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Flagpole Radio Café will return to Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, with five new shows beginning on Saturday, November 9, at 7 pm.
The guest artist will be th...
The Newtown Marching Band & Guard performed its 2019 show “Life Sentence” at the September 28 USBands Marine Corps Invitational at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium...
The Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity (SHOP) is set to present its Ninth Annual Halloween Walk on Saturday, October 26, from 11 am to 2 pm, in Sandy Hook V...
After roughly a three-year process and a two-year evaluation, the Board of Education heard results and plans from an English language arts (ELA) study at its me...
The Friends of the C.H. Booth Library will host a book donation day, Sunday, October 20, from noon to 5 pm, in the rear parking lot of the library at 25 Main St...
Occupation: I teach music lessons, buy and sell instruments, and play different instruments. I started playing piano at 5 years old, and that grew to me pla...
For the first time in thirty years, The Town Players of Newtown have produced a musical. It is the perfect show for the space and talent as well as all those au...
Town Clerk Debbie Aurelia Halstead advises Newtown voters that absentee ballots are available Friday, October 4 for the Municipal Election to be held in Newtown...
Every October for nearly a decade, The Newtown Bee has hosted a candidates forum at Edmond Town Hall. But the local newspaper is departing from that traditional...
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.