Dave Koz having summer blast with brass from the past
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR If you cue up the album, “Dave Koz and Friends Summer Horns,” it sounds likes the recording sessions were great fun for everyone involved Dave and fellow saxophone...
View ArticleDream is over for Greeners
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER TORRINGTON – When it came to the third and final game of the Connecticut Tri-State Baseball North Divisional Championship, it wasn’t the pitching that failed the...
View ArticleListings for Aug. 23
Miscellaneous listings FRIDAY, AUG. 23 BRISTOL FALCON 5K RUN/ WALK. 6:30 p.m. Register from 5 to 6:15 p.m. Includes electronic chip timing, snacks, entertainment, awards. $20 for adults and $15 for...
View ArticleFund raiser Saturday to help young girl with cancer
by MIKE CHAIKEN Editions Editor The 2 1/2 year old granddaughter of a Bristol resident is the focus of a fund raiser in Cheshire Saturday to help her family as the young girl battles cancer. The event...
View ArticleCity waives fees for new club facility
By KAITLYN NAPLES STAFF WRITER The new Boys and Girls Club and Family Center facility is getting closer and closer to breaking ground on West Street, and at last week’s council meeting the councilors...
View ArticleSolving the search for the perfect skirt with the perfect fit
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Kristen O’Connell noticed a problem she and other women have when shopping for clothes. As good as the pieces looked on the rack, and in fashion magazine and catalogues,...
View ArticleWoman dies after Stevens Street crash
A woman has died as a result of a serious motor vehicle crash on Stevens Street that happened on Saturday morning. Just before 8:30 a.m. Saturday Aug. 24, 21-year-old Elvis Caban of Bristol was heading...
View ArticleApprenticeship, Extension courses for adult ed. registering
Apprenticeship and Extension Courses for the State of Connecticut Adult Education Evening School Division at BristolTechnicalEducationCenter will be starting the week of Sept. 16. Registration dates...
View ArticleTitans hold free softball clinic
The Ct Titans Softball program will be hosting a free Softball Clinic for girls ages 6 to 18 years of age at PlainvilleHigh School on Saturday, Sept. 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please bring a non –...
View ArticleProgram ponders memories of G. Fox
The Bristol Historical Society and the Connecticut Historical Society (CHS) are teaming up to bring you “From Hula Hoops to High Fashion: G. Fox in the 1950s” on Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Bristol...
View ArticleRaise your glass at Oct. 5 fund raiser
The Charity Cycling Challenge, Inc, Bristol, premier fundraising organization, will host the third annual “Raise Your Glass,” on Oct. 5 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Waverly Inn in Cheshire. This year’s...
View ArticleCity Councilor to host public meeting Thursday
Republican City Councilor Derek Czenczelewski will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, Aug. 29, at the Bristol Public Library, 5 High St., from 6:30 to 8 p.m. to discuss city issues. One or two...
View ArticleCandidate Cockayne takes stand on drug free zone changes
City Councilman Ken Cockayne, the Republican nominee for mayor of Bristol, issued a statement on the eve of Bristol schools opening tomorrow regarding the recent proposal in the General Assembly...
View ArticleTrash pickup Labor Day schedule
City Hall and the Bristol Transfer Station will be closed on Monday, Sept. 2 in honor of Labor Day. There will be no curbside collections on Monday. Rubbish, recycling and yard waste collection will be...
View ArticleImagine Nation to shut down for week starting Sept. 9
The Imagine Nation Museum, located at One Pleasant Street, Bristol, will be closed to the public from Sept. 9 until Sept. 17 for its annual Shut Down and Maintenance Week. Regular hours will resume...
View ArticleLooking ahead, weather-wise, to the three-day weekend
As plans are made for the upcoming Labor Day weekend, the traditional end of summer, Accuweather says the weather will be conducive to a slew of activities but thunderstorms could pop up here and...
View ArticleOpinion: Let the lights shine at high schools’ football fields
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER In a few weeks, the fall scholastic sports season will be upon us and all of its teams – including football – will take the fields for the 2013 campaign. In fact, some...
View ArticleIn classic face-off, Phils prevail over Yanks, 6-5
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – It was an instant classic at Breen Field on Sunday evening, Aug. 25. And it involved the Edgewood Phillies and Forestville Yankees, deadlocked in an intense...
View ArticleLessons learned, lessons provided at Logan West’s pageant
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR In the face of being bullied when she was younger, Logan West said she found her confidence and a sense of self by competing in pageants. And those pageants, in turn,...
View ArticlePolice blotter for Aug. 30
The Bristol Police Department reported the following arrests: •Claire E. Crussana, 62, of 267 Main St., Apt. No. 12, Bristol was arrested on Aug. 19 and charged with second degree failure to appear....
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