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City Council assignments questioned

By Jack Krampitz Over the course of the last four years, Mayor Ken Cockayne has made several changes to the make-up of the committees on which City Council members serve….




Bristol musicians a hit in U.K.

By David Fortier Three Bristol natives, two of them living here and one residing in Florida, are in negotiations with a London label to re-release original songs they wrote, performed…



Slow news: Yarn work delights

[metaslider id=577] (Photos by D. Fortier) By David Fortier Old Story It’s an old story by now, but a group of volunteers organized by former library employee Mary Klaneski, who…






On My Mind 07 08 2016

By David Fortier This past week The Bristol Observer dropped my column. I had been given an ultimatum about a month ago by the publisher, not directly but through an…