U.S. Coast Guard Chief Gregg Marsili named Bristol harbormaster
After over two hours of deliberation, the Bristol town council named Gregg Marsili, a 20 year veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, to serve as Bristol’s next harbormaster. Mr. Marsili currently serves as the officer in charge at the Aids to Navigation station in Bristol. Over the course of several months, a search committee narrowed [...]
Read More →Hummel Report shines spotlight on Bristol harbormaster’s office
Jim Hummel of The Hummel Report has posted a video story focusing on the Bristol Harbormaster’s office, complaints about former Harbormaster Joe Cabral’s response to a near-drowning last summer, and the search for a new town harbormaster. The story went live a few hours before the Bristol Town Council is expected to hire a new harbormaster – [...]
Read More →Warren harbomaster finalist for Bristol post
Warren Harbormaster Matt Calouro is one of three finalists for the vacant harbormaster post in neighboring Bristol. Mr. Calouro, who is the brother of Bristol Town Council member Nathan Calouro and son-in-law of recently retired Bristol Harbormaster Joseph Cabral, was selected as one of the top three candidates Wednesday night by the Bristol Town Council; [...]
Read More →Search committee picks top candidates for Bristol harbormaster
Before harbormaster search committee chairman, David Barboza, presented the top three harbormaster candidates – in alphabetical order – to the town council on Wednesday night, he joked about the months of screening and interviewing that brought them to this point. “People have said it took less time to elect a pope than it did to [...]
Read More →Nine candidates in running for Bristol’s harbormaster
Within the next few weeks, the harbormaster search committee will complete their task of vetting candidates, and will present the top three names to the Bristol town council. Then it will be up to the town council to choose the next harbormaster. The position evolved over the past 30 years under the direction of Joe [...]
Read More →Bristol Town Council alters possession requirement for captain’s license
Following the directives set by the town council, the harbormaster search committee quickly narrowed the field of 18 applicants to a field of potentially seven by eliminating five out-of-town applicants and others who do not currently have a captain’s license. But the quick and drastic reduction in the number of applicants prompted the town council [...]
Read More →Committee quickly narrows field of applicants for Bristol harbormaster
The harbormaster search committee began the vetting process on Tuesday night, when, for the first time since the group was assembled, they reviewed the list of 18 candidates who expressed interest in becoming Bristol’s next harbormaster. In about an hour, the list of 18 potential candidates dwindled to seven. And within the next 24 hours, [...]
Read More →Search committee questions whether Bristol harbormaster needs a gun
A group of private citizens helping the Town of Bristol hire a new harbormaster is hoping to have a final list of top three candidates by the end of February. On Dec. 19, the nine members of the Bristol Town Council-appointed search committee received a primer from Bristol Town Clerk Louis Cirillo as to what [...]
Read More →Three seek full-time harbormaster job in Bristol
With the resignation of Harbormaster Joe Cabral, the town of Bristol needs to decide who will manage and enforce the town’s public waterways and docking facilities. When Mr. Cabral’s resignation was announced by town council vice chairman, David Barboza, the councilman said that he would like the hiring process to be put on the “fast [...]
Read More →Absence no excuse for Bristol harbormaster’s inaction
To the editor: (A version of this letter was sent to the members of Bristol Town Council and the Town Administrator.) On Friday, Aug. 10, my friend and I set out from North Farm beach in a two-man kayak. We were enjoying the calm waters when suddenly a high powered boat coming up from the [...]
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