Happy 35th birthday to the 3-pointer in scholastic hoops
By Michael Letendre The evolution of the 3-pointer in scholastic hoop started during the 1986-87 campaign and in Bristol – at the public high school level – the use of…
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Bristol Eastern’s Schenck heading to Springfield College to play a little football
By Michael Letendre The Bristol Eastern football program has some players on the move, student-athletes that will be taking their skills to the next level. And Logan Schenck, a versatile…
Bristol Central’s boys hoop schedule looking a bit different due to the pandemic
By Michael Letendre The pandemic has put the entire winter scholastic schedule in such disarray that a certain local basketball team, which was originally dealing with an ultra-competitive CCC Interdivisional…
Central’s girls basketball big winner over BE in first showdown of 1994
By Michael Letendre As the scholastic winter sports season is finally arriving – in terms of basketball and boys swimming at least – the upcoming schedule has some intriguing city…
1918 pandemic and Bristol: the how and the who? — Part IV
By Rit Carter As the sun rose Monday, Oct. 7, 1918, at 6:53 a.m., Bristol Police Detective Edward Cullem rose his stocky 5’10″ frame and readied himself for work. Despite…
Bristol Rotary Club announces 2021 scholarship applications are available
The Bristol Rotary Club is announcing that it is now accepting applications for its annual Karl J. Schwartz College Scholarship Program. All the details are in the press release seen…
Bristol CERT to Conduct All Heart Food Drive in February to support the Agape House and Bristol Housing Authority Resident Assistance
Bristol’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will be conducting a food drive which will begin on Monday, February 1 and run through Sunday, February 14. The food drive will consist…
BE’s Ella Nichols ranked nationally in recently released scholastic wrestling poll
By Michael Letendre Since 2001, our friend over at Connecticut Wrestling Online, Gerry deSimas Jr., continues to keep fans of scholastic and collegiate wrestling in the know. And despite the…
Bristol Historical Society sets Annual Scholarship Dinner for February 18
Below is this year’s announcement of the Bristol Historical Society’s Annual Scholarship Fundraiser Dinner, set for Thursday, February 18. This year, you can EAT IN or TAKE OUT your dinner…
Scholarship Applications Now Available from Main Street Community Foundation
The Main Street Community Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications from local students for the 2021-2022 academic year. All eligibility criteria and links to the online applications are available on…
Bristol receives Community Connectivity Grant from the Connecticut Department of Transportation to expand pedestrian connectivity downtown
The City of Bristol announced the award of a Community Connectivity Grant from the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation inthe amount of $439,405 to help improve and expand pedestrian…
Bristol Central wrestling victorious in this week’s scholastic flashback
By Michael Letendre Every Wednesday in January was always a special day in the city of Bristol because it meant the scholastic wrestling squads were in action, hitting the mats…
Phelan’s half-court bomb led BE boys hoop squad to historic victory twenty-two years ago
By Michael Letendre On January 26, 1999, the Bristol Eastern boys basketball squad battled Newington in a CCC South confrontation from the Thomas M. Monahan Gymnasium. And in that contest…
Springfield College’s Trelli ranked nationally in latest NCAA III wrestling poll
By Michael Letendre Manheim, Pa. – Just because COVID-19 cancelled the collegiate season for several NCAA programs, there’s still plenty going on behind the scenes. And in terms of wrestling rankings,…
World Interfaith Harmony Week celebration in Bristol
The Bristol Interfaith Coalition is announcing the schedule for the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week. Because of COVID restrictions, the events will be online this year. Below you see…
History — and things go on as they always do
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, our little TBE gang will have gathered at Jack’s house, wearing masks; at least one of us will phone in. At Jack’s we will…
Boys and Girls hoop needs a state championship round in 2021
By Michael Letendre Over the last two scholastic seasons, COVID-19 has played havoc with the winter scholastic schedule – knocking out, not one, but two championship postseason tournaments. I agreed…
Portrait of Bristol clockmaker arrives at the American Clock & Watch Museum
On Thursday, December 10, 2020, a portrait of clockmaker Eli Bartholomew returned to Bristol, finding a new home at the American Clock & Watch Museum. The Museum was the winning…
The postseason isn’t for everyone in scholastic sports
By Michael Letendre It’s been a tough year for scholastic sports in Connecticut with cancellations, postponements, and limited postseason entanglements. Starting with the fall campaign, the scholastic season was delayed…
Parks Deputy Superintendent Sara Larson named to National Parks and Recreation Association’s “30 Under 30” List
The City of Bristol Parks, Recreation, Youth & Community Services (BPRYCS)Deputy Superintendent, Sarah Larson, has been named to the National Parks and Recreation Association’s 2021 “30 Under 30” young professionals…