Good Morning, Bristol!

Posted By: Staff December 8, 2022

Once again, our staff is short-handed, so if you have any complaints, call 1-800-whocares?

Weather

It will be overcast today with a slight chance of a shower. The high will be 58 with light winds. Any day now the ponds will have skaters on them.

Trivia

On Tuesday, the GMB trivia question was how many U.S. Senators are 70 or older. The answer is 28. The United States Senate currently is the oldest (average age) of all time.

Tie in to today’s trivia answer

Yesterday, the Senate passed an appropriation bill to construct a $700 million dollar assisted-living facility two blocks from the Capital. It should be filled to capacity without a problem.

Famous deaths today

On this day in 1980, John Lennon of The Beatles was shot and murdered outside of his home in N.Y. City by Mark David Chapman. Lennon was only 40 years old.

Also on this day in 2019, Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street (1969-2018), died at the age of 85.

Today’s events

Bristol Park, Rec., and Community Services hosts a Community Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Page Park at 6:30 p.m.

P.S. Please come home, GMB staff

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