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Martin celebrates women owned businesses
On May 3, Senator Paul Formica (R-East Lyme) and Senator Henri Martin (R-31) joined fellow state lawmakers hosting the 4th Annual Women Owned Business Day at the CT Capitol to discuss the importance of...
View ArticleRecords: Aaron Hernandez was member of Bloods street gang
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) _ Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was a member of the Bloods street gang and was disciplined for having gang paraphernalia, according to newly...
View ArticlePrison: Aaron Hernandez elated about acquittal, not suicidal
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) _ Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was excited about his acquittal in a 2012 double slaying and did not appear to have thoughts of suicide in the...
View ArticleMotorcyclist hospitalized after crashing into tree on Terryville Road
A Terryville man was hospitalized last Friday after crashing his motorcycle into a tree while traveling on Terryville Road. According to a press release from the Bristol Police Department, 46-year-old...
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Obituaries: Brittany Ella Eggert
Brittany Ella (Mardin) Eggert, 41, of Salem, CT, formerly of Bristol, passed away on Sunday (May 7, 2017) at Backus Memorial Hospital in Norwich, after an over three year battle with cancer. Brittany...
View ArticleHigh school seniors entering service to be saluted
By LISA CAPOBIANCO STAFF WRITER With graduation just around the corner, the Greater Bristol Veterans Council at its annual salute dinner will honor local seniors who have decided to serve their...
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Leaders attend soup kitchen grand opening
State Representative Whit Betts (R-78) and State Senator Henri Martin (R-31) attended the grand opening of the Salvation Army’s Bristol Soup Kitchen recently. The ceremony celebrated the charitable...
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Betts, Martin tour Bristol manufacturer
State Rep. Whit Betts (R-Bristol) and State Sen. Henri Martin (R-Bristol) recently spent time touring DaCruz Manufacturing and Patriot Manufacturing, located in Bristol. The legislators had the...
View ArticleHealth listings, starting May 12
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 BRISTOL SCULPSURE. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Learn about the newest body contouring, non-surgical fat reduction laser on the market from Dr. Victoria Rose Biondi and...
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Greene-Hills receives environmental education grant
The Captain Planet Foundation, an organization dedicated to funding educational programs that give students hands-on, project-driven learning experiences with real environmental outcomes, announced...
View ArticleChamber health fair Saturday
The Bristol Chamber of Commerce announced the Healthy Communities 2020 Health Fair will be held on Saturday, May 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bristol Eastern High School, 632 King St., Bristol. The...
View ArticleYouths can register for Challenge Quest
Bristol Youth Services is accepting applications for its 2017 Challenge Quest Program to be held from Monday, Aug. 7 through Friday, Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pine Lake Challenge Course....
View ArticlePolice identify suspects of Rockwell Park fight
Bristol police have started to make arrests in the investigation of the fight that took place at Rockwell Park last month. According to a press release from the Bristol Police Department, officers were...
View ArticleExchange your volunteer time for mental health treatment
Volunteers In Psychotherapy allows you to earn free and strictly private therapy [no reports to insurers of your private discussions] in exchange for volunteer work you supply, privately and...
View ArticlePolice conduct DWI checkpoint on Route 229 this Friday
Bristol police will conduct a DWI checkpoint on Route 229 this Friday evening. According to a press release from the Bristol Police Department, the checkpoint is part of a federal grant to help reduce...
View ArticleGriffin tallies 100th career double
BATTLE OF THE BUGS ENDS WITH 5-1 SUGAR LAND VICTORY BOX SCORE In 140 Characters or Less: Griffin gets his 100th career double, but Bees fall to Skeeters 5-1. Bees back home tomorrow to host Long...
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Legislators meet with municipal leaders
State Senator Henri Martin (R-31) May 10 was joined by State Representatives Whit Betts (R-78), William Petit (R-22), and John Piscopo (R-76) in a meeting with central Connecticut municipal leaders....
View ArticleOrphan Grain Train sends medical items to Ghana
The Orphan Grain Train’s New England Branch, located in Terryville, shipped a container of needed medical items to Ghana, West Africa on May 5. This was the 12th shipment since the branch was...
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Lions donate tree for Federal Hill Green
The Bristol Lions Club recently donated a tree to the Bristol Park Department and held a planting ceremony at the Federal Hill Green. The elm tree was dedicated in memory of the deceased members of the...
View ArticleRoad surface work begins May 16
The City of Bristol is scheduled to start its spring 2017 roadway resurfacing program on May 16. As part of the program the following streets will be milled and resurfaced: Vermont Drive Indiana Street...
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