The public is invited to enter a contest being hosted by and to benefit C.H. Booth Library. The winner of the CH Booth Library Cutest Pet Contest will receive $25 and bragging rights on behalf of their pet.
NOTE: Due to impending weather, this event's rain location will be utilized. || Newtown Parks & Recreation and Newtown Parent Connection will present the annual Outdoor Movie Night on Tuesday, August 13, at Fairfield Hills. This year’s feature will be "Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse."
Town Players of Newtown will be holding auditions for "Prescription: Murder, A Columbo Mystery" the second weekend of September. The play is scheduled for production weekends, November 15-December 7.
Auctioneer Fairfield Auction invites Newtown and area community members to examine and bid on surplus items at the Newtown Library Fundraiser online auction, underway through Thursday, September 5. Proceeds will benefit preservation of the library's museum and archive collections.
Hodge Library in Roxbury will once again turn into a cozy pub where guests are welcome to eat, drink, and be merry, on Friday, August 9. This month's event will also feature beer from Newtown's first craft brewery.
Newtown Bridge Club will host three programs beginning this month for bridge players who would like to polish their skills. Sessions will be offered in the Alexandria Room of Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, where the club also hosts five sessions of games each week.
Art Spaces in Fairfield County Libraries will offer curated visual art exhibitions featuring the work of local and regional artists later this year. C.H. Booth Library will host its “Art & Text” presentation October 15-November 15. Local artists are invited to submit work for consideration before September 25.
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.
