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Sailors, boat dealers delighted at Bristol’s leg of the Rhode Island Boat Show

By   /  May 9, 2013  /  News  /  No Comments

Barrington residents Stuart and Michea Kiely bring their children Camden and Madeline boat shopping at the RI Boat Show at Bristol Marine.

If the fair winds and sunshine wasn’t enough to lure boating enthusiasts to Bristol’s waterfront this past weekend, then maybe it was the chance to view or climb aboard one of the new or used vessels on display at the Rhode Island Boat Show. This was the third year for the boat show with Bristol [...]

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Tyska: Tourister auction was opportunity lost

By   /  February 18, 2013  /  Columns, News  /  10 Comments

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Editor’s note: Bristol Marine and Rhode Island Marine Trades Association president Andy Tyska wrote this commentary in the wake of his firm’s failed bid to acquire the old American Tourister mill at auction. The mill ultimately will be sold to a New Hampshire real estate developer. American Tourister.  The day of the auction. The vision became [...]

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Council talks Tourister mill’s future

By   /  December 11, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

A Bristol firm has submitted a bid for the former Warren Manufacturing Mill in north Warren, otherwise known as the American Tourister mill.

The former American Tourister plant may soon have a new owner, and the Warren Town Council is taking an expressed interest in what happens to the sprawling commercial property in the north end. Warren Town Council members were expected to meet Tuesday night with town solicitor Anthony DeSisto to discuss the property’s status; the property, [...]

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