Gone are the simple days of counting sheep to aid in falling asleep. Today’s older adults are experiencing a wide range of sleep problems keeping them up at night, and it is affecting their functionin...
Newtown Health District Director Donna Culbert is among the growing chorus of critics speaking out about the negative health effects and possible health risks tied to vaping.
“Never Give Up” was the message written on a little white bag, one of many luminaria lining Main Street over the weekend of September 7 and 8. Organizers held the first Hope on Main Street on Saturday...
The Newtown Community Center’s new fall programming began the second week of September and included a free Aging Mastery course that met Tuesday, September 10, from 4:30 to 6 pm.
LRM, a local landscape and construction firm is banking on the goodwill of customers needing a dumpster to help a local family who lost a loved one to the insidious disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The Newtown Parent Connection and The Newtown Prevention Council are co-hosting a Family Fun Night at the Reed Intermediate School Friday, September 20, from 6 to 8 pm.
The Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH) Private Well Program will be at the Newtown Farmer’s Market at Fairfield Hills on Protect Your Groundwater Day, September 3, from 2 to 6 pm.
The new Community Center saw its biggest crowds since opening day as vendors, instructors, and hundreds of flexible devotees descended on the 2019 Newtown Yoga Festival August 24.
Newtown’s Health District Director and the founder of the Newtown Parent Connection are teaming up to remind residents about International Overdose Awareness Day and Recovery Month.
Two local residents formerly active with Relay For Life in Newtown are organizing a new event to honor cancer patients and survivors, remember those lost to cancers, and raise funds for the American Cancer Society.
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After taking office, meaningful public engagement has largely been replaced by “Brews with Bruce” at the Senior Center—requiring reservations and, for some residents, a day pass.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.
