The state court system aims to close the Bristol courthouse by March a, 2011 in order to save $150,000 in lease and operating expenses, according to the chief court administrator.
Judge Barbara M. Quinn recently told the legislature’s appropriations committee that three courthouses – in Bristol, Willamantic and Norwalk – [...]
On one level, there isn’t much to say about the 2,000-foot-long, unnamed brook that begins somewhere in the storm drains above El Toro Drive and flows into the mushy ground at the base of Nelson’s Field.
It’s just one of scores of tiny rivulets that meander through the hills of [...]
Owner of Bristol Mums Inc., he oversees the cultivation of hundreds of thousands of the [...]
I'm down and out.The retirement of longtime city lawyer Ann Baldwin leaves a gaping hole in the city attorney’s office.
Baldwin, a 32-year veteran, was one of two full-time attorneys working for the city.
Her departure means the city has to get by without a corporation counsel – the part-timer who’s supposed to [...]
City councilors agreed recently to consider allowing municipal board members to participate in meetings without actually attending them.
First-term city Councilor David Mills said that more people would be able to participate if they could sometimes attend through web-based meeting programs or other electronic means.
“Maybe the pool could be [...]
To raise revenue, the city is exploring the idea of putting advertising on the side of residential trash bins.
They’d be like “mini-billboards” on both sides of the wheeled receptacles the city distributes to residents to toss their trash.
The idea, which a public works committee is looking into, hasn’t [...]
The mandate that property owners clear sidewalks after a snowstorm has always been a problem for elderly and infirm residents who don’t have deep pockets to pay for help.
Now one city councilor, newcomer David Mills, is hoping to come to their aid.
Mills said that after from residents who [...]
Joe Killian and his grandfather, Kenneth Rose, Sr.
As old soldiers read the names of those who left Bristol for war during the past century and never returned, the audience at the annual Veterans Day ceremony remained hushed save for a few suppressed coughs and the whispers of antsy children.
The names, said clearly and carefully, one by [...]
Rose Parenti Says Thank You
To all the people of Bristol that came to vote, regardless of which candidate you voted for, THANK YOU. For those that voted for me THANK YOU. To everyone that ran the race whether you won or lost, [...]
Before moving on, I would request that we share a moment of silence for all of the men and women serving in our military with an emphasis on those serving in harms way and these whose lives were taken,' [...]
With a new city administration sitting on the stage beside him at Bristol Eastern High School Monday, state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal hailed the voters who turned out last week “to make a difference” to the future of Bristol.
“Tonight is really a triumph of democracy,” [...]
Political leaders said Monday they understand Gov. Jodi Rell’s decision to retire rather than run for reelection next year.
"Right now, it's tough for any politician to be in office," said state Sen. Tom Colapietro, a Bristol Democrat.
With all the problems facing her over the past year, Colapietro said,' [...]
I particularly like the "Oddities From All Over the World" above Ed Krawiecki's head in this shot. He won the Harley in the fundraising raffle done by the New England Carousel Museum this weekend.Krawiecki is a city lawyer and a former state House minority leader. He' [...] It’s been almost two decades since the Republicans held more of the city’s top political offices than they captured this year.
“This is wonderful,” city GOP Chairman T.J. Barnes told party faithful as the results poured in after the polls closed on Election Day.
“We’ve come a long way,” Barnes [...]
