Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Newtown Arts Festival will be joining with Edmond Town Hall to present Amy Helm in concert at the town hall on Friday, September 16.
An exciting national motion picture premier and benefit brought attendees together with the film's stars, producers, and director June 8 at Edmond Town Hall.
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will present “Karen Israel painting a Landscape with Water Reflections in Pastel” on Wednesday, June 22, at Newtown Meeting House.
Shoreline Arts Alliance recently announced the finalists and award winners for the 22nd Annual Tassy Walden Awards for New Voices in Children’s Literature, and a Newtown resident was among this year’s honorees.
The next meeting of the Genealogy Club of Newtown will feature a free presentation about “Organizing Genealogical Data, Documents, and Photos,” to be presented by Club Chair Toni McKeen.
Writer-director Matt Berman’s latest project - hot off the screening room at Cannes Film Festival - is heading for its US premier in Newtown June 8. Check out our exclusive interview with Berman ahead of the Edmond Town Hall premier.
Dear Alyssa, Kelela, and Brandon,
We send our sincere sympathy to you and your family. We will also keep you in our prayers asking our Lord to grant you comfort and peace.
With love,
Vince and Sandy Venitelli
Bruce, your advice that voters should “read, listen, and engage” would be much more persuasive if you practiced it yourself.
You campaigned on openness and responsiveness. You declared that “evasive answers or silence are unacceptable in government” and promised to answer constituent inquiries within two days. Yet you never answered my straightforward public question about Main Street demonstrations, traffic disruption, pedestrian safety, and the effects on local businesses.
After taking office, meaningful public engagement has largely been replaced by “Brews with Bruce” at the Senior Center—requiring reservations and, for some residents, a day pass. That is not accessible, townwide engagement. Previous first selectmen held open coffee hours and walk-and-talk sessions that any resident could attend.
Then came the failed storm communications, your apology, and another promise to communicate better—followed shortly afterward by more silence while multiple police agencies conducted a significant search near Saw Mill Road.
You now tell voters to examine what candidates say and “how they say it.” I would suggest going one step further: compare what politicians promise while seeking office with what they actually do after winning.
Your record presents a stark contrast. You told voters exactly what they wanted to hear to get the job, then failed to live by those promises. Whether that is dishonesty or simply indifference, it is the same familiar, two-faced politics you once claimed you would replace.
Nothing says “I care about Newtown homeowners” quite like lining Main Street with plywood campaign billboards—apparently built just inches below the size at which officials say they can take action. At this rate, we’ll need property-tax relief just to offset the loss in curb appeal.
