The Get-Together Club celebrates its 30th anniversary on Dec. 16, featuring a match between Old Timers teams. Two paintings by Wilfred I Reynolds are exhibited at Tuttle’s. “Stag night” at Dorothy’s attracted 85 male customers. Ray K Linsley, Jr. co-authored “Applied Hydrology.” Girl Scouts prepared Christmas packages for hospital patients. Christmas sales are strong.
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By Maria Caceres New Cambridge Project Collective’s owner James Ferro has brought his brewery to Bristol to fill a gap. “People in Bristol tend to stay in Bristol when it…
![$150 reward [cut of runaway slave] Ranaway from the subscriber, on the night of the 2d instant, a negro man, who calls himself Henry May, ... William Burke, Bardstown, Ky., September 3d, 1838.](https://i0.wp.com/www.bristoledition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/runaway-slave-reward-poster.jpg?resize=260%2C146&quality=89&ssl=1)
Harry Jackson was a runaway slave who became Bristol, Connecticut’s oldest resident, passing away in 1904. His life, a blend of hardship and resilience, unfolded from Paterson, New Jersey, to Bristol, where he integrated into the community. Researching his story revealed limited records, underscoring the importance of preserving his legacy.