A podcast and radio show co-hosted by former Newtown resident Martin Blanco and lower Fairfield County resident Sandra Radosh is a finalist for a Signal Award in the Individual Episodes-Best Guest category and the Listener’s Choice award in that category.
Friends of the C.H. Booth Library announced its Fall Book Donation Day will be on Sunday, October 19, rain or shine from noon to 2 pm, at the Friends of CHB Blue Building, the Friends’ temporary donat...
Flagpole Photographers Camera Club will kick off its October programming with a free presentation, “Directing Eyes: A Composition Program,” on Thursday, October 9, at 7:30 pm. The event will be offere...
The Voices 2023 Reunion at Edmond Town Hall was promoted as the band’s final performance, but a benefit is now being planned as the band is working on a professional video to capture the performance.
The next meeting of the Genealogy Club of Newtown will feature Certified Genealogist Lisa S. Gorrell presenting a program entitled “Did Your Ancestor Attend Church? Researching in Religious Records.”
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After taking office, meaningful public engagement has largely been replaced by “Brews with Bruce” at the Senior Center—requiring reservations and, for some residents, a day pass.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.
