No New Taxes
To the Editor:
We are rapidly approaching the town budget referendum vote...here before we know it. Now is the time to inform our town leadership o...
Weller Foundation
Scholarship Available
WOODBURY — The Weller Foundation, Inc (formerly the Vitramon Foundation, Inc) has announced that full-time ...
School Board Approves Budget Proposal
By Eliza Hallabeck
Following multiple board meetings, the Board of Education reviewed and approved its 2012-13 budget Janu...
Western To Offer In-State Tuition Rates To Out-Of-State Commuters
DANBURY — Starting in the fall, out-of-state students in graduate education progr...
Retail Developments Offset BluLinx Vacancy To Boost Grand List
By John Voket
While Newtown’s Grand List could have taken a debilitating hit after th...
Congratulations to Mike Hughes, who was able to identify last week’s challenge (inset), a wishing well and welcome sign in a yard along Turkey Roost...
Manufacturing Company Developing
Neumade Facility Into Diversified Hub
By John Voket
The CEO of a Danbury-based manufacturing enterprise told The Newtown Bee t...
The Democrats’ Attack
On The Catholic Church
To the Editor:
If anyone needed any more evidence of the vile, despicable, bigoted nature of the curre...
Newtown Support Groups
Friday, February 3Â Â Â Â Â
AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion.
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Three Injured In Garner Prison Incident
State police report that two correction officers and an inmate at Garner Correctional Institution were injured following...
I fail to see the Newtown connection in this nonconstructive partisan letter which apparently seeks to scare local seniors. Mr. Epstein's letter does nothing to further the conversation around a legitimate policy issue in the future of Social Security which according to SSA.gov "if trust fund assets are exhausted without reform, benefits will necessarily be lowered," citing lower birth rates. This is an area where we need an open and objective, multi generational, national dialogue, not fear based political propaganda.
I agree, thank you Richard. The example given by Ms. Murray illustrates that this is a state issue, not a town issue. If the same case occurred in Connecticut the plaintiff would have sued the state of Connecticut, not the town of Newtown.
What fun to have stumbled across this write up. As a friend of one of the daughters I was fortunate to have visited with them many times in the early 80s in various locations. A wonderful, adventuresome family!
The state constitution permits the lawful carry of firearms after proof of training and background checks. Local ordinances do not preempt state statutes and passing an ordinance for a problem that is non-existent as per the Newtown Police Department will undoubtedly result in the town incurring legal fees unnecessarily. Please see attached link for numerous legal precedents where municipalities failed when their respective ordinances were passed. https://ballotpedia.org/Firearms_preemption_conflicts_between_state_and_local_governments
Law abiding citizens do not violate laws and infringement on the Second Amendment is not going to make any community safer. Enforcing existing laws is what should be the focus regarding gun violence along with addressing the mental health crisis.
Richard Fisher, DDS
Newtown, Connecticut
