HAPPY BIRTHDAY
November 5, Emma Pollard, Age 10
Deadline for the November 9 issue is Tuesday, November 6, at 4 pm. To include your name in The Birthda...
First Night Danbury 2012-13 Seeking Volunteers Of All Ages For New Year’s Eve Celebration
DANBURY — “Danbury Fareâ€	...
Choosing Candidates
It has been The Bee’s custom in recent years to endorse candidates at the top of the election ballot no matter whether it was a ...
Corrections & Update
The decorative ball at the top of the Main Street flagpole is not a truk (or truck) but a decorative ball, as it should have been referred ...
Blood Drive Scheduled
Trinity Episcopal Church will host an American Red Cross blood drive on Monday, November 12. The blood drive will be conducted in the unde...
NHS Football Team Beats Bethel
By Andy Hutchison
Newtown High School’s football team remained perfect with a 37-14 triumph at Bethel on October 26. ...
Coping With Alzheimer’s In The Workplace
CROMWELL — The Connecticut Society for Human Resource Management State Council (CTSHRM) is hold...
Storm Sandy Leaves
Damage And Darkness In Its Wake
Wind Cuts Power
To Most Of Town
By Andrew Gorosko
Newtowners this week confronted the many proble...
To the Editor:
Newtown needs Lisa Romano to work for us in Hartford. She has earned the endorsement of the News-Times as she has demonstrated the skills we need...
It appears you didn't read the editorial - regarding record payrolls/bonuses for CEOs. And in CT who are being richly rewarded for all the money they are making for shareholders from profits. And in CT, it's the State Insurance Dept., Attorney General, and elected legislators who are in the driver's seat when it comes to regulations and setting health insurance rates.
Maybe look into which state officials voted against efforts to reduce increases, or worked on bills to benefit 'Big Insurance'?
Individuals and small group plans do not have the leverage that large corporate plans have. Fact of life. All goods and services are increasing in price due inflation and high energy costs. Place the blame on Washington not the CEOs of health insurance providers.
A portion of this 'foreign aid' is in the form of military hardware, training and financing the purchase of military hardware. Not to mention the $54 billion in military aid to Ukraine this year which almost doubles the $60.4 billion budgeted for 'foreign aid'.