The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will welcome a local artist as its next guest during an artist demonstration program in May. The local artists’ collective will also present a special fu...
For the second time in the history of Town Players of Newtown, the local theater company will be offering audiences the opportunity to enjoy a performance of
Local resident and writer Andrea Zimmermann spoke at the Newtown Woman’s Club’s annual spring Meet the Author event at Newtown Country Club on April 9.
First Selectman Dan Rosenthal is expected to formally welcome guests and vendors back to the front lawn of Newtown Middle School at 10 am Saturday, when organizers celebrate the return of Newtown Earth Day Festival.
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.
