Superintendent Presents Proposed Budget for 2014-2015
Southington School Supt. Dr. Joseph Erardi plans to present his proposed budget before the Board of Education tonight during a workshop meeting. According to the Superintendent’s Operating Budget...
View ArticleSnowed out ‘Christmas Candle’ rescheduled for Thursday
The faith-affirming film, ‘Christmas Candle,’ will be making its Connecticut premiere at theAMC Loews theater on Farmington Avenue on Jan. 16. This is a rescheduled date from Jan. 2, in which the...
View ArticlePlantsville man arrested on sexual assault charges
A Plantsville man was arrested on sex assault charges. Jason J. Archibald, 29, was charged on Monday, Jan. 13 with first and second degree sexual assault. He was held on a $75,000 with a Jan. 14 court...
View ArticleRep. Betts encourages district to use new state web page
State Rep. Whit Betts (R-76), in a press release, is encouraging interested Bristol, Plymouth, and Terryville residents to view a new state web page that streamlines resources to help families with...
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Cold weather to return, says AccuWeather
The nation isn’t done with the “Polar Vortex” yet. Although temperatures will not challenge last week’s single digit fare, AccuWeather said the brief respite from sub-freezing temperatures is at an...
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Cold weather to return, says AccuWeather
The nation isn’t done with the “Polar Vortex” yet. Although temperatures will not challenge last week’s single digit fare, AccuWeather said the brief respite from sub-freezing temperatures is at an...
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Cold weather to return, says AccuWeather
The nation isn’t done with the “Polar Vortex” yet. Although temperatures will not challenge last week’s single digit fare, AccuWeather said the brief respite from sub-freezing temperatures is at an...
View ArticleMayor to serve as treasurer for BRRFOC
Mayor Ken Cockayne (R-Bristol) announced in a press release Monday he was elected to serve as treasurer for the Bristol Resource Facility Operating Committee (BRRFOC) for 2014. Cockayne is in his first...
View ArticleState rep. to hold telephone office hours Feb. 4
State Representative Betty Boukus (D- Plainville, New Britain) has reserved a dedicated phone line on Tuesday, Feb. 4 to hold office hours by phone with constituents to discuss state issues in...
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Dave Mason pulls into a ‘Traffic Jam’
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR When it comes to bands that helped define British rock in the 1960s, Traffic looms large. The band, which initially included Steve Winwood (who hit it big previously in...
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Dave Mason pulls into a ‘Traffic Jam’
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR When it comes to bands that helped define British rock in the 1960s, Traffic looms large. The band, which initially included Steve Winwood (who hit it big previously in...
View ArticleObituaries for Jan. 17
The following obituaries will be published in the Jan. 17 Observer. For further information, turn to our print or e-editions published on Friday. Roland O. Levesque, Sr., 76, of Bristol, husband of...
View ArticleObituaries for Jan. 17
The following obituaries will be published in the Jan. 17 Observer. For further details, look to our print and e-editions published on Fridays. Frances Alma Hunt, 82, widow of Richard Merrill Hunt, of...
View ArticleBlue Devils keep up the fight
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – There’s this never die attitude that the Plainville boys basketball team emulates and when coach Marc Wesoly’s troops approach each game in that light, the...
View ArticleArrest made after threat of person armed near BEHS
After a report of a person seen with a handgun near Bristol Eastern High School resulted in a lockdown Wednesday afternoon, Bristol Police arrested Brianna Lee Kowalski, 20, of 320 Queen St., in the...
View ArticleSecond robbery this week on Riverside Avenue
The second robbery in one week on Riverside Avenue happened at the Gulf Gas Station, 180 Riverside Ave., where the suspect fled with an undetermined amount of money. The lone suspect, the release said,...
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Snow possible for holiday weekend in New England
There are no monster storms on the horizon this weekend, but snow is in the forecast, says AccuWeather AccuWeather.com reports folks wanting a big snowstorm in the Northeast will have to wait a while...
View ArticleStart making plans for chamber’s annual Feb. home show
By KAITLYN NAPLES STAFF WRITER For the past 29 years, the Central Connecticut Chambers of Commerce and Jenks Productions have been hosting the perfect way to get rid of cabin fever and think about the...
View ArticleTown to host tech challenge
By KAITLYN NAPLES STAFF WRITER Ever wonder about the technician who was working on your car? There is a good chance he or she was one of the top technical students who competed in the CAR Association...
View ArticleMentoring program thrives on helping students succeed
By KAITLYN NAPLES STAFF WRITER What started out in 1989 as a mentoring partnership between the business community and the schools, has evolved into one of the top two mentoring programs in Connecticut....
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