Four TOPICS Projects Approved For Town Traffic Upgrades
State and federal funding will back four TOPICS program highway upgrades in town. Projects target junctions Thames and Hope Streets, Gooding and Metacoma Aves, Gooding Ave and Hope St, and Hope and Wood Streets at Ferry Rd for channeling traffic widening approaches rerouting from shopping areas and adding a traffic light. Rep Henry Pacheco and Council Chairman John P Ligeiro announced the action noting completion before winter and easing local congestion led by Town Council. Emerico Ceci of the Division of Planning at the Dept of Transportation notified officials.
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Treasuries
Henry Pacheco
John P. Ligeiro
Thames and Hope Sts
Gooding and Metacoma Aves
Gooding Ave
Hope St
Hope and
Wood Sts
Ferry Rd
Pacheco
Ligeiro
Emerico Ceci
Division of Planning
Dept. of Transportation
Independent Bristol Independent Group fields seven candidates
The Bristol Independent Group known as BIG filed three candidates for Town Council and three for Schools Committee for November elections. Phyllis Perry leads the slate, with Albert Mello and Capt Charles O. Cook among Town Council hopefuls. School Committee contenders include Charles J Falugo III, Leonard Goldberg, and Julie J. Sturges. The group also received an endorsement from Town Clerk Orlando J. Bisbane.
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Orlando J. Bisbane
Bristol Independent Group
BIG
Phyllis Perry
Michael J Balzano
Albert Mello
Charles O. Cook
Charles J Falugo
Leonard Goldberg
Julie J. Sturges
Warren Fire Dept conducts high tension training blaze
A practice session on Cutler Street featured a 60 ft frame building owned by Lloyd Mfg Co. burning as a realistic drill. Bristol Engine 1 assisted under Fire Chief Edward Borges as Warren crews learned how quickly a blaze can engulf a structure.
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Warren Fire Dept
Cutler St
Kleistone Rubber Co
Lloyd Mfg. Co
Fire Department
Warren Department
Warren
Bristol
Hydraulion Co
Edward Borges
Borges
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Peter Bosworth