By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the Mum Festival will continue on Memorial Boulevard and the field at Bristol Arts and Innovation Magnet School–not exactly the morning, but at noon….
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Boys Soccer St. Paul 5, Wilby 1 Football Bristol Central 32, Milford 21 Bristol Eastern 17, Rockville 14 Naugatuck 42, St. Paul 7 Girls soccer Southington 3, Bristol Central 2…
By Bob Montgomery The late Thomas, Sr, Lorenzetti and family I first met former St. Anthony’s basketball player Tom Lorenzetti, Jr. when his son, by the same name, played for…
By David Fortier The 62nd Mum Festival, with the theme “A Mumtastic Time for All,” kicks off this evening with its opening ceremony honoring this year’s Hometown Heroes, CERT (Bristol’s…
Plainville (6-2) defeated Bristol Eastern (1-5-2) ,1-0, Thursday afternoon, scoring a late goal to secure the victory. In a tale of two halves, the Lancers had more of the play…
Boys Soccer Manchester 4, Bristol Central 2 Plainville 1, Bristol Eastern 0 Girls Soccer Hall 4, Bristol Eastern 0 Volleyball St. Paul 3, Crosby 0
P.S. For some folks, you can never be too obvious and for others, too serious. Weather If you’re keeping score at home, mainly cloudy and kind of murky. Opaque, if…
Memorial Boulevard will be closed from Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. for the Mum Festival until Monday, Sept. 30, at 7 a.m., the Bristol Police Dept. announced yesterday in…
By David Fortier When the call arrived, Bristol Fire Chief Richard Hart did not see it coming. Being honored as the grand marshal of the 62nd Mum Festival Parade, just…
The Mum Festival recognizes CERT volunteers for their invaluable, often unheralded contributions to community events and emergency services. They provide training in disaster response and support city functions like traffic control and shelters during emergencies. CERT seeks new members to enhance their assistance and educational outreach throughout Bristol.
By David Fortier A builder seeking approval to construct an open space development on the former Schaffrick property off Perkins Street has had a request to bring boring equipment for…
By Jack Krampitz When Bristol Eastern’s Leah Roy suffered a serious knee injury in March of 2023, it knocked her out of commission for nine long months, causing her to…
The inaugural cycle of the Louise Lauretano DeMars Love of Art Fund will open Oct. 1, it was announced by the Main Street Community Foundation yesterday. “In speaking with Louise…
Residents and other stakeholders city-wide can add their voices to proposed changes involving environmental standards of the city’s zoning regulations in a public virtual meeting to be held Thursday, Oct….
For the eighth time since 2013, Wheeler Health has been recognized as a “Top Workplace” by Hartford Courant Top Workplaces, based on confidential employee feedback, it was announced by Wheeler in a…
It’s about time. Weather 71 rain and generally blah. Maybe a thunderstorm. Egad, what’s the world coming to? From the desk of Aeschylus “In the lack of judgment great harm…
City meetings today, Thursday, Sept. 26, include the following: Storm Water Trust, 9 a.m. Meeting Room 1-2, city hall. Fire Commission, 6 p.m. Council chambers, city hall. For virtual meeting…
The Bristol Central cross country teams ran against Lewis Mills and Berlin in Burlington on Tuesday. The Central boys defeated Berlin by a score of 18-45, but lost to Lewis…
Boys Cross Country Bristol Central 18, Berlin 45 Lewis Mills 22, Bristol Central 24 Girls Cross Country Bristol Central 15, Lewis Mills 50 Berlin 19, Bristol Central 44 Girls Swimming…
By Laura Bailey The Carousel Museum is set to host the “Girls in STEAM” event next month, inviting young women and girls to explore their potential in Science, Technology, Engineering,…