By John Voket and Eliza Hallabeck
Newtown's Board of Ethics voted February 29 to grant a continuance, resulting in a postponement of two hearings previousl...
To the Editor:
The GE Gift has morphed into an absolute clown car of special interests. First, there was a designated senior center ("designated" is a fancy way...
First Selectman Pat Llodra is seeking residents to fill several opening on local appointed boards and commissions. In some cases the appointments are required t...
The Genealogy Club of Newtown will host its next open meeting on Wednesday, March 9, at 7 pm. Meetings are held in the meeting room of C.H. Booth Library, 25 Ma...
Masonicare at Newtown will host St Vincent's Mammogram Mobile Bus on Tuesday, March 8, from 10 am until 2 pm.
The bus had been scheduled to visit in February, b...
STAMFORD - Following a wave of bomb and violent threats made recently at schools across the state and throughout the country, area state...
To the Editor:
On behalf of The Animal Center of Newtown, we sincerely thank Caraluzzi's for hosting our first cat food drive of 2016. Manager Jeremiah...
Ricci's Salon & Spa will host a cut-a-thon on Sunday, May 15, from 10 am until 4 pm.
Men's barber haircuts will be $20, women's haircut and blow-dry will be $25...
To the Editor:
Legal documents have now been filed protecting the High Meadow as open space in perpetuity. This represents a long and arduous process by members...
Czeslawa Wasicki, 92, of Bridgeport died February 28 in Bridgeport Hospital. Born in Poland, she was the wife of the late Walter Wasicki, and lived in the Bridg...
Mr. Trump did not suddenly cause these citizens to believe and behave this way. They were already predisposed to not believe in and or trust their government. This is what should be concerning us. The Trump supporters are the obverse dide of the coin from the BLM/Antifa Activists. Neither believes their government represents or cares about them.
How many of us really believe our elected officials (beyond the local level) really represent us. One of our Senators until recently did not have property or a physical residence in Connecticut. He used his parents address. And his wife and children are residents of Northern Virginia, they own a house there, pay taxes there, register their cars there, and the wife votes there. How much does he have in common with a Connecticut Resident ?
I think we are not seeing "Zoom Fatigue" but a sense that no one listens to these Zoom Hearings. Look at the Legislature's hearings on Religious Exemption for refusing a vaccine. They scheduled Zoom comments around the clock. How many people watched, looked at later, or read the Comments at 2 or 3 AM ? A complete waste of time. And there was one picture of a legislator sleeping during the Zoom hearing. How many members of the Committee were even logged on during the night time comments ?
And for part timers, you do a pretty good job of moderating these forums.
The USA is not designed to be a "true" democracy. The founders of the nation had the wisdom and foresight to be concerned that the whims of the public, even the majority, can change rapidly and may not always be in the best interest of the country. As a result, they created a republic, or better said - a constitutional federal republic - as our system of government which has survived and served us well for centuries.
It’s upsetting that is article came from a place of love and appreciation, and someone has to go and comment like this is a Yelp review ! If you feel this way about NVS, you should have posted your own story along time ago. THIS post was supposed to be for the employees there that dedicated their all to helping this pet, and they couldn’t even have that time to shine ! I bet half the people who come to wouldn’t last one day or even an hour doing what they do and dealing with the people they deal with all while being in high stress situations and keeping a smile. It’s a shame that a loving post had to have someone negative feel the need to comment. That’s like standing up at someone’s funeral after a nice speech and saying how you actually didn’t like that person and listing reasons why. Time and a place buddy ! Very distasteful!
Claudia and family - We were all blessed with so much laughter when in Jim's presence that I know this will carry you through these difficult times. I am honored to have been part of his breakfast club after our workouts at the gym in Ridgefield, which then became the birthday club once you moved to Newtown. I will continue to celebrate with a fresh batch of muffins every November in his honor. Thank you for welcoming me into your family and although I am sad for the loss of my friend, I am inspired by the strength of your loving relationship and the power of laughter that he brought to you, your children, his grandchildren and all who knew him. He continues to make me smile. With love, Nadya Antoniades
