Advanced Master Gardener and Accredited Organic Land Care Professional Michelle MacKinnon (pictured) will present a program on Wednesday, October 13, at Newtown Senior Center, 8 Simpson Street.
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The Flagpole Photographers Camera Club invite the public to its October events, which open with a presentation on nighttime photography. The club continues to conduct meetings and programs livestream....
Newtown Community Center has announced plans for the return of Spooktacular Drive-Thru, an event that was very popular during its inaugural offering in 2020.
Ahead of the removal of a sugar maple within the patio of C.H. Booth Library, readers are invited this week to pick up a craft kit to celebrate all that the tree has provided.
While the Newtown Ecumenical Workcamp Servants (NEWS) stayed close to home for another summer, the group is again ready to begin planning for a road trip.
A 2022 Trip Camper & Parent Info Meeting is b...
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After taking office, meaningful public engagement has largely been replaced by “Brews with Bruce” at the Senior Center—requiring reservations and, for some residents, a day pass.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.
