Leap Year –
Celebrating The Rarest Of Birthdays
By Jeff White
They say that eventually birthdays cease being exciting, that is, as exciting as a bir...
After months of intensive training, a very special member of the Newtown Police Department has been set to work. He’s Bronson, a ten-month-old Dober...
Newtown Volunteer Ambulance responded to 25 calls for the period February 19 to 25:
Medical: respiratory, 5; cardiac, 5; stroke related, 0; other seizure, 0; di...
Newbury Church To Celebrate Its 33rd Anniversary
On Sunday, March 12, Newbury Congregational Church of Brookfield will be celebrating the 33rd year of its found...
This column is always a repository for good news, but from my perspective the best news of this week was the return of Hector.
The Milatano family, who will be ...
TOPS Is Moving
DANBURY — The Connecticut chapter #134 of Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) is moving to a new meeting location, effective immediately....
Children’s Programs
The Children’s department has a large box filled with treasures that have been left behind, including some nice wint...
Bee’s Buck
Just two of our readers managed to find the small shelter (inset) pictured here last week. It was on Brushy Hill Road and M. Gervais and ...
NEW HAVEN – Even though Janelle Tracy has won four consecutive South-West Conference championships in the 55-meter dash, the one thing that has elud...
I commend our volunteers for being such assets to the town, and as a happy customer of Mitchell I'm not the least bit surprised they were well equipped to help with this situation. God bless each of you.
Property tax increases are a way of life as long as uncontrolled expenses are permitted. And there will never be a property tax roll back due to 'tax base expansion'. And as the deluge of New Newtowners are bidding up the cost of houses in town we can expect a nice bump in the next valuation cycle. Not to mention the disaster coming to Fairfield Hills which we will pay for through infrastructure improvements to support tenants and their children and cars.
When only 9% of eligible voters turn out to vote on the town budget, it should be clear that most folks don't have a compelling reason to participate in running the town. When we get housing at Fairfield Hills shoved down our throats although we voted NO multiple times we understand that our voices are ignored by those in charge. Vote them out, you say? Won't happen. What to be done? Support our first responders with donations and a heartfelt 'Thank You'.
I loved Mrs. Armstrong. I was a kid when I was her neighbor across the street. The kindness she projected was theost gentle and sincere thing. I went back to see her when I was in my 30's. The kindness was such a gift all over again. Lucky me to have known her. ❤️
