Newtown Middle School students are working to bring the annual Eighth Grade Scarecrow Contest to the front lawn of the Queen Street school for voting by residents on Saturday and Sunday, October 20 and 21.
“Sueños: Celebrating the Surreal,” on view at The Point of Contact Gallery in Syracuse, N.Y., through September 21, features two works by Newtown artist Joseph Kugielsky.
Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company will continue its 80th anniversary year with three special events this season, including an open house and public safety day at its main station on September 23.
Connecticut Choral Society is seeking new members for the 2018-19 season. Auditions will be conducted at Trinity Episcopal Church on Monday, September 17, beginning at 7, and also by arrangement. CCS rehearses weekly at Trinity Church.
The Resiliency Center of Newtown (RCN) invites Newtown residents to stop in on Monday, September 24, for an open house.
Having opened in September 2013, RCN has for five years provided free and confid...
Sandy Hook Cub Scout Pack 170 is inviting all boys and girls in grades K-4 and their siblings to an ice cream social on Monday, September 17, from 6:45 to 8 pm, at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The Newtown Scholarship Association (NSA) board of governors invites the public to “take flight” and join them Saturday, September 29, at their Wine, Whiskey, and the World annual fundraising blast.
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Newtown parents with children in grades K-4 have two opportunities to meet members of Cub Scout Pack 270, and consider joining the pack for the 2018-19 season.
The AIR Gallery at Avance Day Spa will host “Community Unity,” an autumn exhibition and Newtown Fund Halloween Benefit.
Artists featured in the fall show are Elaine Dibiase, Elizabeth Gaynor, Alice Ha...
CT primaries are closed to voters not registered with the party's designation. Dems can't vote in Rep. primaries and, vice versa. Unaffiliated and Independent voters cannot vote in them. Keep primaries closed!
Bruce, welcome to the conversation.
Your recent statement after the storm — admitting that you should have communicated “faster, more completely, and more personally” — was fine as far as it went. But this is not just about one storm. It is about a pattern. You ran on openness, responsiveness, and transparency, even saying that “evasive answers or silence are unacceptable in government.”
The problem is that Newtown residents have been dealing with exactly that silence from you since you were elected.
Newtown’s Emergency Management page says the town, together with the Office of the First Selectman, provides “critical public information and warning” during emergencies. The town also rolled out CodeRED cellphone registration on March 24, 2022 so residents could receive emergency information directly.
So where were you when police were searching for missing 23-year-old Kateri Doty in January? Where were you during the brush fires near the Newtown town line in April? Where were you on April 22, when state police and Newtown police were searching for two people who fled an I-84 crash and a canine search moved into the Church Hill Road area?
Residents should not be hearing about a missing person, wildfire conditions, or police tracking dogs moving through backyards from Facebook, neighbors, or kids in town. They should be hearing from their town government.
This is not really about whether you personally press the CodeRED button. Or how many task forces you have created. It is about leadership. You are the First Selectman. You are responsible for making sure the town communicates clearly, quickly, and visibly when public safety is involved.
So yes, it is nice that you have finally acknowledged the problem. But the public did not need this storm to figure it out. We have been saying it for a long time.
Bruce, you were missing when the town needed to hear from you. The question now is whether this storm finally woke you up, or whether this is just another late apology followed by more silence.
The topic may be the same but the narratives every other week differ and I appreciate the installments. Rebuttals on factual content rather than focusing on form would improve the discourse.
Congrats to all the 275 graduates.
For context...class of 2005 had 360 students, the number of graduating seniors seemed to cap out in the late 2000's in the low 400's.
