Good morning, Bristol!

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Posted By: Staff September 4, 2023

Hello Bristol, and welcome to next week.

Today, go for it, just do it, eat fresh, think different, say it with flowers, obey your thirst, be all you can be, and while you’re at it, enjoy Monday.

Weather

Sound the alarm (ahooga!, ahooga!), it’s going to be hot.

Pothole Patrol

Sunday morning, the PHP was on Burlington Avenue and rolling over this mess. If you are a fan of crumbling infrastructure, you’re in luck, Burlington Avenue is a good place to start.

Quick History of Burlington Avenue

Built at some point in the 1740s. Originally, Peaceable Street, it was renamed in 1915.

In 1959, lightning entered the home of Sigmund Ostroski of 263 Burlington Ave. It traveled along an electrical wire and knocked down plaster in one room.

This date in Bristol 1961

Thieves broke into the A and P Package Store at 775 Pine St. by smashing a plate glass window. Police said they made off with a “quantity of liquor.”

What a difference 123 years makes

In Bristol on Labor Day 1900, most of the factories were open, the post office closed at noon, and the Bristol public library was closed, but for the reading room.

Bangor, Maine, here we come

That’s our queue. Don’t forget to floss, Bristol!

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