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...
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.
