Catherine
Rollentez
Catherine A. O’Malley Rollentez, 89, of Ashlar of Newtown, formerly of Bridgeport, died on Tuesday, October 30, at Ash...
The Newtown High School boys’ soccer team is now the number-one ranked team in the state, according to the most recent Hartford Courant poll. The po...
Rowland Optimistic On Budget Deal
By Matthew Daly
Associated Press
HARTFORD –– Gov. John G. Rowland said this week he is “ca...
Habitat Gets A
New Director
Chris Brown has been a magician, football player, playwright, teacher, and professor, Broadway actor, TV pitchman, theatrical direc...
Bits & Pieces
By Kim J. Harmon
It’s 10:41 on Thursday, November 1 . . .
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If you want to know what’s wrong with major league ...
Flag Sale Nov 6
Newtown Junior Woman’s Club members and their children will hold a flag fundraiser on Election Day, November 6, at the Newtown Middl...
The dispatchers at Edmond Town Hall report the following fire calls:
Thursday, October 25: 3:53 pm, alarm, no fire, Middle Gate School, Cold Spring Road, Botsfo...
Caring For People With Dementia
The Learning Center at Ashlar of Newtown will present its Lunch and Learn program, “Common Sense Approaches to Carin...
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Burglary/Larceny
Police report that someone sometime between 8 am and 3:30 pm on October 29 entered a home on Swamp Road in Botsford and stole stereo equip...
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.