Montgomery writing again, this time for TBE

Posted By: Staff December 9, 2023

By Bob Montgomery

It’s great to be back in writing about Bristol, its citizens, leaders, volunteers and institutions that we have in making us stand out. Thank you to the Bristol Edition for taking me in

Longtime friends and teammates enter GHTBL Hall of Fame

Adam Peters, a construction safety director, and Bunty Ray, longtime baseball coach at Bristol Central, were inducted into the GHTBL Hall of Fame on Saturday, Nov. 18 at the Indian Hill Country Club in Newington. They were teammates on the Bristol Merchants. Bunty told me at the recent Bristol Sports Hall of Fame dinner: “We are going to introduce each other.”

And that’s, “Pretty cool,” as our late friend Dave Lepore would have stated.

By the way, they had also played together at Bristol Eastern.

Shoutouts and “Hellos”

The first go to: Joe Filippi, Tim Dudzinski and Marty Hurwitz for their assistance in helping me the other day.

Spotlight

Today’s spotlight is on Bill Laser, a member of the class of ‘63 at Bristol Easter. Bill resided in the Torrington/Thomaston area for a long time before moving to Florida as a widower in recent years. I’ve known Bill since our Stafford School days, and he’s been a solid citizen for all of this time.

Very likable.

You may recall Laser’s variety store in Bristol, which later housed Bob’s Chalet off of Farmington Avenue on the short roadway between Kentucky Fried Chicken and Dunkin Donuts. I can remember being a grammar school kid trying to purchase a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes from Mrs. Laser when I was a kid.

You know her reply!!

TV notables

It’s always interesting or enjoyable seeing Bristol folks when they appear on TV. Some of those seen recently have been Adrian Wojnarowski (ESPN), Malcolm Huckaby (ESPN), Donovan Clingan (UConn hoops) and Bristol Fire Department Deputy Chief Mark Martin. The latter was on duty when the deadly Stevens Street car crash took place.

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