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On the record Bristol

Local News October 8, 2026

Bristol WHAT: Township trustee meetings Sept. 15 and Oct. 6 PRESENT: Doug Seemann, Rhonda Snyder and Jeff Waldeck Trustees: •Heard from resident Matt Lynn about painting and fixing up the Bristol Congregational Church building at the center. Snyder said the building sustained hall damage from a storm in the spring. •Heard from Road Supervisor Ray Duffield that he is working on the pricing and design for the fire station sign base. •Heard from Ken Weeks of the zoning commission the commission did an overview of a template for creating an amendment for data ...

Privacy concerns put smart glasses under scrutiny as Norway seeks temporary ban

National News October 8, 2026

A trip to the park. A day at the beach. A workout session at the gym. All in public spaces where smart glasses can snap photos, record conversations or stream video online — without people in the line of their lenses and microphones knowing about it. Norway’s government wants to get a handle on both the promise and peril of AI glasses and is proposing that parliament enact a temporary ban on them in some places. It’s the latest sign of growing concern in many countries about new technologies that are fundamentally changing the way people live. Some governments have banned the ...

Glidewell hopes to return pride to county agencies

Local News October 8, 2026

WARREN — Trumbull County Commissioner unanimously voted Wednesday to hire Matthew Glidewell as the director of Job and Family Services and the Child Support Enforcement Agency. Glidewell will be paid $99,450 per year in his first year. After his one year probationary period ends, Glidewell’s pay scale will progress annually. He will begin Oct. 19. “I am very excited to start work right away,” he said. “I know there are challenges ahead of me and I will work quickly to understand the challenges ahead of me.” He noted he has a vast background in government finance that ...

Arbitrator rules against paying city detectives stand-by pay

Agenda

Community News October 8, 2026

•TRUMBULL CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTER Board will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the board meeting room at the center.

Mia Goth files for divorce from Shia LaBeouf

National News October 8, 2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mia Goth has filed for divorce from Shia LaBeouf nearly 10 years after the two actors were married. The petition filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court says the 32-year-old Goth and the 40-year-old LaBeouf have been separated since July 2025. The two met and became a couple while filming “Nymphomaniac: Vol. II” in 2012, and married in 2016. They had previously split and said they were divorcing in 2018, but remained legally married, reunited in 2020 and had a daughter in 2022. Goth is seeking primary legal and physical custody of the 4-year-old, ...