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Newtown’s Volunteer Fire Companies Support FAITH Food Pantry

Published: Nov 27, 2025 7:00 am

On Saturday, November 22, members of Newtown’s volunteer fire companies hosted the 23rd Annual Fill The Fire Truck event. During this event, members of the companies collect food donations for local organization FAITH Food Pantry. The event takes place the week before Thanksgiving every year to help families before the big feast.

Dodgingtown Volunteer Fire Company members were at the south entrance of Stop & Shop with a cart full of turkeys and other food items that were donated for the 23rd Annual Fill The Fire Truck for FAITH Food Pantry event. Members from Botsford Fire Rescue were also outside Stop & Shop at Sand Hill Plaza. Together, the community donated 63 boxes of food, 64 turkeys, and $1,590 in cash and gift cards.

Here, members of Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue and Hook & Ladder can be seen out in the parking lot of the Big Y shopping plaza located at 6 Queen Street. —Bee Photos, Glass

Dodgingtown Volunteer Fire Company members, from left, Kirk Blanchard, Tom Bukovsky, Ron Bolmer, Michael Carbone, Chris Carbone, and Ryan Bolmer.

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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.

I was shocked to read that Chip had died. He was a great and good person in every way. We went to middle and high school together in Newtown. I lost a good friend and the world lost a great person. RIP.......Chip William St Arnauld Charlotte, NC

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