Two active horse organizations in Newtown are collaborating with Town officials and a local service organization to bring a Jingle Bell Horse Parade to Fairfield Hills this month.
Sir Paul — a band dedicated to performing music from the expansive repertoire of former Beatle and music legend Paul McCartney — will perform at Edmond Town Hall Theatre in Newtown on Friday, December 3.
Hawleyville Volunteer Fire Company took possession of a new fir tree on Tuesday, which will be center stage for the 11th annual tree lighting event next month.
The tree, a 20-foot-high Norway Spruce, ...
Residents of Newtown and surrounding communities can return to Main Street for the 2021 Holiday Festival next month, an event that has become a much-loved tradition for families.
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.
