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Pop-Up Distribution Center Dispensed Cookies By The Case; Girl Scout Sales Season Now Underway

By Shannon Hicks

Published: Mar 20, 2026 12:35 pm

At least one person was disappointed to learn they could not buy Girl Scout cookies when they drove to the lower driveway of Reed Intermediate School late Saturday morning. Banner flags and lawn signs proclaiming Girl Scout Cookie Time had been placed at the intersection of Wasserman Way and Trades Lane, and then directed drivers to the lower driveway of the school, but they were only intended to help leaders of regional troops find their deliveries.

For three hours on March 14, cases of cookies were unloaded from a pair of tractor-trailer trucks, carefully counted, and doled out to representatives of Girl Scout troops in Newtown, Danbury, Bethel and Ridgefield. Newtown served as one of 18 locations across the state to host a Cookie Drop. Girls Scouts of Connecticut Inc last week said it planned to dispense nearly one million packages of cookies across the state.

Locally the process went very smoothly, even ending an hour earlier than planned. The distribution point at Reed School packed up shortly after 11 am.

According to Girl Scouts of Connecticut, 76,472 cases — or over 917,000 packages of cookies — were delivered through the pop-up locations across the state Saturday morning. Newtown alone accounted for 3,385 cases of cookies.

Cookie sales began within just a few hours and now continue weekends through at least April 10.

According to girlscouts.org, Newtown sales planned for Friday, March 20, all 5-9 pm, include booths at Gino’s Pizza, 102 Church Hill Road; My Place Pizza, 8 Queen Street; NewSylum Brewing, 36 Keating Farms Avenue; and Tambascio’s Italian Grill, 1 Dodgingtown Road.

Saturday, March 21, 8-11 am, Bagel Delight, 30 Church Hill Road; 10 am-1 pm, Blue Colony Diner, 66 Church Hill Road; 8 am-2 pm, Dunkin, 6 Queen Street, and Tractor Supply Company, 116 South Main Street; noon-4 pm, Angelina’s Italian Deli, 150 South Main Street; 5-9 pm, My Place Restaurant; and 5:30-9 pm, NewSylum Brewery.

Sunday, March 22, 8-11 am, Bagel Delight and Dunkin; 11 am-2 pm, Tractor Supply Company; and 2-7 pm, NewSylum Brewery.

Additional Newtown sales locations this cookie season will include Carminuccio’s Newtown Market, Dickinson Park, Mitchell Hawleyville Deli & Café, Newtown Community Center, Newtown Hardware, Starbucks, and Stop & Shop. Watch for Scouts and signs or visit girlscouts.org to find specific locations and times.

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Managing Editor Shannon Hicks can be reached at shannon@thebee.com.

Monica Wieleba-Andersen (kneeling, center), delivery site manager for Newtown and leader of Cadette Troop 50113, was the on-site coordinator for Girl Scouts of Connecticut’s Cookie Drop at Reed School on March 14. In just three hours she and the others pictured dispensed more than 3,300 cases of cookies to Girl Scout troops from Newtown, Bethel, Danbury, and Ridgefield, officially launching the 2026 sales season. —Bee Photo, Hicks

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Congratulations on raising a wonderful Harvard grad who has served his country well. My son is a Harvard Law School graduate and that was not an easy accomplishment, as you know. He was Cornell before that. My brother was a paratrooper and my uncles served in the military, as well. In segregated troops, but they were also so proud to serve. I am so grateful to your beautiful and brilliant child. I am grateful to anyone that takes on the difficult task of representing an entire community. It is not at all an easy task. In my 64 years, I have worked with some incredible community leaders and elected officials, on so many levels. I was an administrative law judge, a judge's court attorney, a managing partner, a hospital administrator etc. Community record of service and loyalty and experience is so important at all levels. I know that with more years of experience in the Newtown community your Brandon hopes to represent, he will have enough experience under his belt that he will be a great advocate for Newtown. I also know that at this time, Michelle Ku has that experience, record and knowledge and she will be an incredible State Representative and any truly committed additional nominee will work with Michelle Ku to help her do what all need done. They would work very well together and many of us hope that is what happens. Congratulations again, on a job well done.

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This shocks me and I may be naïve to what can be done but I had a similar issue before moving to Newtown and I put it on the agenda for a town meeting and the Department of Transportation had to address the matter. Is this not an issue that Transportation can look into. Diverting traffic or slowing it down is not a way to address the fact that your enjoyment of your home is affected? Perhaps even the safety of your immediate community? If I were to drive through and witness what you have described, I would definitely not be interested in purchasing a home on your street. How is this not an assessment issue that you raise and they must investigate? Where is the accountability toward tax paying home owners?

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Thank you for your service Brandon Moore. Thank you for the events you have participated in during the months that you have lived in Newtown. However, I am too old and wise to not realize, there are so many unanswered questions about the newcomer. So many issues the Republican Party raised about Mr. Moore’s brief employment in government that I’ve inquired about, but people won’t discuss. The Republican Party statement that Michelle Ku deserves better. It leads me to support Michelle Ku, without reservation. However, if there can be transparency about the allegations against Brandon Moore, I might consider him a worthy democratic candidate. On another note… why did I receive an email from you with the wrong DTC meeting dates? I missed the meetings I could have attended. Hmmmm. Ah, but me not overthink. Hope to be at the next exciting DTC meeting.

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