By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the family is planning an outing to Tonn’s Marketplace where Smetana, the food truck featuring Eastern European fare run by Bristolite Nick Valenta, will…
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By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, most of the national elections will have been decided, but not all of them. Locally, Bristol has several new representatives, Joe Hoxha (R) and…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the clocks will have been set back an hour, back to Eastern Standard Time, not Daylight Savings Time, and I will be fine with…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, we will have had time to stop and reflect about the previous week. Each time, I saw a police car, either zipping up the Avenue…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the city will be reeling from Wednesday night’s tragic shooting, leaving two Bristol police officers dead, one injured, and two others, one dead and…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will be waiting to see if my iPhone has dried out after it slipped out of my pocket and dropped, where else, in…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the remnants of storm Ian will be in the air, whipped up winds, some rain fall, cooler temperatures. One of the events that has…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, TBE will have completed a full day at the Mum Festival where we had a booth and met a bunch of people who signed…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, people across the country will stop for a moment of silence in remembrance of the horror that was 9/11. I recall that day, I…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, TBE will be meeting after a week off. We have plenty to discuss, beginning with the news that there will be a public hearing of…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will be joining the family for a weekend on the Connecticut shore. It’s the first time that we have vacationed as…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will be rousing ourselves at home after a long Saturday in Norwalk when we babysat two of the three grandkids. Mom…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the heat continues to be oppressive. I had managed to avoid it for Thursday and Friday, since I was away at a conference at…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the youngest son will have landed in Australia with his partner for an adventure that will last for at least one year. Allison will…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the house project will have progressed a little, of course, not as quickly as I would like it. Two rooms await the return of…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have heard from one of the kids that at least two members of the family have come down with COVID-19,…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will be deep into a home improvement project. Yes, in the midst of family texts and Facetiming, work and campaigning for…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, there have been more revelations about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. capitol, another babysitting gig, and a Saturday family picnic, celebrating July…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the hope is the cardinal that has been outside our bedroom window will still be there to greet us, the cardinal along with the…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will be preparing for a family party, this time a going away party for child No. 3, who is coming close…