Newtown Neighbors & Newcomers is planning a casual get-together this weekend to acknowledge the end of summer and celebrate the return of autumn and a new school year.
Danbury Animal Welfare Society is proud to announce the return of its Putt Fore Paws charity golf tournament, to be held on Monday, October 24, at Redding Country Club.
EverWonder Children’s Museum has been busy planning its annual fundraiser.
The returning event this year will be held on Saturday, October 22, at Marygold’s on Main, 19 Main Street.
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Seasonal treats are planned this month for the big screen in the theater of Edmond Town Hall. Readers should note there is a slight change of plans for tonight's special screening of a spine-chilling classic.
The next meeting of the Genealogy Club of Newtown will be conducted via Zoom, with a guest speaker who has been in love with genealogy since she was in elementary school.
On Saturday, October 22, Newtown Congregational Church will again host its popular Mississippi BBQ & Shrimp Boil to benefit Back Bay Mission in Biloxi, Miss.
The Flagpole Photographers Camera Club invites readers to their October events, which open next week with a program night led by club member Erik Landegren.
While some states have done away with Columbus Day, or changed the observation to honor Indigenous Peoples Day, the State of Connecticut continues to follow the lead of the federal government this year observing October 10 as a national holiday.
While it's encouraging to see the town taking steps to put the sewer fund back on track, it's important to recognize how we got here. A significant factor contributing to the current financial strain was the $3.8 million expansion of the municipal sanitary sewer system in 2016—an expansion that was intended to support future development that continues to be blocked by persistent NIMBY opposition.
That investment was predicated on growth that has yet to materialize, leaving ratepayers footing the bill for infrastructure that's currently underutilized. Meanwhile, residents are now facing annual 9% rate increases just to stabilize the system—yet they’re not benefiting from the expansion that was supposed to help distribute those costs more broadly through new hookups.
Another overtly partisan pollical rally, betrayed by their apathy regarding the corruption and mismanagement under their state party leaders in Hartford.
