Group finds meaning, community in the stars

A new astrology group in Bristol is intended to offer Addison County residents another way to process and better understand the shifts in their personal lives and amongst the broader population. 

Plans are afoot to address recurring flooding along the southernmost area of the Lewis Creek, which runs along Route 116 near homes in Starksboro and a portion of Bristol.

Some might have considered the July 4, 2022, victory by LaRose Surveys in the Great Bristol Outhouse Race — by a toilet-paper-thin margin over a defending champion team led by prominent portable potty racing enthusiast Cam Perta — to be an upset. 

Bristol village residents can expect to see their water bills rise slightly in the upcoming fiscal year. 

Roller bladers, scooter riders and other skatepark fans in Bristol have a lot to get excited about. 

A new crop of affordable housing units is taking shape in Bristol. Once completed, the Firehouse Apartments development will provide 20 mixed-income units, with the first tenants set to move in this September. 

An orphaned, black bear cub was rescued in the Bristol area after a group of local minors shot and killed the bear’s mother on Memorial Day. 

Officials in the administration of Gov. Phil Scott are due to visit two Bristol sites during a tour of Addison County on Thursday, June 8.

Summertime this year in Bristol will be filled with food trucks, festival music and the return of two familiar events. 

Bristol’s American Legion Post 19 will host the 2023 Memorial Day Ceremony on the Village Green at 1 p.m. on May 29.

The woods around Bristol village will be filled with dulcet tunes this summer, thanks to a new music series being organized by the Bristol Trail Network.

Bristol’s planning commission has spent the past several months exploring potential changes to the town’s zoning regulations that would help expand housing opportunities in and around Bristol’s village area.

After residing in older homes, Sally Jenks Roth knew that when she moved into a home in Bristol that was only a decade old, it would be more efficient to heat and cool simply because of the newer construction.

The organization 100+ Women Who Care of Addison County had their first in-person meeting at Holley Hall in Bristol on Tuesday, April 18. More than 70 area women participated in person or on Zoom.

The town of Bristol is in the process of developing a grant writer and administrator position that municipal officials hope will help the town bring in more money.