Train wreck redo
By Mike Nicastro This past week the Bristol’s Economic & Community Development Commission (ECD) in conjunction with the Downtown subgroup (tasked with overseeing Centre Square) made simple but meaningful modifications…
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An old-time movie, a Board of Ed resolution and a second chance for Wheeler Clinic, perhaps
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have decided to sleep in after a babysitting stint Saturday night so the parents might get out for a belated…
Another storm, a couple of losses and a good conversation begins
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the storm will have passed, and it will have turned out we did okay, unlike some other areas of the state and further up…
New snow plowing machine debuts in 1897
Complied by Dave Greenleaf 150 Years Ago – January 1872 Mr. C.S. Bailey was cruelly attacked and badly injured last Thursday at the shop of J.H. Sessions by a shopmate…
Some venting, a new letters policy and a book on the working-class
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the ice is still with us, sort of. It is definitely in the air, but it is also there underfoot, in patches, so that when I…
Welcome to Bristol’s Own Twilight Zone
By Michael Nicastro My apologies in advance to the late Rod Serling. But, imagine if you will a newly elected mayor and city council who in the first 45 days of…
Freezing, no fun. Snow, something to look forward to
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will be waiting for the freezing rain and sleet with some trepidation, and when it doesn’t arrive on time at 7 a.m., I…
Truth, Lies, and Lust: How Bristol’s Rev. Theodore Beussel Was Led to Sedition–Part II
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…
Truth, Lies, and Lust: How Bristol Rev. Theodore Beussel Was Led to Sedition–Part I
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,…
Seems to me the mayor hates his job
By Michael Nicastro There is no doubt that our current mayor regrets ever being elected to run the city. All you have to do is see his social media posts where…
Compiled by Dave Greenleaf 150 Years Ago – December 1871 Christmas was very generally celebrated in town according to the fashion of the times, the custom of the churches and…
Wheeler decision the equivalent of an economic train wreck
By MIchael Nicastro Well, you have to give the new City of Bristol administration credit. I thought for sure it would be at least six months before they thoroughly derailed economic…
Happy New Year! ‘A Wonderful Life,’ one more time in 2022
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Christmas will be behind us, but what a good day (and a good week, too). The day brought most of us together at home…
Christmas preparations, a trip into Hartford and a look back at two recent city council decisions
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have ventured out for another production at Hartford Stage, and Christmas preparations at 163 Goodwin St. are well under way….
Comfort in holiday routine; thoughts about council meeting
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have picked, cut, and transported our Christmas tree home. We will have run a few errands and delivered gifts to…
Simple, right? Find a test and then rest easy.
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, we were to have headed out for our Christmas tree and together shopped for some Christmas gifts, in person but a good drive which…
Leaves wait until this rainy, snowy weekend
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will finally have gotten to the leaves, which have been on the list of chores, but there have been other priorities,…
A long week but never boring–not when there are kids involved!
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have been babysitting for the 21-month-old for the second day while his mom preps for one of those certification tests…
Some chores, with a little help from one of the kids
By David Fortier Come Sunday Morning, the third oldest will have returned home to help with some chores, mostly ones, I ordinarily would have undertaken myself. Ordinarily relates to that…
Post-election and a historic shift in power
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning the weather will have turned the corner—we are in a wintry chill, getting ready for Thanksgiving—and our clocks will have been turned back an…