Newtown Bridge Club Results
Newtown Bridge Club plays ACBL-sanctioned duplicate bridge games at Hawleyville Volunteer Fire Department, 34 Hawleyville Road/Route...
 Terrain Changes Photographed For Mapping Revisions
By Andrew Gorosko
As Lemuel Golden Johnson, Jr, sees it, it’s a matter of “perspect...
Malloy Activates State EOC
HARTFORD – Governor Dannel P. Malloy partially activated the state’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on Thu...
The Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard Show
By Abbie Branchflower
The Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard conducted its annual fund...
Weapons Incident
Police said that at about 9:46 pm on July 27, they responded to a Smoke Rise Ridge residence after receiving a report of a disturbance the...
Hilda Strait
Cardwell
Hilda Strait Cardwell, 97, of Riverside, Conn., died April 23. She was born in Yonkers, N.Y., to Josephine and Henry William Brandt.
She ...
Eileen A. Jones
Eileen A. Jones 69, of Schenectady, N.Y., died after a long illness, July 31, at the Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, surrounded by her family. Sh...
‘Cinema Summer’ Film Series To Focus On Scenes
Of Venice, Wednesdays In August
WATERBURY — Beat the heat in August at The M...
*A final reminder that the next Live at ETH concert — performances being organized by Newtown resident Hayden Bates that raise funds for renovat...
I was an employee at the same time Keat's was working for Grand Union at the Valley Stream store on Long Island remember him vividly after all of these years.
The only time the word "fail" is found on this entire page is from your post. Newtown used to be a Blue Ribbon school district; it hasn't been for some time. For many of us who expect excellence in our Town's public school system the current performance levels are underwhelming, which is exactly what Mr. Higgins points out. It would be wonderful if you could specifically tell us where in this letter Mr. Higgins is "tearing down" the school system. You sir, seem to be employing typical Democratic Party tactics by twisting the words of anyone who isn't in your party to craft your own narrative. Voters beware.
Mr Higgins seems to be joining other Republicans in claiming Newtown Schools are failing. . I challenge that perspective, Our High School is rated in the top 5% nationwide, and our system in the top 20% of schools in CT, which is rated the 4th best statewide system.
Criticizing our schools has become the essences of this years Republican campaign. We should always strive to improve our schools, but tearing them down is not the way to do this. Reader beware.
As an independent I applaud [Barney] for being unaffiliated. However that is not the case in this election. Running on the Republican Line makes him beholden to the Party he is running for. He is not unaffiliated in his actions,. This time around he has signed onto a major parties agenda. like it or not. If he bucks the party next election he'll be out.
