Newtown's Catie Gregory scored twice, including the game winner in overtime, as the Masuk High School-led co-op girls' hockey team defeated the Notre Dame-Fairfield co-op 4-3 in overtime at The Rinks at Shelton on December 13.
Newtown High's football team captured the Class LL state championship on the last play of regulation. QB Jack Street connected with Riley Ward to win the game. Final: NHS 13, Darien 7. See video of the deciding score and celebration here.
The Class LL state championship game seemed destined for overtime. Newtown High School’s football team had the ball at the Darien 36 yard line with three seconds left and the game even at 7-7. Then one of the more dramatic finishes in Connecticut championship history occurred.
Forty years ago, when I began a career in journalism in Connecticut, most towns had a reasonably well-staffed, thriving weekly newspaper. And the area had a substantial, award-winning daily paper.
Newtown is fortunate to have The Bee and should not take it for granted.
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The screenshots from NAFC's private group show prominent members of the organization naming businesses that hosted certain political signs ahead of the last election as these allies self-organized to crowdsource a running list of businesses not to patronize for the sin of supporting candidates such as [gasp] our incumbent State Rep who has a great record with small business associations - claiming that makes them unsafe. The NAFC official account was involved in moderating the discussion as they banned one "problematic" member for questioning the "witch hunt." This tacit threat to the livelihoods of local business owners has a chilling effect on free speech, yet the response from the organization was to claim that anyone who saw it as bullying was "stifling such conversations." If anyone is interested these screenshots are widely available.
Someone either does not understand how the state legislative process works, or is willfully misleading people to try to make the delegation look bad. I hope it is the former scenario.
