The secret’s out on Nuit Blanche Saturday
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR It’s been a secret till now. But the big reveal has been made for the first ever Bristol Nuit Blanche/ White Night on Aug. 3. The location of the event has been under...
View ArticleCity announces road milling work to begin Monday
The City of Bristol will begin major roadway maintenance operations on Monday, Aug. 5. Work will consist of milling and resurfacing of selected streets and is currently anticipated to proceed in the...
View ArticlePolice investigating School Street shooting
Bristol police are investigation a shooting that happened on School Street Sunday evening at around 9 p.m., that involved three men. As of Monday morning, police were searching for two “light-skinned...
View ArticleUncle of Aaron Hernandez dies in moped crash
A Bristol man died early Saturday morning after his moped struck a curb on Central Street by Church Avenue, and he was thrown from his moped onto a private driveway. The operator of the moped was...
View ArticleBody of Bristol man found at Wadsworth Falls State Park
A Bristol man’s body was found in the Coginchaug River, off Cherry Hill Road, near Wadsworth Falls State Park in Middlefield Sunday afternoon, a press release said. Connecticut’s Department of Energy...
View ArticleCity gets $580K to demolish homes in floodplain
Mayor Arthur J. Ward announced that the City of Bristol has been awarded $580,331 through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) for the acquisition and...
View ArticlePolice investigating armed robbery at gas station
Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened at the Shell Gas station at 462 Farmington Ave., Tuesday night A press release said a lone male suspect entered the gas station and robbed the...
View ArticleSummer program promotes how ‘Reading Makes Cent$’
The Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET) is sponsoring “Reading Makes Cent$,” a summer reading program for children in grades K-8. Any child who reads this summer is eligible to win a $250 CHET...
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Remembrances of Lake Compounce, Aug. 15
Carrie Norton and Lynda Russell will co-host a trip down memory lane at Lake Compounce on Thursday, Aug. 15, at the Bristol Historical Society. This event will include an exhibit of memorabilia from...
View ArticlePolice blotter for Aug. 9
Bristol police reported the following arrests: •Gregory J. Jackson, 32, of 275 Lyman Rd., Apt. No. 1, Wolcott was arrested on July 28 and charged with disorderly conduct and interfering with an...
View ArticleCouncilors differ over proposed charter changes
By KAITLYN NAPLES STAFF WRITER The City Council, which was minus one member at last week’s special meeting, had split feelings on some of the proposed changes to the city’s charter. After months of...
View ArticlePolice investigating robbery at Price Chopper
Police are investigating a robbery at the Price Chopper on Farmington Avenue that happened early Friday morning. A lone male suspect, a press release said, confronted a cashier at the grocery store at...
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Entrepreneur tapped for ‘40 under Forty’ honor
By KAITLYN NAPLES STAFF WRITER Out of 125 nominations around the state, Bristol’s own Heather Lombardi has been selected as one of the recipients of the Hartford Business Journal’s “40 under Forty”...
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Hungary learns ‘Everybody Sings,’ thanks to Bristol native
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR The nation of Hungary is learning about the health benefits of singing… and along the way they’re rocking out to the sounds of Queen. And it’s all thanks to Bristol...
View ArticleCity offers opportunity to discard old paint
Get rid of your leftover paint at a paint only drop off event to be held Saturday, Aug. 17 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the New Britain Recycling Center, 642 Christian Lane, Berlin. The drop off is open to...
View ArticleMiss Bristol-Forestville pageant seeks contestants
Would you like to earn scholarship money? Do you have a passion to give back to the community and help others? Would you like to improve your self-confidence, public speaking and interview skills? Have...
View ArticleElectronics collection to be held by Bristol at city yard, Aug. 31
The City of Bristol, in partnership with ECovanta, will hold an electronics collection event on Saturday, Aug. 31. The collection, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., is open to Bristol...
View ArticleBristol Greeners go for North Division Championship in Tri-State action
Starting on Friday, August 16, the Bristol Greeners of the Connecticut Tri-State Baseball League will square off against the winner of Tri-Town Trojans and Bethlehem Plowboys’ third and final semifinal...
View ArticleMission: Accomplished
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR When last heard from, the two women behind Hells Bells Production were reaching out to the community via crowd-source funding to help them journey to Georgetown to film...
View ArticlePolice blotter for Aug. 16
The Bristol Police Department reported the following arrests: •Gary E. McCabe, 35, of 11 Roosevelt Ave., Terryville was arrested on Aug. 5 and charged with failure to bring motor vehicle to stop,...
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