The Friends of the Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard invites local craftsmen, artisans, and area businesses to share their talents, products, goods, and services at this year's Fall Festival.
Union Savings Bank encourages people to contribute new crayons, markers, colored pencils, notebooks, and other items to its 10th Annual Teachers' Closet School Supply Drive.
Connecticut Book Festivals is an author-run organization that has grown to more than 600 members and associate members dedicated to promoting writers and aspiring writers who live in Connecticut. Newtown is about to become the next host location for the nonprofit organization.
A late August screening of Semolina Pilchard, a British crime-comedy set in Liverpool, will feature an exclusive Q&A with the film's co-writer and co-producer, a Newtown resident.
An acclaimed author, a fashion icon, and a criminal justice advocate are all among those planning to headline at Edmond Town Hall next month and beyond.
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After taking office, meaningful public engagement has largely been replaced by “Brews with Bruce” at the Senior Center—requiring reservations and, for some residents, a day pass.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.
