Bristol in earlier days – July
From the annals of the Bristol Press Compiled by Dave Greenleaf 150 Years Ago – July 1871 Bristol High School closed today. The total number of scholars registered was 170….
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Farmer’s Market opens again this Saturday
The Bristol Farmers Market will return to downtown on Saturday, July 10 from 10 am until 1 pm at Centre Square. The July 10th Farmers Market will feature music by Wavy McGrady. The Bristol Police Department will…
Bristol 10 year olds start strong in District 5 Softball tournament with 13-0 win over Farmington
After rain postponed Tuesday’s game, District play in the 10 year old Little League softball division began from Wallingford’s Pragmann Park on Wednesday, as Bristol drew Farmington in the opening…
Bristol American Legion Baseball Notebook: Rain, rain, go away!
By Michael Letendre Will the Bristol American Legion baseball team ever play a game again this year? Mother Nature hasn’t been Post 2’s friend as of late as Bristol’s last…
DeAngelo finishes memorable scholastic track & field career with one final race at national event
By Michael Letendre EUGENE, OREGON – Maybe Bristol Central track & field stud Nate DeAngelo didn’t perform as well as he would have liked on the final day of The Outdoor…
The Surgue’s are hitting the ice at the 2021 ShopRite Nutmeg State Games this Saturday in Newington
By Michael Letendre The 2021 ShopRite Nutmeg State Games will soon be off and running and this Saturday, three local favorites will be in competition. And these three are familiar…
Bristol Juniors win District 5 Softball Championship, 18-5 over Meriden.
After four days of rain stopped play, Bristol ran off with the lead late in the district championship with a 18-5 victory over Meriden on Saturday. Bristol’s Desiree Nickerson led…
Bristol Interfaith Coalition to host tree planting at Rockwell Park
The Bristol Interfaith Coalition will host its first in-person event in eighteen months on Saturday, July 10 at 10 a.m. Nighthawk Flying will lead the group in a traditional Native…
TBE Weekly Calendar
Monday, July 5- Tuesday, July 6- Ordinance Committee, 5:30, City Hall First floor meeting room; Special City Council Meeting, 5:45, City Council Chambers; Fire Board-Special Meeting, 6:00, City Council Chambers;…
Bristol American Legion Baseball Notebook: Beaucar’s excellent effort against Avon helped to tighten up Zone 1 race
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – Before the Bristol American Legion baseball team fell to Meriden this past Thursday (9-4), the locals were engaged in a huge battle against Avon the…
TBE Sports Sunday: Lishness calls it a career; steps down from the Bristol Eastern wrestling program (Part 1)
By Michael Letendre After the scholastic wrestling season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic this past winter, Bristol Eastern high school wrestling coach Bryant Lishness made the toughest…
TBE Sports Sunday: Friday Night Lights making a comeback in the Mum City
By Michael Letendre Are you ready for some scholastic football this fall? You know, 11-v-11 football that was missed last season due to the pandemic? Next month, practice begins for…
TBE Sports Sunday: The Bristol Merchants improved by 16 games in 2002
By Michael Letendre TBE’s investigation the history of the Bristol Merchants of the Greater Hartford Twilight Baseball League continues this week – focusing on the franchises’ second season in 2002. …
Bristol Central’s Donovan Clingan commits to UCONN
By Michael Letendre For quite some time, basketball fans from the Mum City have been eagerly anticipating a decision by Bristol Central’s All-State boys basketball star Donovan Clingan on where…
Meriden American Legion baseball scores five late runs to topple Bristol, 9-4, in Zone 1 battle on Thursday
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – The Bristol and Meriden American Legion baseball teams battled to a 4-4 stalemate going into the seventh inning of its Zone 1 showdown from Muzzy…
Bristol Juniors Softball blows out Meriden, 22-1
After play was halted due to rain and lightning on Tuesday with Bristol leading Meriden 11-0 after one full inning, Bristol easily did away with Meriden by a final score…
Bristol traffic advisory for July 1
The City of Bristol is advising residents that on Thursday, July 1, from 7am until late into the evening, Eversource Gas will be doing construction from East Street moving west…
Cruz, Bristol American Legion Baseball nabs another shutout – dropping Berlin by a 6-0 push to win fourth straight Zone 1 contest
By Michael Letendre BERLIN – After a fast start by the Bristol American Legion baseball team at Berlin on Tuesday, even a 41-minute rain delay couldn’t dampen the efforts from…
Shop for all your weekend get-together needs at the Bristol Farmers Market on Saturday, July 3rd
The Bristol Farmers Market will be held on Saturday, July 3rd from 10 am until 1 pm at Centre Square so the community can shop for all their Fourth of July picnic needs….
Bristol CERT is recognized for their efforts during the pandemic and receives a $2,500 donation from the Community Health Center
In November and December, as cases of COVID were on the rise, the Bristol Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) were deployed to assist the Bristol Community Health Center (CHC) with COVID testing. In order to streamline…