Cultural Events

Newtown Friends Of Music To Open 38th Season With Ying Quartet, Guest Pianist Elinor Freer

Published: September 19, 2015 12:00 am

The Grammy-winning Ying Quartet has added Robin Scott, an award-winning musician described as one of America’s rising stars on the classical music stage, as first violinist. Mr Scott joins siblings an...

Watercolors By Wilk, Next At SCAN

Published: September 18, 2015 12:00 am

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will have Laura Wilk painting in watercolor at its next meeting, on Wednesday, September 23, at 1:30 pm. This demonstration will take place in the lower ...

Fun With Rocking Roosters; Additional Events Planned

Published: September 18, 2015 12:00 am

Rocking Roosters Square Dance Club hosted the first of two planned Fun Night events on September 15. Club members were joined by a people who were interested in learning about the club and/or brushing...

SHOP Announces 5th Annual Passport To Sandy Hook

Published: September 17, 2015 12:00 am

The Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity (SHOP), a group of local business owners and community members from Sandy Hook, is pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Passport to Sandy Hook. The event wil...

One Teacher's Goal: To 'Learn With Moxie'

By Newtown Bee

Published: September 16, 2015 12:00 am

By Eliza Hallabeck When Newtown Middle School technology education teacher Don Ramsey arrived at his summer vacation destination this summer, he had one agenda item: learn with moxie. "I'm the type of...

Lantern Making & Parade Scheduled For Arts Festival

Published: September 16, 2015 12:00 am

In anticipation of a Lantern Parade within Fairfield Hills on the evening of Saturday, September 19, lantern making workshops will be ongoing during the day. Saturday will be the opening day of the 20...

Flagpole Photographers To Start New Season At Arts Festival

Published: September 16, 2015 12:00 am

As the last hot summer days are slowly receding, Flagpole Photographers Camera Club is warming up for its 31st year with a kickoff at the 2015 Newtown Arts Festival. Inside the entry tent at Fairfield...

Multi-Generational Pilobolus Program Being Offered In Newtown And Southbury

Published: September 15, 2015 12:00 am

ASAP (After School Arts Program), based in Washington (Conn.), is bringing the renowned dance company Pilobolus to Newtown and Southbury through The Multi Generational Community Dance Project, for age...

Newtown Arts Festival Signature Event, September 19-20 At Fairfield Hills

Published: September 14, 2015 12:00 am

Live music all day long, curated artisans and crafters, food from everywhere, Ferris Acres Creamery ice cream, dance performances, poetry, lantern making, textile presentations and children’s activiti...

A Newtown Arts Festival Event: Four Wordsmiths, September 16

Published: September 12, 2015 12:00 am

Mirth and joy and laughter and sadness, and a lot of glee, will be in attendance Wednesday, September 16, at 7 pm, when Newtown Cultural Arts Commission presents “The Four Wordsmiths” at Newtown Congr...

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Ambulance Association Trustees Present Financial Awards To EMT College Students

FONS January Social Plans Announced

My darling, You were the best GRANDmother a child could ask for. You created so many great memories & traditions that I have passed down to your Great grandchildren. You brought joy into every room you stepped into. Your laughter, singing, whistling and the signature Rockettes high kicks, is something I will always hold in my heart. There was something about walking into your home and being greeted by your beautiful face. *kiss on each check* followed by HELLOOOOOO Darling! The classical music playing softly in the background and your love and comfort made your home, a safe space. Somewhere, where love knew no boundaries. It was so much more than a home. I aim for the same in my home, and play the classic music 24/7, but it will never be the same. I pray I can be 1/4 of GRAND, you put in GRANDmother. You were so resilient. You found the positive in every situation. I look up to you so much. I remember begging Mom and Dad for years to change my name to “Carmen”. They didn’t officially change my name, but eventually started calling me “Carmenita” as I am a little you. THE HONOR. You were there for me, no matter the day or hour. You were always the one who would talk me through whatever hard situation I was going through. When my baby passed away, I refused to talk to anyone for 3 weeks. Except for you. You said to me “Better days are coming, babes. There’s always a rainbow after the storm”. Of course, you were right, because you are GRAND. I picture you in heaven dancing and laughing with him. Uncle Jay playing the money game with him. To know you are with your children again & with mine does bring me some joy. Twas the night before Christmas & New Year’s Eve, will never be the same. Another tradition you created. A memory that will last forever. Not just with me, but for generations to come. It may not be the same, but we won’t let it die. It will live on, in your name. To be your first GRANDchild was a blessing. I could write an entire book about you & all the amazing things about you. Even though we were robbed of time together & it makes me angry, I know I will see you again. This isn’t a goodbye, but a “see you later”. Just like we ended every phone call. Ciao, darling. I love you. MWAH MWAH! Love your GRANDchild, Kimberly aka Carmenita

Carmen Accashian

Unfortunately, I think this is likely to get worse, not better... Based on both public comments and private conversations, I’m increasingly concerned that our newly elected First Selectman intends not just to install these cameras, but to expand their use for full-blown enforcement and fines. Try getting a straight answer out of him about the long-term plan and you quickly realize how vague the responses become. Tyler is absolutely right to raise the privacy issue. These systems don’t just “catch speeders” — they quietly build a database of where we drive, when we drive, and who is in our vehicles. Once that infrastructure is in place, it becomes very easy to justify expanding its scope: more cameras, more locations, more uses, and eventually more automated enforcement. If Newtown is going down this road, residents deserve clear, written answers to some basic questions before anything is expanded: What limits will be placed on how and where cameras are used? Will footage and plate data be used only for speed enforcement, or for other investigations too? How long will data be stored, and who can access it? What safeguards will prevent vendors and individuals from abusing this information? Without firm, enforceable rules in place, “just a few cameras to slow traffic” can turn into something very different over time. I support safe roads — but not at the cost of unchecked surveillance and vague promises from our leaders. You try getting straight answers out of our First Selectman, myself and others have not been able to...

Discusses Traffic Cameras

I had to hold back a laugh at the idea that 7:30 pm is apparently such a late-night hardship that we’re already talking about moving meetings earlier. For a lot of residents, 7:30 is the earliest they can realistically get to Town Hall after work, family obligations, and the rest of real life. Shifting BOS meetings to 7:00 might make the calendar look tidier for those in the building, but it makes participation harder for the people who pay for the building. If the new First Selectman’s week is already booked solid and evening meetings feel like a strain, that’s not a reason to move the goalposts on public access—it's a reminder that the job is supposed to be demanding. Public service means accommodating the public, even when it’s inconvenient.

Walczak Adjusts To New Role, First Board Meeting

Real people were just in a frightening car accident. To immediately frame their misfortune as rhetorical ammunition against new housing — affordable housing included — feels less like concern for “health and safety” and more like opportunistically using a scary moment to support a pre-existing position. If we’re going to debate this proposal, we should do it honestly: with data on traffic volume, accident history, engineering recommendations, and the town’s housing needs, not by seizing on a single crash as proof that 300 apartments are inherently unsafe. Newtown deserves a thoughtful, fact-based conversation about growth, safety, and affordability — one that doesn’t turn other people’s bad day into a political talking point.

How Many Accidents Will It Take?

To add context that did not occur at the meeting would not be an accurate representation of the meeting and would, in fact, be editorializing to shape public opinion. The editorial staff here do not consider ourselves to be final arbiters of what the truth is (and if we did, it would make us partisan and biased), and we would need to provide a source for any dissenting information (sourcing all information in an article is literally Journalism 101). There were no such sources present at the meeting in question, and so it would not be appropriate to include such information in an article about the meeting. Dissenting voices appear in meeting stories when there were active participants with dissenting opinions, such as during public participation or the words of a council member who disagreed. It should be noted that the Interfaith Council, like many local boards and commissions, conduct meetings that are open to the public. This was not an article on the actions of the Greater Danbury Area Unites for Immigrants, or on immigrants, or on ICE's actions in the community, where including other voices or perspectives would be appropriate. We appreciate your opinion, but we stand by our meeting coverage and consider this discussion closed.

NIC Speaks With Danbury Unites For Immigrants, Discusses 12/14 Service

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Newtown Friends Of Music To Open 38th Season With Ying Quartet, Guest Pianist Elinor Freer

Watercolors By Wilk, Next At SCAN

Fun With Rocking Roosters; Additional Events Planned

SHOP Announces 5th Annual Passport To Sandy Hook

One Teacher's Goal: To 'Learn With Moxie'

Lantern Making & Parade Scheduled For Arts Festival

Flagpole Photographers To Start New Season At Arts Festival

Multi-Generational Pilobolus Program Being Offered In Newtown And Southbury

Newtown Arts Festival Signature Event, September 19-20 At Fairfield Hills

A Newtown Arts Festival Event: Four Wordsmiths, September 16