
With David Fortier This “Ten Minutes” podcast features Lisa Maghini Santiago, a Bristol native who works at an elementary school in Plainville as a registered behavior technician. She assists teachers…
Hospital announces new test collection hours for public
Beginning Monday, May 4, the hours for the coronavirus test kit collection station at the Bristol Hospital will shift from 8 a.m to 11 a.m. The station will close at…
April 2020 in pictures
Greetings from BCHS (Photo by L. Carter)Greetings from BEHS (Photo by L. Carter)Changes to worship schedules (Photo by L. Carter)A Thank You from Broadview Manor (Photo by D. Fortier)Covid test…
“10 Minutes” with Lindsay Vigue
With David Fortier This “10 Minutes” podcast features Lindsay Vigue of Lindsay Vigue Photography and chair of the City Arts and Culture Commission. Lindsay and her spouse, Jessica, decided to…
Looking back at 1918–Part 2
By Rit Carter In the fall of 1918, newspapers focused their reporting on the Great War. But as the troops engaged the Kaiser, a pandemic raged across the United States…
A new TBE podcast, “10 Minutes,” features conversation with Mayor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu
With David Fortier The Bristol Edition premieres its new podcast, “10 Minutes” with this brief interview featuring Mayor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu. The conversation took place yesterday, April 16, over the phone,…
Covid-19 update — 16 April
By David Fortier Bristol hospital staff with the assistance of school nurses have been managing the lines of cars each morning at the coronavirus collection station so that people aren’t…
Covid-19 update — 10 April
By David Fortier By 8:10 a.m. this morning, 48 cars had lined up at the Bristol Hospital coronavirus specimen collection station, some of the cars with two occupants and many…
Dwindling supply of tests means station closes earlier; Hospital seeks help with gowns
By David Fortier The Coronavirus specimen collection station on the Bristol Hospital campus closed at 10:30 a.m. this morning, according the hospital spokesman Christopher Boyle in a phone conversation this…
Looking back at the Spanish Flu of 1918 and Bristol
By Rit Carter The morning of Sunday September 1, 1918, started like many did in the City of Bristol. Employees at Lake Compounce readied the park for a performance of…
Bristol take-out food list supports local businesses
By David Fortier The Bristol Edition has posted a Google Doc: Where to Find Take-Out Food in Bristol for local Bristol restaurants and eateries to share their information, including hours…
A TBE podcast: Covid-19
Bristol resident and physician’s assistant working in primary care Dondrea Garrison provides background and tips dealing with Covid-19. The podcast should not be considered exhaustive but it is informative and…
WRITING WORKSHOP SEEKS PARTICIPANTS
By David Fortier A free Bristol writing workshop, operating under the umbrella of the City Arts and Culture Commission, is seeking eight participants to begin in September. The goal of the…
No, I don’t have a picture
By David Fortier No, I don’t have any pictures. But they have been here, right in my backyard–a couple of deer and a large brown and white winged hawk. The…
Update: Charter revision recommendations 2019 and the arts magnet school
By David Fortier Jack Krampitz and David Fortier discuss two topics during this 24 minute podcast. The first has to do with the recommendations of the Charter Revision Commission’s recommendations…
Railroad museum has Bristol presence
By David Fortier Steve Casey, Bristol native and railroad enthusiast, met me at the Railroad Museum of New England, in Thomaston, recently, to talk about the museum and his history…
City art commission chair talks all things arts
By David Fortier In a half-hour conversation, City Arts and Culture Commission chair Lindsay Vigue and I discuss the year-old arts commission, its goals for the city, some of its…