COVID-19 catches up with us; some heavy reading
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will almost have recovered from a bout of COVID-19. She took the brunt of the virus, with fever, congestion, runny nose, aches…
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A family birthday party — the first of the summer, perhaps — and rising temperatures
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have celebrated the oldest’s 38th birthday along with family and friends, a party which will be interrupted by rain, but…
Happy Mother’s Day greetings–via texts and phone–and a visit from one of the kids and companion, Quinn
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the Happy Mother’s Day greeting will be appearing on the family text thread along with some photos and emojis, and there are just a…
Yard work and a stop at the bakery; repairs underway
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have admired—well, not admired, but commented on our lawn, spotted as it is with wild onion plants—on our way to…
100 years ago city votes to adopt Daylight Savings Time
Compiled by Dave Greenleaf 150 Years Ago – April 1872 The freight train from the west met with disaster just above the North Village. An axle broke throwing off a…
Time for yardwork, a little hoop and a family celebration
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary will have started working a bit in the yard, but the weather is still not ideal—better but not what one might expect this…
Some ricotta cookies from a friend’s recipe, Easter with the kids and other connections among us
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Easter Sunday at the Fortier household, we will have gone to Mass at 8 a.m. and then hit the road for our Easter dinner…
One more time to Hartford Stage for another gem, this time from Neil Simon starring Marsha Mason
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have attended another Hartford Stage production, this time Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers, starring Marsha Mason, who also co-directed. She…
Learning as we grow about how to go about it and keeping our focus–local news
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the week will have wound up with me watching a couple of NCAA basketball games, two women’s games (UConn) and two men’s (Duke and…
Fire by the side of the road saves imbiber 150 years ago
Compiled by Dave Greenleaf 150 Years Ago – March 1872 On Saturday evening there were rowdy times in the saloon neighborhood. Albro Castle, John Atkins, Eugene Lane, Wallace Allen and…
No better time to support TBE than now
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, TBE will have finally set up our links for readers to support our efforts. On our website, there is a green box with the…
BCHS Rams take state championship, a former Ram is celebrated and a challenging listening assignment
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, our Bristol Central Rams boys basketball team will have capped a tremendous season by beating the Northwest Catholic Lions in the Division II state…
More family time while keeping what is happening in Ukraine in mind
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the clocks will have been turned ahead an hour and I will have stopped ranting about why, “Why do we need to play around…
That ’s not funny!
By Jack Krampitz I have been asked lately by the many fans of my humor columns if I was considering submitting another column soon. So I decided to have a meeting…
Tough times for Ukrainians, prayers and the everyday — all of a piece
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the war in Ukraine will have reached its 11th day and I will have started to moderate my exposure to the news, taking in…
Is there Royalty in Bristol’s future? Not soon enough.
By Jack Krampitz I assure you, loyal and earnest readers of the Bristol Edition; as dry and boring as the next seven paragraphs will be, the resulting announcement will bring…
Hospital receives donation of x-ray machine in 1922, McHugh breaks scoring records in 1947
Compiled by Dave Greenleaf 150 Years Ago – February 1872 Some families in town and in Wolcott have been sorely afflicted with Scarlet Fever and some deaths have occurred, but…
Another grandbaby birthday, some upcoming meetings and more plans
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the second of three grandkids will have turned two years old, and enjoyed the big day as only a two-year-old might–pushing through, fighting that…
Snow squalls and TBE future plans
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the temperature will have dipped again to a balmy 18 degrees, with the windchill an even balmier 9 degrees, becoming one of those mornings…
A visit from grandbaby, viewing the Winter Olympics and a council reversal
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, we will have had a visit from one of the kids and grandbaby. That was on Wednesday, and Mary will have had returned the…