Newtown youth Albert "A.J." Vitiello, who is a junior at Immaculate High School in Danbury, plans to travel to West Africa as a volunteer with Global Leadership...
April 10, 1992
Newtown has a long history of putting off the inevitable. Debate of whether the town should appropriate money for sewer lines came a century...
This Thursday, April 6, marked the 100th anniversary of the entry of the US into World War I, in 1917. American supplies supported the war on Germany, and in th...
During its regular meeting April 5, the Legislative Council put the finishing touches on a 2017-18 spending request that will go before voters in the annual bud...
Hoopla is the name of the C.H. Booth Library's newest digital streaming service that went live in March.
The platform comes from the library's partner, Midwest ...
"Making Peace With Bees" will be the topic for the Wednesday, April 12, meeting of the Town & Country Garden Club of Newtown. Kathy Olson, also known as "The Be...
Hawley Elementary School hosted a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) Night on March 23. The evening was held for third and fourth gr...
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, which is located in Town Hall South at 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the vo...
Local students attended the 69th Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair, held at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, in March. The fair was open for public viewing...
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.