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26 Newtown Middle School Drama Presents "Something Rotten! Jr" SOLD OUT: GOLDEN: A K-Pop Kids Party!	27 “Here’s To Painting” Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Music Monday with Principal Al “My Wonders of Whales” Soccer Skills and Drills with Coach Tony (ages 3-4) Nature’s Book Club Board of Fire Commissioners meeting Fairfield Hills Authority meeting (agenda posted)	28 Referendum “Here’s To Painting” Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Mother Goose on the Loose Flower Pot Planting FONS Outreach Program spring organizational meeting “Bats are the Best” “Seniors’ Perspective on Newtown Housing: A Newtown Senior Alliance Roundtable” CANCELED Legislative Council Traffic Workgroup meeting Language Exchange at the Library Grateful Gatherings — Conversations with Purpose: Why Play Matters Therapy Dogs Visit QPR Training “Breaking Barriers — Women’s Journey in Aviation and Space” Conservation Commission meeting (agenda posted) Public Building & Site Commission meeting (agenda posted)	29 “Here’s To Painting” Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh “The Secrets of Phase Ten Card Games” 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Mother Goose on the Loose 30 Minutes Flex & Balance with Sean Drop-In Art with Miss Nora "So You Want to Write a Children's Book" workshop with Gael Lynch	30 “Here’s To Painting” Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” (last day) "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale American Mahjong Open Play Mother Goose II “Adventures with Richard Stein: Cuba” Bingo with Ellen Free Build Soccer Skills and Drills with Coach Tony (ages 4-6) Board of Education Facilities Committee hybrid meeting (agenda posted) “Digging Deeper: Genealogy” Debt Management & Emergency Funds Lit Fic Book Club Tiles & Tastes: Mahjong Night “The Sum Of Us” Podcast Series Discussion High School Athletics: A Gold Star Project panel discussion Performance of "King Lear" (TheatreWorks New Milford, Senior Preview Night)	1 “Here’s To Painting” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Music Dynamics Fair Rent Commission special meeting (agenda posted) Reed Intermediate Drama Club Presents "Willy Wonka Jr" "The Shadow Box" opening night Dave Matthews Tribute Band Opening night performance of "King Lear" (TheatreWorks New Milford)	2 Flagpole Photographers Workshop Day Garden Club of Newtown Spring Plant Sale “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event NHS Band and Guard Monthly Bottle and Can Drive Stroller Cardio & Sculpt “The Legacy of the Titanic” NHS Girls’ Lacrosse Mental Health Awareness Game 14th Annual FUN Benefit Concert and Dinner: “Color My World with Hope” NHS Softball 15 For Life fundraiser game Reed Intermediate Drama Club Presents "Willy Wonka Jr" "The Shadow Box" performance Performance of "King Lear" (TheatreWorks New Milford)
3 Your Horse — Our Trails "The Shadow Box" performance Flagpole Photographers Virtual Competition & Exhibit Awards Presentation On The Trail concert	4 “Here’s To Painting” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Music Monday with Principal Al Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Board of Education Facilities Committee hybrid meeting (agenda posted) Cookbook Club Glass & Sass: Jewelry Making Workshop *CANCELED* Employee Medical Benefits Board meeting Backyard Bounty: A Guide To Vegetable Gardening Meet the Democratic Candidates for 106th District rescheduled Board of Selectmen meeting C.H. Booth Library Governance Committee meeting	5 “Here’s To Painting” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Mother Goose on the Loose Board of Education Curriculum and Instruction Subcommittee meeting (agenda posted) Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Nonfiction Book Club Indoor Winter Market Virtual Author Talk: “JoyFull: Daily Rituals to Eat Freely and Live Radiantly” Board of Education Policy Committee meeting Police Commission meeting “The Language of Freedom” virtual lecture Board of Education meeting Lake Zoar Authority meeting Lake Lillinonah Authority meeting Legislative Council special hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	6 “Here’s To Painting” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Tips for Resume and Cover Letter with the Career Coach 30 Minutes Flex & Balance with Sean Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Tips for Resume and Cover Letter with the Career Coach Drop-In Art with Miss Nora C.H. Booth Library Executive Committee meeting Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Legislative Council meeting	7 “Here’s To Painting” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Mother Goose II Free Build The Importance of Financial Planning Funds C.H. Booth Library Buildings & Grounds Subcommittee meeting Cultural Arts Commission meeting Planning & Zoning Commission meeting Virtual Author Talk: Marjan Kamali	8 “Here’s To Painting” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Mother's Day Plant Sale "The Shadow Box" performance Performance of "King Lear" (TheatreWorks New Milford) StevieMac: A Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks Experience	9 Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Event “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Chalk the Walk For Mental Health “Fearless Expressive Painting” workshop 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Mother's Day Plant Sale Animal Shelter Donation Drive Guided Tour of The Ruby & Calvin Fletcher African American History Museum (Stratford) Backyard Beekeeping — Nectar Flow and Parasites Orchard Hill Nature Center Guided Walk Exploring Science with Charbel — Elephant Toothpaste Lab Movie Night at Taekwondo NHS Boys’ Lacrosse 15 For Life game "The Shadow Box" performance Performance of "King Lear" (TheatreWorks New Milford)
10 MOTHER’S DAY "The Shadow Box" performance Matinee performance of "King Lear" (TheatreWorks New Milford)	11 “Here’s To Painting” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Second Monday Book Club Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Glass & Sass: Jewelry Making Workshop Glass & Sass: Jewelry Making Workshop Canning 101 Board of Finance meeting	12 “Here’s To Painting” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Western Council of Government Technical Advisory Group meeting Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Legislative Council Transportation Committee meeting Northern Fairfield Professionals: “Your LinkedIn Profile and AI” C.H. Booth Library Development Committee meeting Medicare 101 (virtual program) Parks & Recreation Commission meeting Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers meeting C.H. Booth Library Board of Trustees meeting Golden Hour Hike Borough Board of Burgesses meeting Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Board of Trustees meeting SCAN Artist Demo: Kathy Anderson	13 “Here’s To Painting” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “May In Bloom: An NGC Standard Flower Show” John Scully Author Visit Prepared for Life: American Heart Association CPR/AED/Choking class Asset Protection Trusts & Revocable Living Trusts (virtual class) Newtown Knotweed: How to Identify and Manage NHS Baseball 15 For Life Fundraising Game Social Security Planning: Do You Know What Strategy is Best For You? (virtual) “Dissecting a Civil War Pension Record – Union and Confederate” (Genealogy Club of Newtown, via Zoom) “Everything You Need to Know About Pollinators” Inland Wetlands Commission meeting Charter Revision Commission meeting	14 “Here’s To Painting” “May In Bloom: An NGC Standard Flower Show” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Mother’s Day Mini Photos Silent Book Club Water & Sewer Authority meeting “Illuminating the Night: A Light Painting Program” "The Shadow Box" performance	15 “Here’s To Painting” “May In Bloom: An NGC Standard Flower Show” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Junk in the Trunk: Donations for NHS Band & Guard Fundraiser Tag Sale St Rose Bingo CANCELED "The Shadow Box" performance Performance of "King Lear" (TheatreWorks New Milford) Vitaly	16 ARMED FORCES DAY NHS Band & Guard Fundraiser Tag Sale “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale 15th Annual Strutt Your Mutt Step Forward to Cure TSC Second Annual Fairfield Hills Music Festival Voices Of America: Newtown Choral Society Spring Concert Gaming For Change "The Shadow Box" performance Performance of "King Lear" (TheatreWorks New Milford)
17 NHS Band & Guard Fundraiser Tag Sale "Smurfs" screening Matinee performance of "King Lear" (TheatreWorks New Milford) Newtown Historical Society Annual Meeting Canvas For A Cause	18 “Here’s To Painting” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Guided Tour of The Ruby & Calvin Fletcher African American History Museum (Stratford) Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Commission on Aging meeting Board of Fire Commissioners meeting Fairfield Hills Authority meeting Board of Selectmen meeting	19 “Here’s To Painting” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Indoor Winter Market Virtual Author Talk: “Reshape Your Beliefs and Unlock Your True Potential” C.H. Booth Library Finance Committee meeting Board of Education Curriculum & Instruction Subcommittee meeting Board of Education CFF/CIP Subcommittee meeting Community Center Commission meeting “Artists’ Eyes on the American Revolution: John Trumbull's Paintings of U.S. History” virtual lecture Board of Education meeting Economic Development Commission meeting	20 “Here’s To Painting” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Animal Care & Control Advisory Board meeting Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Bike & Trail Committee meeting Borough Zoning Commission meeting Legislative Council meeting	21 “Here’s To Painting” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Western Council of Government, Housatonic Valley Municipal and South Western Region Municipal Planning Organizations meeting Celebration of Kind Works Newtown Talks: Lara Love Hardin Planning & Zoning Commission meeting Sustainable Energy Commission meeting “Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That A Movement Forgot” book discussion Pension Committee meeting	22 “Here’s To Painting” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Get Groovy Dance Night for Grades 5 & 6 Don McLean Performance of "King Lear" (TheatreWorks New Milford)	23 “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Mother’s Day Reset Joyful Jitterbugs Final performance of "King Lear" (TheatreWorks New Milford)
24	25 MEMORIAL DAY “Here’s To Painting” “Here’s To Painting” CLOSED TODAY "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale CLOSED TODAY CANCELED: Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games	26 “Here’s To Painting” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Mom Walk and Playground Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Legislative Council Transportation Committee meeting Conservation Commission meeting Public Building & Site Commission meeting	27 “Here’s To Painting” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Borough Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Inland Wetlands Commission meeting	28 “Here’s To Painting” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale Read with Thor Borough Historic District meeting Flagpole Photographers Camera Club hybrid meeting-monthly competition Board of Finance meeting	29 “Here’s To Painting” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh 54th SCAN Juried Art Show & Sale	30 “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Backyard Beekeeping — Maintaining A Healthy Colony Step by Step Dance Academy Presents: Back to the 80’s
31	1 "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games C.H. Booth Library Art & History Subcommittee meeting Board of Selectmen meeting C.H. Booth Library Governance Committee meeting	2 "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Public Safety Committee meeting Board of Education Policy Committee meeting Police Commission meeting “Roger Sherman: The Legacy of A True American Hero” Board of Education meeting Lake Zoar Authority meeting Lake Lillinonah Authority meeting	3 "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Legislative Council meeting	4 "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Board of Ethics meeting C.H. Booth Library Buildings & Grounds Subcommittee meeting Cultural Arts Commission meeting Planning & Zoning Commission meeting Travel Talk: Alaska	5 “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh	6 Leaps of Faith (LOF) Adaptive Skiers Volunteer Training Day “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh NHS Band and Guard Monthly Bottle and Can Drive Catherine’s Butterfly Party “Meet John Adams: A Lively and Revolutionary Conversation”

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The Way We Were

Malcolm Andrew 'Andy' Bryant

Top Of The Mountain

Garden Club Spring Plant Sale Saturday

Full Slate Of May Programs Planned By Flagpole Photographers

The editorial took no position on the budget going up or down so you're reading things into the editorial that simply aren't there. The turnout is tied to the lack of passage, in that people who came out to vote last time did not this time, indicating a lack of support on their part. Perhaps it wasn't spelled out clearly enough, but that's what the editorial was driving at, people showing lack of support by not casting a vote. The editorial did address likely concerns among voters that may have led to lack of support and lack of turnout. This lower turnout also follows increasing turnout over the past four referendums in three years (meaning it is an aberration from that), and increased turnout is something that I do push for regularly in editorials. Any disappointment you might be seeing is at the break in that trend, not at whether the budget passed or not. I'd rather see more people come out and vote "no" then not vote at all.

Lower Turnout Results In Two Budget Defeats

Clearly, property owners no longer want to bear the burden of expenses while the state does not meet it’s responsibilities. Rising costs must be addressed by actions that do not include yearly increases of property owners’ taxes. The state of CT must meet its share of the educational costs, and other costs.

Town And School Budgets Fail At Referendum

This feels like an oddly misleading headline and narrative, particularly coming from the Editorial Board. The headline "Lower Turnout Results in Two Budget Defeats" pushes a misleading narrative regarding voter turnout, and then seeks to tie the outcome of the referendum to that misleading narrative. Sure, voter turn out for this year's referendum, 18%, was lower than last year's. However, last year's turnout, 25.4%, represented the highest turnout in the most recent 10 budget referendums. If you take the time to examine turnout percentages between 2017 and 2026 (2017: 19.9, 2018: 15.7, 2019: 17, 2020: 0, 2021: 8.98, 2022: 7.7, 2023: 8.8, 2024: 15.1/17.49, 2025: 25.4, 2026: 18), this year's turnout was actually the third highest in the past 10 cycles. Perhaps the headline of this article should say "Lower Voter Turnout Than Last Year", which is more accurate, rather than creating an impression that this year's turnout is some type of aberration - a narrative that the turnout numbers, in all their binary glory, simply do not support. Further, the headline of this article appears to tie the "lower turnout" to the defeated budgets. Sure, that could be true. But, perhaps, its more likely that Newtown residents are feeling the squeeze of multiple economic influences. In Newtown, we've experienced property revaluations and increased municipal spending. Eversource continues to raise rates. The state legislature gives PURA the authority to impose Public Benefit charges that benefit a tiny percentage of the public (and subsequently burdening the rest of us). At the national level, inflation has run rampant for years and many of those costs remain high to this day. In short, the data tells a far less dramatic—and far more honest—story than the headline suggests. This wasn’t an electorate vanishing in apathy; it was a fairly typical turnout delivering an verdict that, perhaps, some at the Editorial Board didn't like. At some point, it’s worth considering that residents aren’t confused, disengaged, or misled by turnout; they’re simply doing math at their kitchen tables and concluding that “no” is the only responsible answer left.

Enjoyed the forum which only confirmed my support for Brandon Moore as the Democratic candidate to run for the state representative position. Brandon Moore did not waiver about his duty to all the people, if elected, when an issue presents itself that requires that he voice a difference of opinion for the wellbeing of Newtown residents. If Michelle Ku’s 16 years have led to her loyalty being to other elected officials, as she implied, then Newtown is going to continue to witness actions that do not protect its residents. She could not unseat republican, Mitch Bolinsky, during a Blue Wave, and once again, will not do it now. Winning that seat is critical for all. That explains why her previous campaign committee now campaigns for Brandon Moore. It explains all the endorsements he has received from local elected democratic officials. It’s why we need Brandon Moore to be the democratic candidate to run for state representative.

Second Newtown DTC, League Of Women Voters Candidates Event Planned

Appreciated the opportunity to hear from both candidates as we were present for the College Dems forum but only heard from Brandon Moore. It was an opportunity to see who can unseat the Republican incumbent and there is no doubt that Brandon Moore should be the Democratic candidate. One concerned parent posed a question about discrimination unaddressed by the school district and interestingly enough, Michelle Ku, who proudly speaks of her Board membership years, said little, while Brandon Moore passionately addressed the issue along with his experience as an Apache Helicopter Commander. This family is supporting Brandon Moore. We need change and someone who is not afraid to disagree, especially about the rising costs of living in Newtown.

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