David Fortier

2 days ago | bristoledition.org | David Fortier

by Mike Chaiken | June 26, 2025 | A week after the school board chair said the budget deficit in the public schools was the result of an error by the city, the finance board chairman offered his own take on the city’s budget story. Chairman David Maikowski, a Republican, did not mention any names when he made his comments at Tuesday’s regular Board of Finance meeting at City Hall.

2 days ago | bristoledition.org | David Fortier

Meetings on the city calendar for today, Thursday, June 26:Commission on Aging, 11 a.m. Room 109, Bristol Senior Center, 240 Stafford Ave. For agenda, click here. Citation Appeals Hearing, 3 p.m. Meeting Room 1-1, City Hall. Bristol-Burlington Board of Health–Special Meeting, 4 p.m. Board of Health, 240 Stafford Ave. For agenda, click here. Board of Fire Commissioners, 6 p.m. Council chambers, City Hall. For agenda, click here. For virtual meeting, click here.

2 days ago | bristoledition.org | David Fortier

So good to see you, Thursday. Was holding my breath. 63 to 77 degrees but hotter. 45% chance of rain. Woo-ha!There are 93 days to this year’s Mum Festival. In the interim, we have the 2025 Rockwell Summer Festival — 52 days. The Bristol Farmer’s Market is here weekly through October, with that one additional market day in November. And, then there is the Rockwell Summer Music series on Tuesday evenings. Lots to do. And, yes, there is the Fourth of July. Look deeper, Bristol.

3 days ago | bristoledition.org | David Fortier

by Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror | June 4, 2025 orig. pub. | Legislators on Wednesday, June 4, asked Connecticut’s hospitals, which sued the state over escalating taxes 10 years ago, to trust them with their money one more time. House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said Wednesday that legislators, due to a lack of time, couldn’t shrink an approved $375 million hospital tax hike down to $285 million before the General Assembly’s mandatory adjournment deadline at midnight.

3 days ago | bristoledition.org | David Fortier

A Bristol man was charged with threatening and breach of peace on Tuesday afternoon after Bristol Hospital employees expressed concern about his social media posts, according to a release from the Bristol Police Dept. Richard Stark, 58, was located and arrested around 5 p.m. An arrest warrant had been signed with a court-set cash/surety bond, according to the release. Stark was held on a $50,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in New Britain Superior Court on Wednesday, June 25.