Police Plan Crackdown On Distracted Driving
On Monday, May 10, police plan to start a two-week enforcement crackdown on violations of state laws concerning dist...
I-84 Accidents Create Extended Travel Delays
By Andrew Gorosko
Tuesday was not an easy day to drive through town, either on Interstate 84 or on adjacent local ...
Vote Your Conscience
To the Editor:
This year we have seen the return of a threatening practice of telling voters that if they vote the budget down it will auto...
Absentee Ballots Available
Absentee ballots are available for the municipal budget referendum to be held on Tuesday, May 18, from 6 am to 8 pm, at Newtown Middl...
Charles Merten
Former Associate Professor At Cornell Medical College
Charles Merten, 85, of Southbury, died April 27, at Danbury Hospital, with his family ...
Junior Division
Gremlins 25 Ramblers 18: The juniors started the day with a tight game which was decided in the last few minutes. The Gremlins prevaile...
Sandy Hook School Student Book Club Begins With ‘No Talking’
By Eliza Hallabeck
Students met Sandy Hook School library/media specialist ...
In addition to all that, Route 7 Music (Federal Road in Brookfield) will be sponsoring a raffle for a free guitar during the show.
For additional information,...
Youth Track Camp
The Newtown Hawks Youth Track Camp is open to boys and girls ages 6-14. This is a combination skills and conditioning camp with down/ game time...
Boots, as she was known to us (her middle name), was bright, articulate, and energetic. While at Oxford where we met, Boots was a vibrant part of our a capella songsters. An athlete, she was a terror on the field hockey team. We maintained contact over the many years and had annual lunches with our classmates. Always positive, Boots was a true friend. So sad that she is gone.
Sandy McDonough
I don’t mind that Bolinsky disparaged an opponent on the basis of appearance, or even that his wife feels she needs to walk up to his opponent (“Keep spreading lies”) to disparage the opponent. That is who Bolinsky and his wife are. What offends me is Bolinsky’s effort to blame a volunteer for a public misanthropic comment in his ad campaign and then distance himself from it. My first thought when hearing of this, was “the buck stops here”, thank you President Truman. And then to discover that Bolinsky actually used this quote in his “apology” is pathetic. Bolinsky allowed the comment to be disseminated as a misanthropist comment, and then he advised he has no responsibility for the dissemination of that thought. If the buck stops here, one should ask Bolinsky, if he has only just started to take responsibility for what his campaign says, who has been taking responsibility for how he decides to vote, who gives him information as his talking points etc.
