By Rit Carter Concerned about the development of a property that will encroach upon their neighborhood, the Save the Gloria Dei Church Forest grassroots group held its first meeting Tuesday…
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By Rit Carter A portion of the border between Bristol and Plainville is delineated by Camp Street, which runs north and south between the two towns. There is a slight…
By Rit Carter The holiday shopping season unofficially kicked off last Saturday in Bristol with the annual St. Gregory Craft Fair at the CCD Center on Stafford Avenue. Judging by…
The short version Tuesday night, shortly after 8 p.m., Bristol office seekers who have worked for more than a year on their campaigns away from their family and friends, will…
Note: This article requires 25 to 35 minutes to read. Enjoy! By Rit Carter Part 1 — Who are You? One hundred years ago today, Bristol residents welcomed clear blue…
Customers looking to drop off packages or buy stamps at the ShopRite Post Office on Farmington Ave. will be shocked to discover that it is permanently closed as of this…
The Bristol Police Department was born in November 1893 when Howard Arms was appointed Chief of Police. Before the end of the year, Irving Shubert, T.J. Miller, and George Oviatt…
Last night in the midst of the tragic police shooting in Bristol, LifeStar was dispatched to Bristol Hospital, not the scene. According to FlightAware, the helicopter (N146HH) had just completed…
After 24 years as Bristol Town & City Clerk, Therese Pac was told Friday by Mayor Jeffrey Caggiano that her contract will not be renewed. “We will be moving in…
By Rit Carter Following a 55-year absence, the 100-year-old replica statue of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom who once stood in the halls of Bristol High School on Memorial…
By Rit Carter On Sept. 24, 1964, The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (The Warren Commission) presented its 888-page final report to President Lyndon B. Johnson. The…
by Rit Carter and Jack Krampitz Rep. Cara Pavalock-D’Amato is a darling of Bristol’s Republican Party. She is a strong proponent of the second amendment, a dyed-in-the-wool Trump supporter, and…
Damien Cregeau With a crisis raging in Ukraine and an eye towards current events, this Thursday, at 7 p.m., the Bristol Historical Society presents Damien Cregeau, an independent historian from…
By Rit Carter On any given day, you never know what may come through the doors at the Bristol Historical Society. And that is precisely what happened in December when…
By Rit Carter and Jack KrampitzTuesday night, in the city council chambers with every seat nearly filled and an overflow crowd consuming the outer reaches of the room, and with…
Following the excitement generated at Wednesday’s Board of Education (BOE) meeting, which resulted in the BOE authoring a resolution requesting that policymaking be returned to the local boards of education,…
It is hard to believe that it was only one month ago that the city council torpedoed the proposed Wheeler Project to bring their headquarters downtown because, in the interim,…
The Bristol Police Department is investigating a hacking incident at City Hall involving a recent virtual downtown development workshop last Saturday. As the meeting was underway, the hacker struck with…
By Rit Carter Part II Theodore Beussel around 1914 VII The Arrest Affidavits by Leonora C. Murphy and Mr. and Mrs. Kerr At first light on May 28, 1918, cool…
By Rit Carter Part I Reverend Theodore Beussel “Somebody must have made a false accusation against Joseph K., for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong.”Franz Kafka,…