David Fortier

4 days ago | bristoledition.org | David Fortier

by Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror | May 30, 2025 orig. pub. | A bill that would add Connecticut to the short list of states providing jobless benefits to strikers won final passage Friday, an organized labor victory muted by Gov. Ned Lamont’s promised veto. The unusual decision by House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, to allot scarce time for a bill opposed by the governor reflects the influence of organized labor and desires of the House Democratic majority caucus to be recorded on the issue.

4 days ago | bristoledition.org | David Fortier

Meetings on the city calendar for today, Tuesday, June 3, include the following:Police Awards Committee. Canceled. Building Code Board of Appeals–Special Meeting, 3 p.m. On-site review, 9 Divinity St. (To reconvene in council chambers, City Hall, 3:45 p.m. See below.) For agenda, click here. Building Code Board of Appeals, 3:45 p.m. Council chambers, City Hall. For agenda, click here. For virtual meeting, click here. Ordinance Committee, 5 p.m. Meeting Room 1-1, City Hall. For agenda, click here.

4 days ago | bristoledition.org | David Fortier

Carol R. Calderoni, a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother and a woman of deep faith, passed peacefully on Friday, May 30, at the age of 77. She was born on Oct. 3, 1947, in Bristol, the daughter of the late Edward and Rita Rybczyk. Married for 56 years to the love of her life, Anthony Calderoni. Carol was a retired pharmacy technician from the Stop & Shop in Forestville, Conn.

4 days ago | bristoledition.org | David Fortier

The regular Board of Education will be held Wednesday, June 4, in the Board of Education auditorium on Church Street at 7 p.m.Among the items on the agenda is the announcement of this year’s Paraeducator of the Year and Teacher of the Year. In addition, there are resignations and retirements.

6 days ago | bristoledition.org | David Fortier

City meetings on the city calendar for today, Monday, June 2, include the following:Animal Control Building Committee–Special Meeting, 5 p.m. Council chambers, City Hall. For agenda, click here. For virtual meeting, click here. Conservation Commission/Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency, 6:30 p.m. Council chambers, City Hall. For agenda, click here. For virtual meeting, click here. Board of Library Directors, 6:30 p.m. Meeting Room 1, Bristol Public Library. For agenda, click here.