To the Editor:
Jim Gaston, the Democratic candidate for the Board of Selectmen, is a politician who is the perfect package. He has a proven capacity to lead, th...
Jone Karen Sigovich
A Loving And Generous Personality
Jone Karen Sigovich, 65, a longtime resident of Newtown and most recently of Jupiter, Fla., died peac...
To the Editor:
This letter is asking residents of District 3 to join me in supporting the candidacy of Mitch Bolinsky for Legislative Council. I had the distinc...
Safety First
To the Editor:
I urge all voters in Newtown to support my candidacy for the Police Commission. I am honored to have been endorsed for the position ...
Silhouette Portraits And Open Hearth Cooking, Historical Society November 13 Events
In the days before photography made an image of a person relatively affordab...
About The Letters This Week
One of the many casualties of the pre-Halloween snowstorm last weekend was the connection between The Bee’s e-mail serve...
Letters Of Endorsement
To the Editor:
Newtown is fortunate to have scores of individuals who emphasize the importance of having a government that listens to its...
Editor
’s Note: Please note that while we have tried to confirm the listings for events that are scheduled for this weekend, some events may ...
Dorothy Krnyaich Thomas
Celebrated Life
Dorothy Krnyaich Thomas, 89, wife of Wallace C. Thomas of Newtown, died October 30, in Danbury Hospital. Born July ...
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.
