75 years ago this week
Week of Nov. 3 to Nov. 9, 1949 State workers who live in Bristol feel the effect of a state initiative to reduce the hours of state employees to 40…
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Bristol Today- the day in review July 24
Farmer’s Market has largest crowd of the year The farmers market had its largest crowds of the year this morning, as the beautiful weather drew many Bristolites to Centre Square….
Bristol Today – The day in review – July 22
The Memorial Boulevard Intradistrict Arts Magnet School Committee will hold its regular monthly meeting this evening in the Bristol Board of Education Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. Due to COVID restrictions, members of…
Bristol in earlier days – July
From the annals of the Bristol Press Compiled by Dave Greenleaf 150 Years Ago – July 1871 Bristol High School closed today. The total number of scholars registered was 170….
Bristol’s Runaway Slaves: Part 1 — Harry Jackson
By Rit Carter I – The End On a mild mid-afternoon on the third day of March in 1904, a horse-drawn hearse adorned in black velvet covers and black plumes…
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…
Looking back at the Spanish Flu of 1918 and Bristol
By Rit Carter The morning of Sunday September 1, 1918, started like many did in the City of Bristol. Employees at Lake Compounce readied the park for a performance of…