Longtime Regional Hospice Newtown Giving Circle event co-chairs and local residents Marg Studley and Marie Sturdevant will be honored this year for two-plus decades of service.
Edmond Town Hall will experience a thrilling eight seasons in one afternoon on Sunday, November 5, when Waterbury Symphony Orchestra returns to Newtown for its next "Music in Great Spaces" offering.
Fall Book Donation Day, sponsored by the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library, is set for Sunday, October 29, rain or shine from noon to 5 pm, in the rear parking lot of C.H. Booth Library.
A new-ish Halloween tradition on Main Street, organizers of the 14th annual fundraiser for The Hole in The Wall Gang Camp can't wait to see how readers respond to The Great Pumpkin Challenge.
Newtown Congregational Church (UCC) will host its popular Mississippi BBQ and Shrimp Boil dinner to benefit Back Bay Mission in Biloxi, Miss., next weekend.
Award-winning author Thomas Gilbert will present a talk inspired by his latest book, "How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed," Sunday afternoon at C.H. Booth Library.
Every autumn, Byrd’s Books celebrates all things avian with special titles, give-aways, and very special guests. This year's celebration will take fight on Sunday with award-winning and local author-illustrator Bruce Degen.
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After taking office, meaningful public engagement has largely been replaced by “Brews with Bruce” at the Senior Center—requiring reservations and, for some residents, a day pass.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.
