Barnes Group to be sold for $3.6 billion
Barnes Group will be acquired by an asset management firm for $3.6 billion, according to a release on the company’s website. The release states that Barnes Group will continue to…
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Builder holds up project to allow city to pursue funding for property abutting Hoppers-Birge Pond Preserve
By David Fortier An open space development off Perkins Street has been put on hold to allow the city to pursue funding to purchase the entire 10-plus acres of private…
West Cemetery Lanter Tours begin at 6 p.m.
The West Cemetery Lantern Tours will be held today and tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 5 and 6, starting every 20 minutes beginning at 6 p.m. The guided tours through…
Dress rehearsal for Lantern Tour this evening at Bristol Historical Society
A dress rehearsal of this year’s Lantern Tours at West Cemetery will be held this evening, Friday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m., at the Bristol Historical Society. Reservations for the dress rehearsal are…
NAACP’s Annual Freedom Fund Banquet tickets on sale
The West Hartford Chief of Police Vernon Reddick and recently retired Bristol Chief of Police Brian Gould will be keynote speakers and honorees, respectively, at this year’s Greater Bristol chapter…
Wheeler’s Annual Golf Classic raises $60,000
More than 150 golfers, sponsors, volunteers and friends raised nearly $60,000 in this year’s Wheeler’s 39th Annual Golf Classic at the Country Club of Farmington, Wheeler announced recently. Proceeds will support…
Friends group encouraged by city plan to pursue open space grant for property bordering Hoppers-Birge Pond Preserve
By David Fortier A local group fighting the development of private land abutting the Hoppers-Birge Pond Preserve is very encouraged by the news that the city of Bristol is seeking…
Lantern tours return this weekend, Lake Compounce Phanton Fall Fest underway
West Cemetery Lantern tours return this weekend This West Cemetery Lantern tours return this year with a new twist, an open dress rehearsal prior to the real thing. New this…
A Mum Festival Parade wends its way through a steady rain and still thrills — more photos from the day
Sunday’s 62nd Mum Festival took place under cloudy skies and what started as a fine mist and turned to a steady rain–and the participants brought their best smiles and moves,…
Mum Festival auto show, a treat
The Mum Festival Auto Show drew a number of classic vehicles to the Bristol Arts and Innovation Magnet School on Memorial Boulevard during this year’s Mum Festival celebration. The show…