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To the Editor:
I urge Democrats to vote for Senator Barack Obama for President in the February 5 primary election.
Many Democ...
New Members
At NCC
Newtown Congregational Church welcomed four new members during its worship service on January 27.
Phillip Clark, Mandy and Robert Poseno, an...
Correction
The cutline on the cover of last week’s Newtown Bee showing two boys ice skating on Hawley Pond transposed the names of the boys. Austin ...
Richard Pooley To Conduct Heart Health Seminar
Dr Richard Pooley, a retired cardiothoracic surgeon and Ridgefield resident, will conduct “Heart Heal...
Chamber Open House Comes With A Workout
Club NewFit is planning an open house for the Chamber of Commerce of Newtown, on Tuesday, February 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 ...
Popular Daffodil Program Needs Volunteers
For 35 years, the American Cancer Society has been making a difference in the fight against cancer and providing hope ...
State Supreme Court Upholds P&Z’s Buddhist Temple Rejection
By Andrew Gorosko
The state Supreme Court this week unanimously upheld the Newtown Plann...
Elizabeth Hess
Devoted Wife And Mother
Elizabeth Hess, 72, of New Milford, devoted wife of Richard F. Hess, died January 27 after a short battle with lung ...
By Nancy K. Crevier
The Newtown Bee Sportsman Award has been presented to a person who has done the most for sports in Newtown every year since 1986, said Newto...
WSA Seeks Member To Fill Vacancy
The town’s Water and Sewer Authority (WSA) is seeking a person to fill a vacancy on the seven-member agency, which ...
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