City sees progress in economic development
By LISA CAPOBIANCOSTAFF WRITER The Bristol City Council moved this week to approve a $140,000 grant for the development of manufacturing facility GMN-USA LP in the Southeast Bristol Business Park. The...
View ArticleLetter: Reader seeks more transparency on downtown project
To the editor: Crucial questions regarding the downtown project have gone completely unanswered for far too long. The residents of Bristol are not alone in this circumstance because part of the problem...
View ArticleLocal GOP legislators question proposal to eliminate funds for Honor Guard
Greater Bristol legislators are questioning a section of the governor’s proposed budget that calls for the total elimination of state funding for the Connecticut Honor Guard. State funds are currently...
View ArticleObituaries for March 27
The following obituaries will be published in this week’s Observer. Welmer “Will” L. Chasse, 80, of Bristol died on Thursday, March 19 at Countryside Manor. Irma Yvonne (Proulx) Peshka, 92, a long time...
View ArticleStudents in K-8 can enter CHET Dream Big contest
Bristol students in grade K-8 are encouraged to enter the Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET) Dream Big Competition before the end of March for a chance to win money for college. Dream Big!...
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Commentary: Look out for pets on the road
Lindsay Carey I clenched my jaw as I ran as fast as I could down the street with tears falling from my twelve year old eyes. “He’s my first puppy, I can’t lose him,” I cried to my sister. I was trying...
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Local women honored at Exceptional Women concert
By Taylor Hartz State Representative Betty Boukus (D-Plainville, New Britain) and Bristol City Councilor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu were among nine women honored at the Exceptional Women Concert held in New...
View ArticleCity announces Good Friday closures, trash collection schedule
City Hall and the Bristol Transfer Station will be closed on Friday, April 3 in honor of Good Friday. There will be no curbside collections on Friday, and all Friday collection routes will be done on...
View ArticleSchools have chance to win playground made of recycled materials
TerraCycle announced the return of its Recycled Playground Challenge – an initiative in partnership with Colgate-Palmolive (“Colgate”), the global oral care leader, and ShopRite, which has more than...
View ArticleApplication process for renters rebate/ tax relief announced
The application process for Bristol residents applying for the State of Connecticut Renters Rebate/Tax Relief for Elderly and Totally Disabled Renters will be as follows. Friday, May 1 through...
View ArticleCity announces leaf bag collection, spring clean up info
Leaf bag collection will begin April 6 in Bristol and run through May 1. For these four weeks, the city will collect bagged leaves at the curb in recyclable paper bags. Please do not put sod, sand,...
View ArticleAT&T touts investments made in CT
AT&T* has invested more than $750 million in its best-in-class wireless and wired networks in Connecticut between 2012 through 2014, driving a wide range of upgrades to reliability, coverage, speed...
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Max Pizza reopens
The Mayor’s Office announced in a press release Max Pizza at 108 Stafford Ave. celebrated its grand reopening as a renovated, larger facility following a fire that closed the restaurant’s doors for...
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A little cheese with your musical terror as BCHS takes you into ‘Little Shop...
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR “Little Shop of Horrors” had a humble beginnings as a cheesy black and white. It later found a renewed life at hip movie theaters who specialized in midnight screenings....
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Jorma Kaukonen’s unintentional thematic unity on ‘Ain’t in No Hurry’
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR “Ain’t in No Hurry,” the new album by Jorma Kaukonen, seems to have a thematic thread running through it that pulls the tracks together. Whether it’s the Hot Tuna...
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Emergency Preparedness seminar for disabled and elderly
The Southington Commission on Disabilities, along with the Southington Police Department, Southington Fire Department, Emergency Management, and Public Health Department are having a seminar to...
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Preparing for a princess’s arrival
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR On April 19, fairy tale royalty will converge on the Aqua Turf in Plantsville. That’s when the Junior Miss Southington Organization will hold its annual Princess Meet...
View ArticlePavalock supports proposal to exempt SS pension benefits from state income tax
HARTFORD- State Rep. Cara Pavalock (R-Bristol) announced that a plan she voted for that exempts Social Security pension benefits from the state income tax has passed a key legislative hurdle by winning...
View ArticleBristol Police Department conducts DWI checkpoint tonight
Tonight, the Bristol Police Department will conduct a DWI checkpoint on Route 6 (Farmington Avenue). According to a press release from the Bristol Police Department, the checkpoint is part of a federal...
View ArticleBristol Lions Club holds pancake breakfast this Sunday
The Bristol Lions Club will hold its biggest fundraiser of the year this weekend. On Sunday, March 29, the club’s 42nd annual pancake breakfast will take place in a new location, the Bristol Elks Club....
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