Queen Street Gifts and Treats will host retired Newtown Bee Editor Nancy K. Crevier on Saturday, September 10, for a book signing of her debut book of poetry.
54 Below, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present a concert of The Runaround, an electronic musical about the journey of Abel, an Amish misfit, written by former Newtown resident Stewart Alden Tabler.
The Newtown-based professionally trained all volunteer dive rescue team will conduct its inaugural dive-a-thon next month. Donors can receive a shout-out from the floor of Lake Zoar with a little advance work.
The Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers is expanding its annual celebration of Mary Hawley’s birthday to include tours this year of the historic building.
Newtown Parks & Recreation has announced early closures of the town's two public swimming locations Wednesday, August 10, ahead of a lifeguard appreciation event.
Eichler’s Cove beach will close at 5:...
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.
