Isabelle Courtney (left) and Thomas Faulkner practice the flute in March using specially made masks during a concert band class on Tuesday morning at Mt. Hope High School. It was a big moment when schools began allowing music classes to be held again for the first time since the COVID lockdowns began.
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As seen in April, a pair of osprey cheekily ignored DEM eviction efforts and have learned to live with their large, orange, uninvited guest atop the chimney of the historic Colt Park barn.
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Standing inside the yellow tape moments after gunfire took place on Water Street in Warren on Thursday. Sept. 2 are (left to right) an unidentified officer, Bristol Police Lt. Steven St. Pierre, Bristol Police Chief Kevin Lynch (on phone) and Bristol Police Major Scott McNally. Lynch and McNally were the Bristol police administrators who actually engaged with the suspect, Michael Ouellette, who had just killed Warren’s Assistant Fire Chief, Brian Remy and fled down Water Street in Warren.
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Walter Coelho, President of the Bristol Veterans Council, looks on as Ginny Hansen
(a Navy Veteran) and Karl Antonovich (a Vietnam veteran), place a wreath in honor of all Rhode Island veterans who served and are currently serving, during the annual Veterans’ Day Ceremony at the Bristol Veterans Home.
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The Singing Trooper, Daniel Clark, leads the crowd in the National Anthem at the opening ceremony for the 2021 Bristol Fourth of July Parade, just before the procession steps off from the intersection of Hope and Chestnut streets. The enormous flag was carried down the two-and-a-half-mile route by Scout troops.
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Santa and Miss Fourth of July 2021 First Runner-Up, Aditi Mehta, and Little Miss Fourth of July 2021, Eden Sweeney flip on the lights to ring in the 35th Grand Illumination on Saturday, Dec. 4.
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It was all hands on deck for a busy year of events celebrating 50 years for the Herreshoff Marine Museum. The Herreshoff team includes (from left to right) Jackie Crosby, director of finance; Lucy Renauld, bookkeeper; Bill Lynn, executive director; Marian Wenge, membership coordinator; Ted Regan, director of advancement; Kirk Cusic, education director; Ellary Gamache, museum manager; and Norene Rickson, librarian.
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Neighbors were first alerted to this fire on Williams Street when the transformer on the utility pole exploded. Bristol Firefighters were able to douse the flames within 20 minutes.
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Heathcare workers swab drive-up patients for COVID-19 at a testing site set up at the Bristol Town Beach parking lot in January.
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Guy Armillotto began his career at U.S. Rubber as a teen. Nearly 80 years later, he raised a glass to the new Pivotal Brewing Company, on the same site, during its opening on Nov. 24.
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A masked Dr. Geoffrey Berg advocates for the wearing of masks within schools in front of a sea of anti-mask protest signs during a Bristol Warren Regional School Committee meeting on Aug. 16. The subject at hand was whether the district should implement a mandatory masking policy in the schools, which Governor Dan McKee eventually implemented by executive order.
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