To the Editor: I am paying taxes under protest this year. I don't want Bristol to become a magnet for medical waste. Our air is bad enough- we don't need to become another New Jersey. Increased truck traffic would impact…
Posted: 03 August 2021 [08:58 PM] Posted: 02 August 2021 [06:17 PM] To The Editor: The November election is now 3 months away, but it is not too soon to talk about why we need to re-elect our current leadership team. In the early and most uncertain days of Covid-19, our…
Posted: 28 July 2021 [09:01 PM] To the Editor: This letter is to encourage all voters to support the good work of the Mayor and City Council so that Bristol can continue to make the incredible progress we have seen in the last 4 years. From…
Posted: 28 July 2021 [09:00 PM] To The Editor: I recently had the opportunity to hear Bob Mielcarz speak about his interest in running for City Council in District 2. I was very impressed with his thoughts and positive direction. As a retired teacher, he understands…
Posted: 26 July 2021 [08:34 PM] To the Editor: Most Bristol residents are looking to resume normal activities and long for the freedoms and liberties that this country was founded upon. Bristol is a big “small town,” with a diverse population that should be celebrated. If…
Posted: 21 July 2021 [09:06 PM] To the Editor: It's hot, and my 3-year-old is sweaty and curious. He always wants to know more about the world, and on Tuesday he asked me 'why is it like the fog but in the sky?' The haziness had…
Posted: 15 July 2021 [09:07 PM] To the Editor: I am a former Connecticut resident, having moved to Florida in 2015. I am 87 and have just about seen it all! So when I use the word guarantee, I use it very carefully! And this is…
Posted: 11 July 2021 [10:48 AM] Dear Editor, This used to be solely a newspaper letter to the editor...but with the decrease in newspaper circulation, it's become mostly a virtual letter to the Bristol community. Here's my annual list to help those in need. My garden…
Posted: 08 July 2021 [01:53 PM] To the Editor: Americans are frogs in the pot of water being brought to the boil and cooked. We ignore incremental chunks of our freedoms being chiseled away by Marxists determining our social mores. A co-founder of Black Lives Matter is…
Posted: 11 June 2021 [12:25 AM] Dear Bristol Community: June starts the hurricane season. Now is the time to prepare for this season with due diligence in our community. Many of us take for granted that the city of Bristol will always be there for us…
Posted: 04 June 2021 [08:28 PM] To The Editor: I submit this letter in direct response to the editorial by State Rep. Whit Betts on Friday, May 28. The people of Bristol deserve accurate information, so I’d like to shed some light and answer some…
Posted: 28 May 2021 [08:54 PM] To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people for their support of the Plymouth Volunteer Ambulance Corps’ Covid Vaccination Clinic on Saturday, May 22. The weather was perfect, and we had such a…
Posted: 28 May 2021 [08:53 PM] To the Editor: I was one of the 80 percent of the Bristol voters who supported term limits in 2013. Clearly, this vote reflects very strong bi-partisan support. It is now 2021 – 8 years later – and suddenly the…
Posted: 21 May 2021 [09:06 PM] To the Editor: Chris Powell is a designated hitter for the Herald/Press who swings for the fences at every at bat. He strikes out a lot, but hits a few home runs. His recent column “Should the state government take…
Posted: 18 May 2021 [08:27 PM] How Do You Know You’re Ready For Retirement? It’s Not Just The Finances By Patti and Milledge Hart An intriguing find once emerged from a RAND Corp. survey on Americans and their working conditions. It turned out that 40 percent of employees…
Posted: 20 April 2021 [08:57 PM] To the Editor: For Chris Powell [“Violence, depravity, in cities sustain exclusive zoning,” New Britain Herald 4-17/18-2021] every ounce of prejudice toward people of color has been transferred from race to socioeconomic status. White folks are no longer escaping…
Posted: 20 April 2021 [11:08 AM] In 1957 the Connecticut legislature adopted a statutory home rule law which allows any town or city to write and adopt its own charter and which allows amendment of existing charters..." Based on an opinion from the Secretary of State’s…
Posted: 15 March 2021 [09:42 PM] By COALITION FOR EQUITY IN LEARNING To The Editor: In 2019, a student could show up to school, sit in their seat for the requisite hours, and go home, and we could have safely said that they had attended school…
Posted: 11 March 2021 [09:02 PM] By CATHERINE M. CARBONE Dear Bristol Public Schools Family, One year ago today, we made the decision to close all of our schools and programs for eleven days, uncertain of what the future held for us. It is not an…
Posted: 09 March 2021 [08:57 PM] By PAUL BLUESTEIN To the Editor: On Friday, March 5, 2021, for the first time in 14 attempts spanning a quarter century, the Public Health Committee, by a vote of 24 to 9, moved bill HB6425, An Act Concerning Aid…
Posted: 09 March 2021 [08:53 PM] By JHADY RIOS To the Editor: Life has been far from normal since Connecticut discovered its first case of covid-19 last year. Yet bail bond agencies like 3-D Bail Bonds, Inc. took it upon themselves to continue serving regardless of…
Posted: 08 March 2021 [09:02 PM] By JEANINE AUDETTE To the Editor: In a recent article in the Waterbury Republican on Feb. 28, Plymouth’s Mayor Merchant was quoted as saying, “The Terryville Library is by appointment only and there’s no programs.” I am sure he must…
Posted: 12 February 2021 [09:10 PM] By GARY HENRIKSON To the Editor: The House managers have made a compelling argument in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Trump’s use of incendiary language and violent imagery to willfully incite the deadly neo-Nazi mob of his minions to storm the…
Posted: 12 February 2021 [09:06 PM] By STEVE WHINFIELD To the Editor: There are bills where unity can be met. Our country is split on many issues and we now have a president who wants to build unity in a time where none exist. I…
Posted: 12 February 2021 [09:04 PM] By MARGARET PEALER To the Editor: I for one am wondering why our illustrious mayor is taking down trees all over Bristol. Then she widened Riverside Avenue then turned around and made the three lanes down to two and put…
Posted: 27 January 2021 [08:53 PM] By RICHARD BARANOWSKI To the Editor: Federal and state Democrats will be meeting soon to raise your taxes. Do you really understand how much money in taxes you are currently paying? Let me help with a little math. Start…
Posted: 17 January 2021 [09:02 PM] By DANTE TAGARIELLO To the Editor: Just last week, two Democratic state senators from Fairfield County, Sens. Will Haskell (Wilton) and Alex Kasser (Greenwich), have once again proposed a bill to support highway tolling. Both senators have proposed the…
Posted: 17 January 2021 [09:01 PM] THE BRISTOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY To the Editor: The Bristol Historical Society, as other organizations, had to curtail programming and was unable to open during the covid-19 pandemic. This certainly impacted finances and the ability of BHS to raise the revenues…
Posted: 04 January 2021 [09:04 PM] By KATE MCOMBER To the Editor: The arts are essential and they need our help. In March, the City of Hartford asked the Greater Hartford Arts Council to survey a number of local arts organizations about how they were…
Posted: 04 January 2021 [09:02 PM] By ALEX SOKLOW To the Editor: If President Biden agrees to a pact with Iran or North Korea, we must be allowed to inspect suspected sites without a waiting period. If there is a waiting period, they can move…
Posted: 04 January 2021 [09:01 PM] By JACOB SWATHI To the Editor: As our own country struggles with the battle against covid-19, some may have forgotten the global scale of this disease, especially in third-world countries. Due to limited manufacturing and the preorders of wealthy…
Posted: 20 December 2020 [08:16 PM] By KIM SHINKOSKEY To the Editor: Americans late in 2020 have found our first, if likely our last, common rallying point since 2016. That wonderful place of agreement is priority vaccination of healthcare workers. In this, we all believe.…
Posted: 20 December 2020 [08:15 PM] To the Editor: Nuchie’s Restaurant will be missed. The “Christmas Wishes for Kids” event has been sponsored by the Mid-State Association of Realtors and Nuchies, for more than 25 years, Dave and Mike Pasqualicchio have given their all…
Posted: 07 December 2020 [09:03 PM] By MARK PARKINSON AND SCOTT TITTLE To the Editor: Dear Governors, Thank you for your leadership in response to this unprecedented health crisis and the action your administrations have undertaken to help nursing homes and assisted living communities protect our…
Posted: 23 November 2020 [08:11 PM] By TIM GAMACHE To the Editor: The Bristol Veterans Council would like to express our appreciation to those high school student volunteers who assisted with reading the names of Bristol Veterans who passed away in the last year. Without…
Posted: 29 October 2020 [09:19 PM] By MEL BARDELL To the Editor: Over the last 4 months, I have had the pleasure of volunteering with #andrewforbristol’s campaign. Not only has it been an incredibly rewarding learning experience - regarding even just a small portion of…
Posted: 28 October 2020 [09:19 PM] By ELLEN ZOPPO-SASSU To the Editor: I want to share a few reasons why I am enthusiastic about the election and the potential of electing Mary Fortier and Andrew Rasmussen-Tuller, as well as re-electing Chris Ziogas to represent Bristol in…
Posted: 28 October 2020 [09:18 PM] By ERNIE PITTI To the Editor: “I am a senior and an unabashed, enthusiastic supporter of Cara Pavalock-D’Amato! To those who may ask why, let me say first and foremost, she works for all of us! She knows how to…
Posted: 28 October 2020 [09:17 PM] By MARK J. SCIOTA To the Editor: On Nov. 3, 2020, there will be a $10 million referendum for road improvements on the ballot. If approved, it is a serious responsibility to utilize these funds as effectively as possible.…
Posted: 27 October 2020 [09:26 PM] By PAUL ZAGORSKY To the Editor: I write in support of Emmanuel “Manny” Sanchez as New Britain state representative. He has served the city’s interests well as an alderman for 10 years and will do so as state representative.…
Posted: 27 October 2020 [09:24 PM] By TIM GAMACHE To the Editor: As Election Day nears, I would like to voice my support for the Democratic Team of Mary Fortier (state senate, 31st), Andrew Rasmussen-Tuller (state rep., 77th), Chris Ziogas (state rep., 79th) and Dean Kilbourne…
Posted: 27 October 2020 [09:22 PM] By CHRIS, TIM, LISA AND NICOLE MAYNARD To the Editor: The Maynard Family is proud to support Dean Kilbourne as judge of probate. Our father was Judge Robert Maynard. He was elected as probate judge and served honorably from…
Posted: 27 October 2020 [09:19 PM] By CHRIS PALMIERI To the Editor: I would like to share my support for the $10 million roads improvement referendum in Southington. This is the next step in a long-range plan to improve our 214 miles of this…
Posted: 27 October 2020 [09:17 PM] By ROSEMARY MORANTE To the Editor: I am writing in support of Mary Fortier, an outstanding candidate for the state senate in the 31st District. Mary has been elected to multiple terms on the Bristol City Council. She is…
Posted: 27 October 2020 [09:15 PM] By MATT BENNETT To the Editor: I’m writing in support of Senator Henri Martin who is seeking re-election in Connecticut’s 31st Senatorial District which includes Bristol, Harwinton, Plainville, Plymouth and Thomaston. I moved to Bristol a couple of years…
Posted: 27 October 2020 [09:12 PM] By DONALD CHAMBERLIN To the Editor: I believe some balance must be added to the op-ed article in the Thursday Oct. 22, 2020 Herald entitled, “Why Senate Republicans deserve to lose a number of seats.” Contrary to what the article…
Posted: 26 October 2020 [09:06 PM] By FRANK N. NICASTRO, SR. To the Editor: The voters in Bristol and Plymouth will be electing a new judge of probate to fill the vacancy which will be left by our current retiring judge, Andre Dorval. With…
Posted: 26 October 2020 [09:03 PM] By VICTORIA TRIANO To the Editor: “Shall the Town of Southington appropriate $10 million for cost related to the 2020-2021 road and bridge improvement program and authorize the issue of $10 million bonds and notes to finance the appropriation?” I…
Posted: 26 October 2020 [09:02 PM] By TOM LOMBARDI To the Editor: I am writing in support of the referendum question for infrastructure (roads and bridges) upgrades. The $12 million investment would be allocated over a period of four years and would provide the majority…
Posted: 26 October 2020 [09:00 PM] By HELEN BERGENTY To the Editor: I am supporting David X. Sullivan to represent us in the United States Congress. David supports commonsense law and order, not anarchy. This is the kind of representation we need in Washington…
