Kate Bowen went 3-for-4 with a single, double and home run and, on the mound, struck out 14 batters to lead the Newtown Middle School softball team to a recent 8-1 win over Memorial as the Lady Lions improved to 3-1.

By KIM HARMON

Published: May 26, 2006 12:00 am

Bowen belted a solo home run in the top of the sixth inning. Natalie Dunn collected a pair of hits while Rachel Ruiz tripled. Megan Gibbons and Steph Suhoza also had hits while Dunn, Kait Marsden and Nicki Elias played well in the field.

Last Thursday, the Lady Lions pounded Rochambeau, 8-2, as Ally Modzelewski and Rachel Ruiz combined on a 15-strikeout performance. At the plate, Kate Bowen and Modzelewski each singled and doubled while Ruiz and Megan Casey each singled twice. Sarah Ferris and Amanda Nealy both banged out doubles.

On Monday, sloppy fielding doomed the Lady Lions as they fell to Jockey Hollow, 7-4. Steph Sanchez and Modzelewski shared the pitching duties while Megan Gibbons doubled and singled twice to pace the offense. Bowen had a pair of singles.

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Bruce, welcome to the conversation. Your recent statement after the storm — admitting that you should have communicated “faster, more completely, and more personally” — was fine as far as it went. But this is not just about one storm. It is about a pattern. You ran on openness, responsiveness, and transparency, even saying that “evasive answers or silence are unacceptable in government.” The problem is that Newtown residents have been dealing with exactly that silence from you since you were elected. Newtown’s Emergency Management page says the town, together with the Office of the First Selectman, provides “critical public information and warning” during emergencies. The town also rolled out CodeRED cellphone registration on March 24, 2022 so residents could receive emergency information directly. So where were you when police were searching for missing 23-year-old Kateri Doty in January? Where were you during the brush fires near the Newtown town line in April? Where were you on April 22, when state police and Newtown police were searching for two people who fled an I-84 crash and a canine search moved into the Church Hill Road area? Residents should not be hearing about a missing person, wildfire conditions, or police tracking dogs moving through backyards from Facebook, neighbors, or kids in town. They should be hearing from their town government. This is not really about whether you personally press the CodeRED button. Or how many task forces you have created. It is about leadership. You are the First Selectman. You are responsible for making sure the town communicates clearly, quickly, and visibly when public safety is involved. So yes, it is nice that you have finally acknowledged the problem. But the public did not need this storm to figure it out. We have been saying it for a long time. Bruce, you were missing when the town needed to hear from you. The question now is whether this storm finally woke you up, or whether this is just another late apology followed by more silence.

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Kate Bowen went 3-for-4 with a single, double and home run and, on the mound, struck out 14 batters to lead the Newtown Middle School softball team to a recent 8-1 win over Memorial as the Lady Lions improved to 3-1.

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