By Anna Bedell A summer mentorship workshop for women with disabilities began last Wednesday evening at the Bristol Public Library. The topic for the first workshop in a month-long program…
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Staff report This afternoon, shortly after 1 p.m., three bear cubs emerged from the woods between Mix Street and Coventry Road near the entrance to the pump houses on the…
Valedictorian Hannah Krueger Essayist Gabriella Buonafede Salutatorian Martina Jagielski Bristol Central High School graduated 275 students last Wednesday, led by Valedictorian Hannah Krueger and Salutatorian Martina Jagielski. The theme of…
By David Fortier Two residents seeking a response to the scattering of white supremacist literature in the city spoke up during public participation at the city council meeting last evening. …
The City of Bristol is holding a Clean Up Day this Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to pitch in to help clean specific areas of…
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…
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…
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,…
By Rit Carter and Jack Krampitz The city council’s recent decision to vote down the Wheeler Clinic project is just one more missed opportunity in the long sad history associated…
By Michael Letendre A batch of wintery weather surprised drivers in Bristol and surrounding towns on Wednesday morning, causing slick conditions and forcing school delays and cancellations around the…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the new year will have arrived and no one I know really knows what to expect, but we trudge on just the same, which…
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…
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….
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – The Bristol Eastern football team is desperately looking to finish the season at .500 and how sweet would it be to get to 5-5 with…
By Rit Carter As I watch a light fog wash over the lagoon at Rockwell Park, my walk across Bristol begins. It is 7 a.m., and my destination is Camp…
150 Years Ago – October 1871 The election on Monday resulted in a victory for the democrats except the first selectman is of the opposite party. The report of the…
Compiled by Dave Greenleaf 150 Years Ago – September 1871 A hook and ladder company is in the process of being organized in the village. The town passed a vote…
By Anna Bedell After a non-fatal shooting that occurred on Monday, Aug. 30, at the Huntington Woods apartments, residents were advised as a community in an email by the apartment…
Driving rain from Storm Ida continued from Wednesday afternoon until early Thursday morning, and Bristol’s streams and rivers overflowed in multiple places, causing road blockages, choke points, and commuter frustration…