To the Editor:
Yes, it’s Borough budget time again and once more — Facts First. Last year, Mr Mitchell suggested to The Bee there was missing Borough money, now...
NOTE: This story has been updated to include information about the next scheduled Dress A Girl Southern CT event.
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Several dozen women adroitly ta...
Newtown High School’s baseball team made it four consecutive games with nine runs, beating a trio of South-West Conference teams handily this past week.
After a...
Newtown High School’s boys’ volleyball team hasn’t had many challenges during its unbeaten start to the spring; the Nighthawks generally make quick work of thei...
Newtown High School’s softball team had a pair of rewarding victories over challenging South-West Conference foes this past week.
The Nighthawks came from behin...
To the Editor:
Congratulations to the nearly 17 percent of Newtown voters who turned out to reject pickleball courts at the April 23rd referendum. “Nicer roads,...
Keith Alfred Rivoir died at home in Southbury on April 28. He was born on August 3, 1954, in New Haven, and was the son of Robert H. Rivoir, Sr, and Eleanor Est...
The Avielle Foundation, aviellefoundation.org, announces a Celebration of Life for Jeremy Richman, PhD, Sunday, May 26, at Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Roa...
Newtown High School’s girls’ and boys’ track and field teams competed in meets April 23 and 24.
The girls visited Pomperaug of Southbury on April 23 and defeate...
Newtown High School’s girls’ golf team won two of three matches this past week.
The Nighthawks visited Immaculate of Danbury on April 24 and lost. The Nighthawk...
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Across all the documentation the editor was provided regarding both of these programs - along with additional research if a correction or clarification needed to be made - we found no claims of bipartisan consensus on the original 2000 vote creating the annual August sales tax free period.
As your hometown paper, we simply localized the fact that Newtown's resident lawmaker was promoting sales tax week and reached out to The Newtown Bee to share details with town residents.
This was not a means of promoting the party of the lawmaker who did, as we did not mention it. Nor did we receive similar outreach from other members of the Newtown delegation - including the Democrat - or we would have mentioned it.
If you are referencing the pandemic employee bonus program, we did credit the entire legislature for endorsing it.
The editor failed to mention that this was a bipartisan effort in Hartford. Credit goes to the entire group of elected officials, Democrat's, Republicans and even members of minor parties. Let give credit to where it belongs.
I live on South Main. I cordially invite any town officials to join me for coffee, on my lawn, to assess the noise situation. You may contact me through The Bee. I give them permission to give out my email address.