By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the Bristol Boys and Girls Club will have completed its second consecutive sold out gala. Something chief executive office Jay Maia pointed out in…
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By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the UConn men’s basketball team will have rolled to its second national title in two years, a tribute to the players and coaches, and…
By Jack Krampitz Hiam A. Suckor, a life-long Bristol resident, bought 200 Powerball tickets for last Saturday’s $1.4 billion drawing but unfortunately did not have the winning ticket. Hiam was…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, UConn men’s basketball team will have defeated a feisty Alabama in a clinical, if not surgical, manner. Team is the critical term here–the starters…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, UConn men’s basketball team will have broken away from Illinois at half time and never looked back. For a while in that first half,…
Come Sunday morning, UConn men’s and women’s program will have played their first contests and come away looking good. It’s nice to see Bristol’s Donovan Clingan making a contribution. Let’s…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, St. Patrick’s Day will be here. Earlier in the week, I cheated a bit when I had a healthy helping of corned beef cabbage…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the clocks will have sprung ahead an hour. Just thinking about another change makes my head spin. I am all for cutting out the…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the week will have flown by. That said, Mary and I got out both Friday and Saturday nights. On Friday, we attended the Hartford…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, another grandchild will have had a 4th birthday party–pizza, cake and cupcakes, and lots of presents and lots of family. Among the presents, a…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the snow will have been behind us, well, for the most part because who saw the almost- or even more-than a foot that fell…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have finished a long but pleasant week. Each of us had grandchild duty two times each, along with dog sitting…
David Fortier reflects on a busy week featuring a visit to Hartford Stage’s “Simona’s Search,” addressing trauma’s impact on children. He shares local event schedules, discusses engaging readings, and highlights the growth of The Bristol Edition, a nonprofit journalism project. The publication transitions to a membership model for accessing articles.
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, one of our kids will have celebrated birthday No. 37–a big day, spent hanging out with the kids at home. Sounds kind of nice….
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the temperatures will be hovering around 11 degrees and the day looks to be cold and blustery. The night before, however, at The Rockwell…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, most of the snow from last weekend’s storm will have disappeared, the winds will have kicked up and, looking ahead, there may or may…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the snow will have arrived. Forecasts through the week have predicted from 7 inches at one point to 12 at another. On Saturday, we…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, things will have quieted down considerably from Christmas when we had a full house, ate pretty much everything and just had a great time….
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the house will have been cleaned from top to bottom, three pies baked and ready, menu set, presents wrapped as Christmas music plays 24/7…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have been to another great show–and we did not have to travel out of town for it. John Beardsley, a…