The story of Connecticut’s Charles Goodyear and his long quest to invent commercially useful rubber — much of which was done in Sandy Hook — will be the focus of a Seymour Historical Society program on Sunday, May 18.
UPDATE: This year's event has been postponed to Sunday, June 1. || The Newtown Lions Club Great Pootatuck River Duck Race will be held on the Saturday after Memorial Day weekend this year. The event will again be centered around Heritage Park in Sandy Hook Center.
UPDATE (May 21, 2025): Ahead of inclement weather expected tomorrow night, organizers of Celebration of Kind Works are postponing the May 22 fundraiser to Thursday, May 29.
Ahead of Newtown's 14th Annual Strutt Your Mutt, the Newtown Board of Realtors is hosting an Animal Shelter Donation Drive to benefit Newtown Animal Shelter.
The Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce Women’s Business Council will celebrate Nicole Maddox of Newtown as the 2025 Heart of Women Awardee, among others being honored, during its 2025 Conversations with Extraordinary Women.
Flagpole Photographers Camera Club invites photography enthusiasts of all levels to elevate their skills at a hands-on Workshop Day on Saturday, May 3.
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After taking office, meaningful public engagement has largely been replaced by “Brews with Bruce” at the Senior Center—requiring reservations and, for some residents, a day pass.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.
