‘The Wonderful World Of Lichens’
DERBY — Lichens are curious plants that are part fungus and part alga or cyanobacteria exis...
Antoinette Went
Beloved Mother And Grandmother
Antoinette Went, of Maplewood in Newtown, formerly of New Milford, died peacefully March 30. Mrs Went was bo...
What cause do you wish people would pay more attention to?
Emma Schmid-Tharnish: Heifer.org. It’s a charity that you can donate money to, to help a ...
Yale Alley Cats At Trinity, April 21
One of the nation’s most renowned a cappella groups, The Yale Alley Cats will return to Newtown for a performan...
Springing Into Track Season At NHS
By Kelley Baylis
Newtown High School’s boys’ and girls’ outdoor track and field teams are...
Safe School Climate Seminar Scheduled
A Safe School Climate Seminar for Newtown parents and residents will be held on Thursday, April 12, in Reed Intermediate S...
Red Cross Family Caregiver’s Training; Public Invited To Any, All Sessions
BROOKFIELD — A free Family Caregiver’s Training P...
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...
Making Easter A Little Happier For Families In Need
By Nancy K. Crevier
Newtown High School junior Paige Kroha, 16, delivered 40 Easter baskets to St Rose Churc...
Police Break Up Large
Underage Alcohol PartyÂ
After receiving a noise complaint about 10:30 pm on Saturday, March 31, police responded to a residence on Pond...
Boots, as she was known to us (her middle name), was bright, articulate, and energetic. While at Oxford where we met, Boots was a vibrant part of our a capella songsters. An athlete, she was a terror on the field hockey team. We maintained contact over the many years and had annual lunches with our classmates. Always positive, Boots was a true friend. So sad that she is gone.
Sandy McDonough
I don’t mind that Bolinsky disparaged an opponent on the basis of appearance, or even that his wife feels she needs to walk up to his opponent (“Keep spreading lies”) to disparage the opponent. That is who Bolinsky and his wife are. What offends me is Bolinsky’s effort to blame a volunteer for a public misanthropic comment in his ad campaign and then distance himself from it. My first thought when hearing of this, was “the buck stops here”, thank you President Truman. And then to discover that Bolinsky actually used this quote in his “apology” is pathetic. Bolinsky allowed the comment to be disseminated as a misanthropist comment, and then he advised he has no responsibility for the dissemination of that thought. If the buck stops here, one should ask Bolinsky, if he has only just started to take responsibility for what his campaign says, who has been taking responsibility for how he decides to vote, who gives him information as his talking points etc.
