Newtown news of 25, 50, 75, 100 and 125 years ago, from the archives of The Newtown Bee.
November 28, 1997
EDITORIAL INK DROPS — THANKS FRANK: We have oft...
Todd Ingersoll is known for his love of surprising people, often with a sizable cash donation. He has donated dozens of laptops to Newtown schools, and five yea...
Rising costs and scarceness of some things, such as vehicles, have created some snarls in the municipal budget, and the Board of Selectmen at its November 21 me...
Newtown Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) conducted a meeting in the Municipal Center’s Council Chambers on November 17 to review multiple applications.
P&Z ...
Newtown High School’s National Computer Science Honor Society hosted an induction ceremony in the school’s Lecture Hall the evening of November 1.
Current NHS N...
HARTFORD — St Joseph High of Trumbull sophomore Olivia Franson got her first taste of high school state playoff soccer action during the team’s championship sea...
The Legislative Council at its November 16 meeting decided to delay a decision on the restoration of $11,157 to the budgets of the two lake authorities while it...
The 13th Annual Turkey Trot to benefit C.H. Booth Library took place on a 30-degree Thanksgiving morning and there were 974 finishers who earned their extra stu...
Newtown Interfaith Council (NIC) presented its annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Gathering on November 20, inviting the public to join them in the sanctuary of New...
Darlene Kascak, educational coordinator and traditional Native American storyteller at the Institute for American Indian Studies participated in the Newtown His...
Since December 1996, the flagpole has been on the National Register of Historic Places and also a state-sanctioned landmark.
https://www.newtownbee.com/07042021/the-abcs-of-newtown-f-is-for-flagpole/
I think it is disingenuous to be ascribing Mr. Voket's editing and The Bee to being a "Republican" trait. Surely there are well respected publications of the left, such as Pravda and the Socialist Workers Daily, that do the same thing.
We can debate on editorial policies and permissions but resorting to an ad hominem, name calling attack on the Bee and Mr. Voket is less than honest.
(edit) Please note my sarcasm in the opening paragraph. I am not implying that the writer is a Communist or socialist.
That is an idea that has been brought up before - 20 years ago after a serious accident a traffic light was proposed. There were two problems:
1. The road is State Route 25, so it has to be the State Traffic Commission and State DOT that change any traffic controls.
2. Some years ago, long before that, the Flagpole and crossroads were designated a Landmark. (I believe National but could be State only.) The roads, intersection, flagpole and traffic control could not be changed without an act of either the State Legislature or the Congress, but once something is a Historical Structure it is damned near impossible to change it. (We are seeing this with the buildings at Fairfield Hills when we accepted Preservation Grants.)
We have done a decent amount of background on this - but our letters represent the opinion of the writer and the writer alone. Hopefully, it at least spurred others to seek out information from sources similar to the one you are suggesting.
