Medical Town Meetings
Set For November
DANBURY — Breathing better is a big issue for many lung disease patients in the greater Danbury area. To add...
Raising A Glass For Election Day
The important issues and candidate choices of this political season have excited many followers of local politics. In line with...
Clarice Osiecki
A Dedicated And
Loyal Civil Servant
Clarice Osiecki, 73, died October 26. She was born in Bethel October 16, 1934, the youngest of se...
Constance Hope Allen
Cherished By Family
Constance Hope (Purdy) Allen, 83, died October 28. She had been in the respectful and loving care of close family ...
To the Editor:
How lucky can Newtown get! Native Newtowner Sara Frampton is a candidate for the Board of Education. Sara has been giving freely of her time for ...
To the Editor:
Teach the children well, they are our future. Newtown is a great town with so many concerned citizens looking out for the best interest of the fu...
To the Editor:
I have three words to describe Kathryn Fetchick: Honest, Informed, and Dedicated. I am writing because I believe that she would be the ideal repr...
To the Editor:
I write to add my enthusiastic support for First Selectman Herb Rosenthal’s reelection. He has demonstrated courage and vision in pro...
To the Editor:
This letter is in support of Kathy Fetchick, who is running for election to the Board of Education.
Unlike Kathy’s other town reside...
Forum Offered Listeners A Taste Of Politics
By Kendra Bobowick
A taste for both pizza and political issues drew residents to a question-and-answer forum Mo...
Lamont Directs Flags To Half-Staff Friday In Honor Of Former US Senator Joseph LiebermanGovernor Ned Lamont is directing US and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset tomorrow as a mark of solemn respect for the memory and longstanding service of former US Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who died Wednesday. HARTFORD — Governor Ned Lamont today announced that as a mark of solemn respect for the memory and longstanding service of former US Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who died Wednesday, March 27, he is directing US and state flags in Connecticut lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on the day of the former senator’s funeral, which has been scheduled for Friday, March 29.Accordingly, since no flag should fly higher than the US flag, all other flags, including state, municipal, corporate, or otherwise, should also be lowered during this same duration of time.The funeral service will be held at Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford.Lieberman, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain’s running mate eight years later, died in New York City on Wednesday due to complications from a fall, according to a statement issued by his family. He was 82.Lieberman and his wife, Hadassah, have four children.