Bristol budget draft has 11% increase

Bristol officials are continuing to work on a fiscal year 2027 budget to present to voters in March. 

Light it up in Bristol with the annual Lumen Celebration of Fire & Light on Saturday, Dec. 20, beginning at 4 p.m.

Summer feels like a long ways off, but preparations for Bristol’s well-loved July Fourth celebrations are already underway, and those efforts are facing some headwinds.

A Bristol business is looking to support community members this season through an ongoing fundraiser and giveaway.

A collaboration between Bristol Suites and local artist Brenda Myrick has led to new exhibition at the inn, which features paintings by Myrick her late mother, Barbara Lane.

Come visit a small kitchen in Iowa and watch as two strangers change each other’s lives!

Next to the Bristol police headquarters off Munsill Avenue is a band refrigerated bays that CVOEO stocks with food for qualifying low-income families.

The Bristol selectboard last month agreed to opt into Tier 1B status for the town’s eligible village area, which is expected to reduce Act 250 permitting requirements.

Bristol selectboard members are considering updating the town’s policy for development on the town green.

Bristol officials are exploring the idea of a local option tax, which voters could weigh in on during Town Meeting Day in March.

The Bristol selectboard on Monday resumed discussion on whether to develop an ordinance for dealing with loose livestock.

Medicare payments to ambulance services were frozen for the first two weeks of the shutdown, impacting rural rescue squads.

In late August, two members of Bristol’s American Legion Post 19 — Ron LaRose and Jeremy Revell — were elected to national positions in the American Legion.

The five-town area is fundraising for a new community radio station that hopes to launch in 2026. Come support the effort at a benefit concert on Saturday, Nov. 8, at Holley Hall in Bristol.

Community members are making headway on an effort to restore the Bristol Peace Garden.