The Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity is set to present its Ninth Annual Halloween Walk on Saturday, October 26, from 11 am to 2 pm rain or shine.
Flagpole Radio Café will return to Edmond Town Hall with five new shows beginning on Saturday November 9, at 7 pm. The dynamic alt-roots rock band The Slambovian Circus of Dreams will make their Newtown debut when they open the season.
The public is invited to join Newtown Community Center staff for its Open House on Saturday, October 5, from 11 am to 4 pm. The recently opened center is within the Fairfield Hills campus, at 8 Simpson Street.
The public is invited to join Newtown Community Center staff for a Community Open House on Saturday, October 5, from 11 am to 4 pm.
The recently opened center is within the Fairfield Hills campus,...
Join Molly Birkholm, co-founder of Warriors at Ease and a trauma educator, when she presents “Trauma, Recovery, and Empowerment,” on the evening of Saturday, October 26, at the Newtown Congregational ...
William Shakespeare’s dark and violent Macbeth is on stage at the Brookfield Theatre for the Arts, 184 Whisconier Road, Brookfield, offering a bold and successful undertaking of this compelling classic.
Among those whose names were announced during the recent awards reception for "Marine & Coastal Art," on view at Rowayton Arts Center until early October, was Newtown resident Lisa Berger.
Newtown Historical Society will host its first fall open house of the season on Sunday, with special guest Jerry Valenta planning to demonstrate how clocks work. The free event will be at The Matthew Curtiss House from noon until 4 pm.
The idea that a freshman Democrat would be able to stand up to the special interests and prioritization of urban districts that are the base of that caucus to deliver results for Newtown is laughable - especially someone who could not even build the "relationships, coalitions, and the support necessary" to garner the endorsements of her fellow Democrat Council members ahead of Newtown's local caucus this spring.
More likely Newtown would see something akin to Leeper in Fairfield, performative actions after vote counting, while privately advancing their party's interests over their community's.
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.
