‘Pledge Your Age’ Campaign To Boost Scholarships
BRISTOL — The board of the Blakeley-Mills Newfound Regional Scholarship Foundation is looking to engage more alumni in both giving and social activities.
The foundation achieved the designation as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization last April,...
Selectmen Review Transfer Station Contract
BRISTOL — Having awarded the contract for the first phase of work at the town’s transfer station to one of its own members, the Bristol Board of Selectmen publicly reviewed the bidding process during...
McIntire Sworn In As Bristol’s New Police Chief
BRISTOL — James McIntire has taken the oath as the new chief of the Bristol Police Department.
McIntire comes to Bristol from the Northfield Police Department, and he had worked in Laconia, Belmont, Bow, and...
Selectmen Take 50 Percent Pay Cut
BRISTOL — Setting the tone for 50 percent cuts in many of the items that had been included in the 2018 town budget, members of the Bristol Board of Selectmen halved their own compensation,...
Coming Together On The Default Budget
BRISTOL — An attempt to end seven weeks of acrimony between the Newfound Area School Board and residents of the seven towns making up the school district succeeded in bringing a calmer and more...
Recycling No Longer Profitable
BRISTOL — Reduce-Reuse-Recycle. Or maybe just Reduce-Reuse.
The world market for recyclable products has collapsed, taking away the financial incentive for keeping certain material out of the landfills. In fact, it is now more costly...
School District Formally Transfers Former Hebron School
BRISTOL — Voters of the Newfound Area School District thought they had donated a school building on the village common to the Town of Hebron many years ago, but no deed was ever passed,...
Newfound School Board’s Stance Feeds Residents’ Anger
BRISTOL — Five weeks after Bristol resident Archie Auger questioned the legality of including capital improvement items in the school district’s default budget, the Newfound Area School Board is delaying discussion on the complaint,...
Snow Days Pose Challenge For School District
BRISTOL — The Newfound Area School District has had nine no-school days due to winter snowstorms, just one behind the Shaker Regional School District, where there were 10 snow days and the school year...
Bristol Settles Lawsuit By Former Police Officer
BRISTOL — The town has paid $21,000 to settle a lawsuit by a former Bristol police officer who was seeking compensation for every hour he spent to gain certification at the New Hampshire Police...