Jeanne E. Sands, 75, died October 8 at St Francis Hospital in Hartford. She was born in Bridgeport on November 27, 1940, daughter of the late Jennie (Choka) and...
To the Editor:
An opportunity to improve the quality of Connecticut education - that's how we should view the Superior Court education funding ruling and the at...
Firefighters from all five of Newtown's fire companies, and a crew from Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps, responded to a structure fire on Sunnyview Terrace la...
To the Editor:
As we go to the polls this year, we need to remember that there is much more than the presidential candidates to consider. Ninety-nine percent of...
To the Editor:Ms Brody is a published poet and former resident of Newtown
The GOP is tearing at its own entrails; the consequence of moderate Republicans havin...
Newtown High School's field hockey team had consecutive games against Panthers this past week - defeating host Masuk of Monroe 3-0 on October 5 and falling 3-1 ...
About 30 firefighters responded midday on Tuesday, October 11, to a residential fire on Sunnyview Terrace that caused significant damage to a raised-ranch house...
Newtown High School's girls' and boys' cross country teams swept the competition in races against Bunnell of Stratford and host Masuk of Monroe, at Great Hollow...
To the Editor:
I urge all Newtown residents to re-elect Tony Hwang as your state senator.
Tony served in the Connecticut House of Representatives for three term...
John Joseph Farrell, Sr, 90, of Newtown died October 8 at Rocky Hill Veterans Hospital. He was born in Queens, N.Y., November 25, 1925, son of the late Ann (Wal...
Barbara was a mentor to me in my youth. I learned many things from this loving , sweet lady. May God bless Rudy and the kids.
Rest in peace Barbara.
Cheryl Booth Hornal
WA. State
We are not investigative reporters. We've never claimed to be. We cover meetings, write features, and do other very good work for this town.
We're not doing any less than when John Voket was Editor (nor any of his predecessors). Sorry we're not doing enough for you.
-SH
Well, Shannon, its a good thing that my post didn't mention "everything" from print being published online. I do note, however, that you didn't address the main point of my initial comment, that as of the paper of record for the town you might actually publish information from the majority of the Town's Commissions and Boards online. Its not like there is hard hitting investigative journalism in these stories; they're really just a regurgitation of the meetings minutes. John Voket used to post these types of stories on the Bee's website, even if the updates were several weeks in arrears.
For what its worth, I didn't miss any of those stories as I am a subscriber (that's how I knew about it in the first place). However, many people in town who aren't subscribers did miss those stores and otherwise have no idea because its clearly not a priority for the Bee to post them online anymore. Fortunately, however, your online readers are fully informed of the First Selectman's ability to bake sour dough bread.
I for one was glad to her that the entrance would be off Johnnie Cake Lane, having more traffic at the flag pole would be painful (plus it's further from my house).
There are many considerations as it relates to the development of the Castle Hill property as noted. I am supportive of the proposal and to approval process as it is sensitive to concerns being raised. The proposal provides another housing and lifestyle option for long time residents and newcomers with great accessibility to town. The developer is a long time resident with a solid reputation and the best interest of town at heart. It is not wise to make gross assumptions but I would think it would be a net positive (will attract empty nesters) to the tax base versus incremental town costs required. Net positive tax base growth supports continued investment in our great school system. Working in partnership with historical groups, bike and trails, the borough and others could actually add another great part of our amazing town.