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SCAN To Host Alger Demonstrating Still Life In Oil

Published: Dec 06, 2025 7:30 am

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will host Nicole Alger demonstrating still life in oil on Wednesday, December 10, at 1:30 pm, in the lower level of Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street (at The Flagpole).

The demonstration is open to the public and admission is free.

Alger is a graduate of The Florence Academy of Art. Her paintings and drawings have been included in juried shows with National Oil and Acrylic Painters Association (NOAPS), Five Points Gallery, Haggin Museum, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, and The Salmagundi Club in New York City, among others.

Thanks to Copley Society of Art, seven of her drawings were acquired in 2021 by The Langham Hotel in Boston for its permanent collection.

Alger’s figurative work and still lifes have been finalists in the international juried shows of Art Renewal Center (ARC) and The Portrait Society of Art (PSoA). She is a member of the portrait registries of Copley Society of Art and The Salmagundi Club.

Reservations are not needed for SCAN programs but additional information may be available at scanart.org.

“Fiber,” 16 by 20 inch oil by Nicole Alger, who will be the guest artist for the next Society of Creative Arts of Newtown artist demonstration.

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Real people were just in a frightening car accident. To immediately frame their misfortune as rhetorical ammunition against new housing — affordable housing included — feels less like concern for “health and safety” and more like opportunistically using a scary moment to support a pre-existing position. If we’re going to debate this proposal, we should do it honestly: with data on traffic volume, accident history, engineering recommendations, and the town’s housing needs, not by seizing on a single crash as proof that 300 apartments are inherently unsafe. Newtown deserves a thoughtful, fact-based conversation about growth, safety, and affordability — one that doesn’t turn other people’s bad day into a political talking point.

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To add context that did not occur at the meeting would not be an accurate representation of the meeting and would, in fact, be editorializing to shape public opinion. The editorial staff here do not consider ourselves to be final arbiters of what the truth is (and if we did, it would make us partisan and biased), and we would need to provide a source for any dissenting information (sourcing all information in an article is literally Journalism 101). There were no such sources present at the meeting in question, and so it would not be appropriate to include such information in an article about the meeting. Dissenting voices appear in meeting stories when there were active participants with dissenting opinions, such as during public participation or the words of a council member who disagreed. It should be noted that the Interfaith Council, like many local boards and commissions, conduct meetings that are open to the public. This was not an article on the actions of the Greater Danbury Area Unites for Immigrants, or on immigrants, or on ICE's actions in the community, where including other voices or perspectives would be appropriate. We appreciate your opinion, but we stand by our meeting coverage and consider this discussion closed.

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Propaganda is the systematic dissemination of information, often biased or misleading, to shape public perception and behavior toward a specific political cause or point of view. I'm not asking for Newtown Bee to editorialize, but providing context, where appropriate, to provide the reader with a more holistic view of the facts seems like a reasonable practice, particularly when encouraging the reader to decide what to believe/not to believe. Absent that context, this feels biased and misleading and intended to shape public perception.

The Newtown Bee reported what was said at a Newtown Interfaith Council meeting. Whether Mr McGillicuddy agrees with what was said or not, reporting what occurs at a public meeting is not "propaganda." Presenting what was said without editorializing is encouraging the reader to decide what to believe or not believe, and is standard for reporting at a community newspaper like The Newtown Bee.

"Abducted by ICE". You mean, when law enforcement enforces the law? This is propaganda passed off as a news article.

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