NHS Student Learns About Law At NYLF Conference
By Tanjua Damon
Understanding the law and how the process works can be intriguing for many young adults. Newtown...
By Kim J. Harmon
W
ork to Win – the Newtown High School boys’ track team has worked not only to win, but to improve itself and ...
Few Attend Saturday
Budget Hearing
By Steve Bigham
Only three people turned out for the annual Saturday morning public hearing on the proposed town budget March...
Charter Panel Charts Its Course
Following Critical Council Review
By Steve Bigham
After facing a highly critical Legislative Council two weeks ago, the Charter ...
Search Is On For Outstanding Older Worker
GARDNER, MASS. — Green Thumb, Inc., is seeking nominations for an Outstanding Older Worker to represent ea...
An Old Home Saved
To the Editor:
We owe our home to Officer Christopher Vadis, first to spot the fire at our Big Yellow House March 15. Our gratitude extends to...
South Main Crash
Motorist Andrew M. Hernandez, 20, of Bridgeport was driving a 1994 Ford Explorer northbound on South Main Street about 4 pm March 26, when...
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Something New For Newtown’s
Dining Menu: Indian Food
By Kaaren Valenta
Sunderban, the “beautiful forest,” with a unique ...
As a former local elected leader, state Independent Party leader and US Congressional candidate, you know Editorials occasionally cause discomfort. This editorial empathized with the departing board member's agonizing about her decision to resign; praised her service and indirectly, yours - calling for the community to do the same; took issue with the timing and the vitriolic parting comments about her board colleagues and chair - justifying each point with fact; and called for remaining school board members to consider her criticism and act upon it if justified. To your other point, any suggestion this newspaper or its editor is "representing" any political party is absurd.
I agree. Rebekah should recuse herself from any involvement in the process of recommending a new board member. However, I do not believe she will. She has demonstrated that she doesn't care about doing the right thing. She does what is best for her.
The court removed a Federal mandated backstop for irresponsible behavior. Now the individual states will determine consequences - as the framers of the Constitution wanted.
Please take some time to educate yourself on this issue and the Supreme Court decision. It is now up to the individual states to determine how this issue will be decided.
