The Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company is back up to a full complement of firefighting vehicles, now that the organization has put into service Engine 4...
September 20 marks Newtown’s 21st Annual Health and Public Safety Fair and the fair’s planners — Mae Schmidle, Della Schmid, Natalie Dos Santos, Donna Culbert a...
About 45 people attended an August 27 Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) meeting in seeking to learn more about a 23-lot cluster-style residential subdivision pro...
The Old Farmer’s 2015 Almanac is on the stands.
It is the quintessential advice magazine, dispensing information between its covers on subjects as diverse a...
Growing up in Minnesota in the 1960s, one of our favorite commercials shouted out, “I scream, you scream! We all scream for… ice milk!” Of course, ice milk was ...
BRIDGEWATER — A few Newtown residents earned trophies, ribbons and other honors during the 63rd Bridgewater Country Fair, which was presented at Bridgewater Fai...
The Newtown Kennel Club (NKC) invites animal lovers of all ages for a fun-filled family evening featuring police K-9 demos, a cavalry drill ride, kids’ giveaway...
To the Editor:
A few weeks ago, four of us pulled 10 large bags of mile-a-minute, a highly invasive plant, from the grounds at Dickinson Park. True to its name,...
The Resiliency Center of Newtown (RCN) announces “Essentials First,” a workshop on essential oils and their effects on emotional and physical health, to take pl...
Helen B. Herbold, 94, previously of Newtown, a registered nurse, synchronized swimmer, and certified yoga instructor, died September 1 at the Whittier Rehabilit...
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'.
