Two nights before the Newtown Earth Day Festival returns to the front lawn of Newtown Middle School, organizers will again offer a special film screening at Edmond Town Hall.
Newtown Police Department and other law enforcement agencies nationwide will be partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration this month for the 26th Drug Take Back Day.
The Borough of Newtown will commemorate its bicentennial with an Evening of Celebration on Thursday, May 16.
By Shannon Hicks
Published: Apr 09, 2024 10:34 AM
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will present Katushka Millones demonstrating mixed media painting with cold wax on Wednesday, April 10.
SCAN To Host Mixed Media Painting With Cold Wax Demo, Wednesday At Meeting HouseThe Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will present Katushka Millones demonstrating mixed media painting with cold wax on Wednesday, April 10.The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will present Katushka Millones demonstrating mixed media painting with cold wax on Wednesday, April 10, at 7:30 pm.The program will be in the lower gathering room of Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street (at The Flagpole). The demonstration is open to the public and admission is free.Contemporary artist Katushka Millones lives and works in Brookfield. A native of Lima, Peru, her distinctive personal style emanates joy and peace and expresses the vibrant atmosphere and spirit of the places and moments she loves. Her dreamlike landscapes, mixed media objects, and paintings are brought to life in compositions with harmonious colors, often drawn from themes of nature, memory, time, feelings of tension and harmony, and the female experience.Moved by Turner's dramatic skies, Joseph Cornell's assemblages, and the Old Masters palette,the works of Millones remain in constant communication with the viewer, who becomes part of ascene trapped in time — of light and shade, movement and stillness, sounds and feelings.Her creative process may be influenced by feelings of joy, peace, nostalgia, and solace, andby deep spirituality, which may be represented by the use of light and shadows, a certainpalette or textures. Her paintings are a mix of direct observation, recollection of emotions, andher own imagination, impregnated with different mediums and techniques.In addition to being a fine artist for more than twenty years, Millones earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture from a prestigious Peruvian university, where she graduated with honors.Her works have been exhibited and purchased in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Alabama, Canada, and other locations. She continues to expand her artistic horizons beyond the United States, while combining her creative time with art instruction at her private studio in Connecticut.Reservations are not required for SCAN programs but additional information may be found at SCANart.org.
Newtown Allies For Change is planning a book discussion surrounding Keith Boykin’s "25 Arguments That Won’t Go Away: Why Does Everything Have To Be About Race?"
Budget should be cut by 20%, spending $2.65 million dollars per every week forever is absolutely unsustainable ! Do everything possible to Vote No on another nonsensical attempt to increase the cost of living ! Taxpayers are honestly just renting their houses from the town, it costs me $40 every night to sleep in my own bed ! Soon it will be cheaper living in a hotel than owning a property in Newtown !
I went and complaint to Rosenthall's father that the budget was too high at $80M several years ago, now we are at almost $140M . $2.65 million per week that is ! Fairfield hills should have long been developed by investors money and bring revenue to the town. WE ARE DRIVING OURSELVES OUT OF NEWTOWN by doing this and constantly raising the cost of living. It makes zero sense, any extra budget money gets burned on stupid stuff just so they can ask for more next year. Put an END TO THIS STUPIDITY and CUT THE BUDGET 20%. Everyone will be just fine ! Kids won't get any smarter anyway. That's an honest reality !
Any common sensical person can do this job at under 100k salary. Way overhyped and overpaid at over $200k annual salary. We as voters have to put an end to this. Not to mention an assistant comes along with this job paid at 190k! What is wrong with you voters?
The entire budget needs to be cut not raised. The proposed budget now would sit that we spend $2.65 million dollars every week. For population of less than 30k people it is absolutely absurd ! You cannot keep driving older folks out of town just to create a revolving door of parents who come here, educate their kids and run away ! There is no need to be paying 190K annual salary to an ASSISTANT to superintendent, not in the best interest of tax payers ! The voting turnout at 9% is ridiculous ! Lobby lawmakers to change the voting by mail, so everyone gets a ballot in the mail and at least 51% of residents vote to approve, otherwise the budget should not be approved if you don't have the majority ! Most folks don't even know when the vote is ! They have taxes bundled with mortgage and don't even know ! We are raising cost of living for everyone and it is absolutely not necessary.