MoveOn.org’s End Goal Is Socialism
To the Editor:
Last week while trolling on Facebook [Jackie zVon] was apparently having a bad day and decided t...
‘Sing With Your Child’ Month Celebrated At Library
By Nancy K. Crevier
It was a magical, musical morning in the C.H. Booth Library meet...
Education Subcommittee
School Budget Recommended As Is To Legislative Council
By Eliza Hallabeck
The Legislative Council’s Education Subcommittee v...
Why I Didn’t Vote
To the Editor:
I just read this morning (Wednesday) in The Newtown Bee, online, that the proposed charter change failed to pass. T...
WATERBURY — Chase Collegiate School, an independent day school for prekindergarten through grade 12, will hold an open house on Sunday, April 10.
T...
Community Banks And Consumers Bear Cost Of New Legislation
By Nancy K. Crevier
The magnitude of halting or delaying implementation of the Durbin amendment to th...
A Successful And Fun Fundraiser
To The Editor:
I want to thank everyone who made our annual Newtown Congregational Preschool Silent Auction a successful and fun...
Volunteers Needed For Sunday’s Half Marathon
Volunteers are needed for the Danbury Half Marathon, 5K road race, and Kids Run, to be held Sunday, Apr...
Friday, April 1
Conservation Commission, 1 pm, Dickinson Park (near the skate park), use Brushy Hill Road entrance.
Friday Fish Fry, 5–8 pm, St...
Malloy’s Quid Pro Quo
To the Editor:
Quid Pro Quo.
A familiar phrase, but what does it signify? The law says that a contract does not exist bet...
Hello! My family has been doing this for years (since our now 16 year old was in Project Eagle at SHS). We have picked up over 30 bags of litter since the quarantine started. Kristy Davenport, paraeducator at SHS just picked up a ton of litter too! It is my hope that this is one of the many ways we can (again) take something tragic and horrible and use it to do some good. Thank you!
My name is Jack McAvoy, older brother of Joanne and Patricia McAvoy who lost their lives in an automobile accident 50 years ago on the date above. I wonder if any readers still remember two of the most wonderful sisters a brother could ever have, and I'll bet two of the nicest friends one could ever know. Joanne was 17, Patricia 15. I can't thank the Bee enough for posting this In Memoriam. As a regular reader of the "Way We Were" feature from my home in Pennsylvania, I wondered if any mention would be made of the accident as the sad anniversary approached. It was not (so far anyway), and I totally understood because that's probably not the place to recount such a tragic event. And then . . . then I clicked on Obituaries and saw that the precious memory of these dear girls is still alive in their hometown thanks to this newspaper with a heart. I am so moved. If anyone knew them, you would understand why. On the chance that a former classmate/friend might want to visit their grave site, they are interred in St. Rose Cemetery very close to the entrance. Take the road to the right just a little way and you'll find the headstone close to the road. If anyone reads this and remembers, I thank you for any kindness you might have ever done for them. Chances are they were kind to you as well. That's the way they always were. RIP, Joanne and Patricia. I love you both.
