To the Editor:
Once Indigenous People were one with tall grass prairies, where lived the Sage grouse, the gopher, the Black Tailed Prairie Dog, the buffalo, the...
Update: This report was updated at 12 pm on February to add a clarification from the C.H.Booth Library Director Douglas Lord about an attribution regarding ...
The Newtown Torpedoes’ youth swim program held its fifth and final regular season meet when the Bristol Splash visited for competition at Newtown High School on...
There is some significantly encouraging good news for Newtown High School’s wrestling team as the postseason quickly approaches: These Nighthawks are really tou...
Following two weeks of department by department review meetings, the Board of Selectmen made $67,795 in cuts to the proposed 2023-24 municipal budget, leaving a...
Newtown Allies For Change is set to host a free viewing of episodes from the docuseries The 1619 Project on Thursday, February 9, at 6:30 pm, at Trinity Episco...
Readers have two opportunities during the next week to create valentines for veterans thanks to the efforts of at least three local organizations. On Sunday, al...
The Board of Education’s 2023-24 spending plan was unanimously approved at its meeting on January 31. As approved by the board, its 2023-24 budget request is $8...
Three members of Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) of Newtown were at the association’s thrift shop Monday morning, working ahead of a special sale event planned...
February 6, 1998
HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Jane Cottingham
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On the night of January 29, an unattended Mercedes-Benz sedan parked at a Wills Road resid...
We all know the powers that be float a high number at the voters. If they get that passed they are in hog heaven,they have plenty of fat in the original proposal.The voters will now be shamed into passing the revised budget. I say we vote it down again and see how creative they can get with the numbers.We all know plenty of fat is laced in the proposals.
I, too, love that flagpole. I approach it in the southbound lane, as Mr Gardner described, and it’s an inspiring way to start my day. In addition to all it stands for, it tells me something, whether it’s furling in the wind, or hanging quietly when weather is still, sometimes boldly majestic, sometimes sad or unsure. A gem like no other.
I know it generates angst with traffic; approached with the appropriate level of caution, it should not be such a problem. Can’t really blame the flagpole, it doesn’t move.
I hope it’s there long after I’m gone, and inspires others as well. Thank you Mr Gardner and all the other current, previous, and even future Keepers of the Flagpole.
$500,000 surplus? Funny how money just shows up when you squeeze. And where did this surplus come from? Our tax dollars, right? I say vote NO again and let's see how much more money they can find.
Very few Republicans in the House have any backbone. They are just glad to be there and would rather cave to Democrat wishes than play hardball to get things done.