Newtown Ventures Out For Halloween…
By Steve Bigham
With the nation on high alert this week, many wondered what Halloween 2001 would be like. Would pare...
CPR Saturday Saves Lives
CPR Saturday will be held on Saturday, November 17, at 20 sites, including Newtown, in western Connecticut.
The event, “Sav...
It is not enough merely to exist. It’s not enough to say, “I’m earning enough to support my family. I do my work well. Iâ&#x...
Services for Newtown seniors are sponsored by the Commission on Aging and are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. For more ...
Mr and Mrs Cary L. Kortze
Lucia Lombardi and Cary LaRue Kortze were united in marriage on October 6 at St Mary Church in Stamford.
The bride is the daughter of ...
Danbury Hospital Plans
Two Medical Town Meetings
DANBURY –– “Quitting & Screening: The Best Defense Against Lung Cancerâ...
Doris Nastasia
Doris (Alberghine) Nastasia, 76, of Bridgeport, a retired nurse’s aide, died on November 1 at Bridgeport Health Care Center.
She is s...
Commentary –
Inner Peace And World Peace; We All Can Be Peacemakers
By Janaki Pierson
What can we do, to overcome fear, to bring about world peace, ...
Let's be honest, The ARPA funds were not "provided to municipalities during the COVID-19 pandemic to help provide PPE for citizens and make improvements to the town’s infrastructure." It was a Stimulus Package to speed up the country's recovery from the economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and recession.
Dave at the NCC, this letter says that this letter was written on behalf of the Newtown Conservation Commission. Your website lists Land Use Staff, does this mean they are part of your Commission and your letter above speaks for them, or does it just speak for the 7 "citizen" members? I ask because typically, letters to the editor are written as individuals, don't remember any Commission or board representative writing in for the whole land use department. This brings up another question your charter doesn't say anything about opposing all new privately held property developments, I think your coalition was only supposed to "preservation and protection of 2,000 acres of town-owned open space". Do you have a new charter?
I think that it is a shame that the NIMBY Coalition is preventing the town from reverting this paper road back to its original owner. If, by some magic of beurocratic shamemanship the NCC is successful I think the Town should pave the road. Some of it is already a gravel road, paving this section of road would allow residents to avoid traffic at the flag pole by cutting through the newly paved "Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau Road". Ok, we have to work on the name of the road. Just think of the traffic freed from having to go through West Street or around to Taunton Hill.
Barbara was a mentor to me in my youth. I learned many things from this loving , sweet lady. May God bless Rudy and the kids.
Rest in peace Barbara.
Cheryl Booth Hornal
WA. State
We are not investigative reporters. We've never claimed to be. We cover meetings, write features, and do other very good work for this town.
We're not doing any less than when John Voket was Editor (nor any of his predecessors). Sorry we're not doing enough for you.
-SH