Historic Holley Hall bell getting a shine-up

BRISTOL — For the last couple of weeks Ted Lylis has had Holley Hall’s 130-year-old bronze bell sitting on some timbers in his yard. Attached to its cast-iron yoke the bell weighs 500 to 800 pounds, Lylis estimates. Add in the wooden frame, standards and wheel, which are currently sitting in Lylis’s shop, and the whole thing’s probably pushing a half-ton. It was quite the production getting it there, Lylis told the Independent. First, Lylis had to climb up into the Holley Hall bell tower and attach turnbuck … (read more)

BRISTOL — Rusty DeWees, a.k.a. “The Logger,” will perform comedy, music and stories, in a benefit for the Bristol Recreation Department, at Holley Hall, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m.. “The Addison County area is perfect for my “Tiny Town Hall Tour,” DeWees said. … (read more)