Sandy Hook Elementary School hosted a full-school celebration on November 21 to highlight its successful involvement in the annual Women Involved in Newtown (WIN) Thanksgiving Basket Program.
According to Newtown High School Girls Inspiring Girls club president and senior Maya Wadhwa, the group’s recent dress drive was a success ahead of the school’s Homecoming dance on November 5.
A professional development day for educators was hosted by the school district on November 6 at Newtown High School, when schools were closed on Election Day.
The following students made the High Honor Roll and Honor Roll for the first quarter marking period at Newtown High School for the 2018-19 school year. The honor roll listings were recently released by the school for publication.
Despite schools being closed for the day, Newtown High School’s fall drama production will open tonight. The Newtown Bee has been notified that curtain will indeed go up tonight, at 7 pm.
The Newtown High School Marching Band & Guard competed with its show “The Climb” at the Open Class National Championships on Saturday, November 10, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
Jason, you're the best. It was the honor of a lifetime to serve alongside you. Thank you so much for kind words and for everything you've done for our country!
Bruce's communication during the storm? Sorry, but that was a failure and an area that warrants serious introspection from our FS. Did anyone get a Code Red call like Dan used to do? Nothing early on, then flurries or repetitive emails after the fact with old information. I don't know if it was an issue using the technology or what, but our neighbors in Monroe and Bethel did a far better job updating their constituents.
Lets not start a campaign by gaslighting the residents, the voters in Newtown are smarter than that.
I support the goal of improving pedestrian safety and reducing serious crashes, and I appreciate the work that went into the SS4A Safety Action Plan. That said, I’m concerned that some of the proposed “traffic control” elements (like delineators/bollards that extend into the shoulder/travel space) may be treating a symptom while ignoring a major driver-behavior problem that is creating risk and congestion today.
A consistent issue on Main Street—especially with southbound traffic—is that drivers stop in the travel lane to “politely” yield to cross traffic or turning vehicles when they don’t actually have the right-of-way. That behavior backs up traffic, triggers hard braking/rear-end risk, and creates unpredictable conditions for pedestrians and other drivers. On top of that, illegal/unsafe parking too close to crosswalks and intersections reduces sight lines and makes crossings feel more dangerous than they need to be.
Connecticut law already addresses this behavior. CGS § 14-251(c) prohibits a vehicle from remaining stationary on a public highway in a way that would “constitute a traffic hazard or obstruct the free movement of traffic” (with the usual exception for a disabled vehicle). Stopping in the travel lane to wave cross traffic through—when there’s no legal requirement to stop—creates exactly that kind of obstruction.
