For those who wondered what unfunded mandates the city is constantly complaining about, take a look at the website compiled by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
So, Bristol, what did you think? Is the president making the right decision?
If you want to understand the busway issue, watch this (but be ready to lose three hours of your life in the process):
Mickey Goldwasser, a familiar figure around town, is among the many middle class professionals who have landed on the unemployment lines due to the recession. I wrote about him here.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 – [...]
Today, Paul Szantyr is thankful that he can still dream.
He is thankful for the love from his wife, his dogs and to be around for another day.
When you lie motionless in Room 310 at the Subacute Center of Bristol, your body stricken with ALS, [...]
Owner of Bristol Mums Inc., he oversees the cultivation of hundreds of thousands of the [...]
I'm down and out.
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, [...]
At the "eggs and issues" breakfast Monday with the business men and women of Bristol, they couldn't serve enough coffee to help me wash down the lingering gall of Joe Lieberman.
Read today's column.
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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,' [...]
Good story at hartfordbusiness.com about the state's unemployment fund going belly up. It needs to borrow $1 billion to pay claims for the next two years. The story is 
