Bits & Pieces
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By Kim J. Harmon
DRAFT DAY – No matter how well prepared I seem to be, I always find myself in a cold sweat as I head out...
Destructive Zebra Mussels Invade Another Connecticut Lake
STORRS — Zebra mussels, an invasive species responsible for billions of dollars of economi...
Auditions For Zindal’s ‘Marigolds’
The Town Players Inc. of Newtown will hold auditions for Paul Zindal’s The Ef...
Promise Lives In The Home Of The Queen Of Off-Broadway
By June S. April
WESTPORT — Nearly hidden away in a residential area in Westport is a charmin...
Grandparent’s Day At Beardsley Zoo
BRIDGEPORT — Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo will honor grandparents by offering free admissi...
The Newtown Vipers – fresh off a spring state cup championship – haven’t missed a step as they opened the 2001 fall youth so...
Third Generation Takes Reins Of Expanding Bethel Food Market
BETHEL — The Caraluzzi family has launched a complete make-over of their Bethel Food Ma...
Genealogy Club Slates Organizational Meeting
By Jan Howard
An organizational meeting for area residents interested in forming and participating in a Genealogy C...
Leopard Drive
Corrine Coffey, formerly of Monroe, recently purchased 12 Leopard Drive from Thomas Perry.
Jayne Pearlman, GRI, CRS, with Bob Tendler Real Estate ...
Rejecting or approving town budgets has nothing to do with 'smart' growth. These budgets are expected to grow appropriately as cost of services increases.
The status quo is clearly not appealing to voters who rejected the school budget at first and only narrowly approved the town's budget. Smart growth is the name of the game here. That would be growth that respects our past, retains and ensures our vibrancy, and simultaneously widens our tax base.
The Newtown Conservation Coalition is basically a NIMBY snake oil salesman. They jump from cause to cause with the sole goal of making sure nothing changes. It is only a matter of time before they lower their threshold, get to acres, and want an accessory building, not in "their" town. They will bust out a new poster of a bulldozer tramping over a "historic" stone wall and protest in front of any town meeting.