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The Bee Line Chronicles
By Jeff White
“Excuse me, would you mind if I ask you a quick question for The Newtown Bee?â€...
Catherine Steindl
Catherine_(Krchnavy) Steindl, 94, of Carefree, Ariz., formerly of Trumbull, after a courageous struggle, died on May 24. She was preceded in d...
Marie Lages
Marie Lages, 93, of Glen Hill Avenue, Danbury, formerly of Stratford, died May 27 in Glen Hill Nursing Facility, Danbury.
She is survived by a niec...
The Villa Restaurant took the floor May 11 night as 12 point underdogs against Newtown Color Center in the championship game of the Newtown Health & Fitness Clu...
Finance Panel Sharpens Focus On Fairfield Hills Costs
By Steve Bigham
The Legislative Council’s finance committee met Tuesday night to begin the dif...
Hospice Breakfast
Set For June 15
The 11th annual fund-raising breakfast of the Newtown Chapter of Regional Hospice of Western Connecticut will be held on Thurs...
New Musical Season At Richter
Is Right Around The Corner
DANBURY — Musicals at Richter, Fairfield County’s longest-running outdoor theat...
Using A Personal Coach To Meet Life’s Challenges
By Kaaren Valenta
According to Fortune magazine, the hottest thing in management today is the execu...
Chuck Berke, a marriage and family therapist who lives in Sandy Hook, also is a trained coach who helps clients set and meet personal and professional goals. Â...
I was an employee at the same time Keat's was working for Grand Union at the Valley Stream store on Long Island remember him vividly after all of these years.
The only time the word "fail" is found on this entire page is from your post. Newtown used to be a Blue Ribbon school district; it hasn't been for some time. For many of us who expect excellence in our Town's public school system the current performance levels are underwhelming, which is exactly what Mr. Higgins points out. It would be wonderful if you could specifically tell us where in this letter Mr. Higgins is "tearing down" the school system. You sir, seem to be employing typical Democratic Party tactics by twisting the words of anyone who isn't in your party to craft your own narrative. Voters beware.
Mr Higgins seems to be joining other Republicans in claiming Newtown Schools are failing. . I challenge that perspective, Our High School is rated in the top 5% nationwide, and our system in the top 20% of schools in CT, which is rated the 4th best statewide system.
Criticizing our schools has become the essences of this years Republican campaign. We should always strive to improve our schools, but tearing them down is not the way to do this. Reader beware.
As an independent I applaud [Barney] for being unaffiliated. However that is not the case in this election. Running on the Republican Line makes him beholden to the Party he is running for. He is not unaffiliated in his actions,. This time around he has signed onto a major parties agenda. like it or not. If he bucks the party next election he'll be out.
