Health listings for June 27
ONGOING BRISTOL POWER YOGA. Mondays and Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. Will cover basic postures and flow them together to bring up your heart rate. All levels welcome and modified versions of each...
View ArticleDining listings for June 27
ONGOING SOUTHINGTON WEEKLY BRIDGE CLUB. 1:30 p.m. Learn the game and become a member. The Orchards at Southington, 34 Hobart St., Southington. SouthingtonOrchards.org. (860) 628-5656.
View ArticleMusic listings for June 27
FRIDAY, JUNE 27 OTHER THE HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. “Midsummer Mozart.” 7:30 p.m. Gates open at 6 p.m. PerformingArtsCenter at Simsbury Meadows. $20 to $45. Lawn tickets for children 12 and under...
View ArticleBristol Legion knocked around by Avon
PHOTOS by TAMMI NAUDUS By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol American Legion baseball team’s showdown against Avon on Wednesday, June 18 from Muzzy Field, felt more like a public tar...
View ArticleForeigner. Classic rock. Need we say more?
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Flip on a classic rock station— just wait a minute— whena familiar guitar riff rings out, chances are pretty good that it’s a Foreigner song. With such hard rocking hits...
View ArticleKids listings for June 27
FRIDAY, JUNE 27 BRISTOL PET SHOW WITH ROCKY THE ROCK CAT. 9 a.m. Bring your real pet and/ or stuffed animal for a pet parade. Register. Manross Memorial Library, 260 Central St., Forestville....
View ArticleDOT warns against traveling I-84 through Southington this weekend; bridge...
detour_slides The Connecticut Department of Transportation has issued the following advisory about I-84 through Southington this weekend. Both directions of I-84 will be shut down. “The Connecticut...
View ArticleBE grads celebrate memories
By LISA CAPOBIANCO STAFF WRITER Pictures of senior year memories were scattered on the blue cap of Amber Trahan as she gathered with her friends and classmates outside Bristol Eastern High School,...
View ArticleBC grads say hello to future, goodbye to past
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Bristol Central High School’s Class of 2014 said farewell to where they’ve been for the past 13 years and said hello to their futures as the seniors accepted their...
View ArticleBlighted property on Rose Street cleared by city
Mayor Ken Cockayne yesterday announced in a press release the city has torn down another blighted property in the City of Bristol. The property at 41 Rose St. in Bristol had been condemned by the city...
View ArticlePolice blotter for June 27
Bristol Police reported the following arrests: Justin M. Crahan, 33, of 11 Fall Mountain Rd., Terryville, was arrested June 13 and charged with operation while under the influence, traveling too fast...
View ArticleMiss Forestville takes talent first night of previews; former Forestville’s...
It was a Central Connecticut kind of night at the first set of preliminaries at the Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen scholarship pageant Thursday night in New London. Miss...
View ArticleBristol trying to pull it together against Legion foes
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – After a miserable three-game home stand that saw the Bristol American Legion baseball team go 1-2, the squad knows it has a lot of work to do in order to get...
View ArticleCentral Connecticut continues success in Miss CT prelims
Central Connecticut contestants continued their run of success in the second evening of preliminary competition for the Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen crowns. Although the...
View ArticleDon Felder, the fingers behind ‘Hotel California’s’ riff
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR As soon as the notes fly through the speaker, you just know. There are some rock and roll performances that emblazon themselves into the musical psyche. And Don Felder’s...
View ArticleLocal contestants get close to pageant crowns but don’t win
PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN by MIKE CHAIKEN The local representatives for the Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen scholarship pageant got a glimpse of the crown. But in the...
View ArticleI-84 EB up again in Southington, 12 hours ahead of schedule, reports...
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy today announced in a press release that the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s weekend bridge replacement project of I-84 over Marion Avenue in Southington is virtually...
View ArticleCity Hall closed, no garbage collection on July 4
BristolCity Hall will be closed on Friday, July 4, in honor of Independence Day. There will be no curbside collections on Friday, July 4, and the Transfer Station will also be closed. Rubbish,...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Attempted pick-up of teen on Peck Street
Police reported that on Sunday, a male tried to pick-up a teen in the Peck Lane area. Police said that on June 29, a 14-year-old female was walking on Peck Lane at approximately 8:30 p.m. when a van...
View ArticleGE 5K race to benefit Petit foundation July 13
PLAINVILLE, Conn. – The seventh annual GE 5k Road Race to benefit the Petit Family Foundation will take place on Sunday, July 13 at 9 a.m.at the GE facility (41 Woodford Ave.) in Plainville, with...
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