Robert Mulholland serves as the vice chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr Mulholland was inadvertently left out of The Newtown Bee’s O...
Baseball Team Looks To Make Its Best Pitch
By Andy Hutchison
Pitching, very often, is considered the biggest key to success in baseball. That’s the ...
The study uses data obtained by counselors at CPEIS’s California affiliate. Like CPEIS, the California program is a toll-free service offering evide...
Grief Specialist Roome Speaking To Working Women’s Forum
The Working Women’s Forum, an association of local professionals and entreprene...
An Unimpressive Senior Center
To the Editor:
I moved to Newtown five years ago, not knowing too much about Newtown. One of my first excursions was the Newtown P...
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Drug Charges
Police report they received a request for medical assistance in connection with a possible drug overdose that had occurred ...
Baird Sherman Robinson
Native Newtown Resident
Baird Sherman Robinson, 78, died April 2, in New Milford. He was born December 28, 1933, in New Haven, to Ro...
Volunteers Sought
For Board And Commission Vacancies
First Selectman Pat Llodra is asking eligible residents to step forward to serve on various appointed comm...
*Tickets have been on sale for a few weeks for the 2012 Country Megaticket, which will get you into the LADY ANTEBELLUM, BRAD PAISLEY, RASCAL FLATTS, JASON ALDR...
Finding Community
At The Senior Center
To the Editor:
My grandparents ran a large chicken farm during their retirement years in the 1950s. It kept them very bu...
You say the issue is not that our taxes will go up, but that we will pay increased taxes for 5 years? We won't be taxed for more than the budget on which we vote. The mil rate will adjust.
qstorm: I don't believe EverWonder was ever looking to get anything free from the town. They needed a larger space in a better location, and would have paid millions to remediate & renovate that building. Why would they also have to pay the town rent? And why wouldn't they get the ground around the building? It's a children's museum for God's sake! What do you have against bringing joy & educational play to our community?
I think this new building is the perfect opportunity for EverWonder to grow and thrive and look forward to seeing their success. Thankfully they found somewhere in Newtown that can accommodate their needs perfectly.
I don't understand the concern...the museum has been open for years on Pecks Lane and the size of the building can easily hold them. 60,000 visitors a year is less than 200 people per day, of which at least 1/2 are children. Plus spread out over the course of the day, it's only 15-16 cars per hour during their daytime business hours. Plus EverWonder is known for working to improve our community and unlikely to place any more harm on the environment than those already driving by daily. I think the author hit the nail on the head & EverWonder has found the absolute best place for their home, and thankfully that's in Newtown where our business can thrive from their success!
