Why The New Approach?
To the Editor:
We need a new approach to staffing [at the animal shelter]. Why is that? It sounds like the shell game to me and perhaps Iâ...
NHS Girls’ Lacrosse Team Unbeaten In Conference
The Newtown High School girls’ lacrosse team keeps winning. The girls remained perfect ...
NHS Boys Run, Jump And Throw Their Way Past Six Opponents
By Anna Hodge
The past two weeks have been filled with success for the Newtown High School boysâ€...
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.     —Mark Twain
No matter how old a mother is she watches her middl...
A Plea From Two Filmmakers
To the Editor:
Imagine our elation when we heard that our film, De-Ploy, was accepted to the Cannes Short Film Corner! The festival,...
 Theater Review—
‘Sylvia’ A Real Treat At TBTA
By Julie Stern
BROOKFIELD — A.R. Gurney’s Sylvia get...
Girls’ Tennis Team Keeps Winning
Newtown High School’s girls’ tennis team won three more matches this week and improved to 9...
Middle Gate Living Biographies
By Eliza Hallabeck
Margaret Hamilton once again donned her “Wicked Witch” persona, Martha Stewart had a p...
Police Explorers Open House Slated
Police have scheduled an open house for youths from ages 14 through 18 interested in becoming members of the Newtown Police E...
Free Blood Pressure Screening
Masonicare at Newtown will sponsor a free blood pressure screening on Tuesday, May 17, from 10 am to noon in the Lockwood Lodge We...
One final point. Folks have to realize that the landscape in sports has changed dramatically just over the last 5-10 years with so much club play, probably for just about every sport but football. Kids no longer have to play HS sports as an avenue to college. In fact, a lot of the college recruiting is done through the clubs. Given this, It is just IMHO that even Parks & Rec need to evaluate their by-laws regarding field use. Maybe a sliding pay scale based on percentage of in-Town kids. Maybe 501(c)(3) organizations combined with the percentage of in-Town kids have a more affordable pay scale than for profit organizations. IDK but it has to change with the changing sports landscape or it will CONTINUE to fall apart.
"This group of parents are not interested in working with Babe Ruth,"...Can someone please explain why Babe Ruth is the be all to end all? Why does anyone have to 'work' with Babe Ruth in this Town? How does one private organization get exclusivity and control? Newtown needs to wake up. One can deny it all they want but many of the Town sports/leagues are a mess and why many have left for other organizations in other Towns.
As previously reported, First Selectman Dan Rosenthal reserves the right to rescind the mandate prior to the next Legislative Council meeting. The Council is scheduled to revisit the mandate on October 6.
Read more here: https://www.newtownbee.com/09032021/legislative-council-approves-mask-mandate-after-two-hour-debate/
