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27 "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" screening	28 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Summer Coding Club: Grades 4-6 Magic Monday: Danny Magic Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “The Defrauding of Medicare and How To Not Be A Victim” Community Conversation with State Treasurer Erick Russell Nature’s Book Club hybrid meeting Board of Fire Commissioners meeting (agenda posted) Fairfield Hills Authority meeting (agenda posted) Legislative Council Ordinance Committee special meeting (agenda posted)	29 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Tuesday Tunes at Dickinson Park: Lynn Lewis and Friends Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Computer Tutoring Newtown Farmers Market Board of Education special meeting (agenda posted)	30 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Mother Goose on the Loose 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean Fitzpatrick Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “AI In Everyday Life: Understanding Artificial Intelligence” Exploring Famous Artists with Miss Nora	31 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” (last day) American Mah Jong Open Play Mother Goose II Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Rita’s African Dance Party Summer Time is Story Time with Miss Nora Virtual Author Talk: “On the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains” with Pria Anand C.H. Booth Library Board of Trustees Executive Committee meeting (agenda posted) CANCELLED Free Write Weekly at the Library "Ageism Unmasked" Book Discussion Series: Chapter 3, “Entitlements” — A Timeless Newtown event Summer Concert Series: One Track Mind CANCELED Board of Finance meeting CANCELED	1 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” CLOSED EARLY Lily Mac Hugh “Small Things” Music Dynamics with Brad Peterson "Mean Girls: High School Edition"	2 CLOSED EARLY Lily Mac Hugh “Small Things” Drive-Thru Food Drive Easy Teen Improv "Mean Girls: High School Edition" "Mean Girls: High School Edition"
3 "Mean Girls: High School Edition"	4 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Summer Coding Club: Grades 7-9 Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games C.H. Booth Library Art & History Subcommittee meeting Cooking the Books: A Cookbook Club Lake Zoar Authority meeting (Oxford, agenda posted) Board of Selectmen hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	5 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Tuesday Tunes at Dickinson Park: Judy Pancoast Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Computer Tutoring Library Speakers Consortium: “The Stories, Science, and History of Birds” Newtown Farmers Market National Night Out 2025 CANCELLED Police Commission meeting “Spymistresses: A Story of Allied Women Spies of WWII” CANCELLED C.H. Booth Library Governance Committee meeting Lake Lillinonah Authority virtual meeting (agenda posted) Movie Night Under the Stars: "Wish"	6 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Mother Goose on the Loose 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean Fitzpatrick Lunch & Learn: Your Life, Your Legacy Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Ageless Grace Brain Health Fitness Exploring Famous Artists with Miss Nora Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corp Executive Board meeting Recycling Ad Hoc Committee meeting (agenda posted) Maplewood Summer Concert Series: James Michael Zoning Board of Appeals meeting (agenda posted) Legislative Council hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	7 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia American Mah Jong Open Play Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Xen’s Critters Cute and Cuddly Petting Zoo Summer Time is Story Time with Miss Nora Fairfield Hills Authority special meeting (agenda posted) CANCELLED Free Write Weekly at the Library Planning & Zoning Subcommittee meeting (agenda posted) Board of Ethics meeting (agenda posted) C.H. Booth Library Buildings & Grounds Sub-Committee meeting (agenda posted) Cultural Arts Commission meeting (agenda posted) Planning & Zoning Commission hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	8 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” CLOSED EARLY Lily Mac Hugh “Small Things” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Music Dynamics with Brad Peterson CANCELED "A Minecraft Movie" screening “Giving Back to Your Community with SCORE” ETH Drive-In: "The Big Lebowski"	9 CPR Class CLOSED EARLY Lily Mac Hugh “Small Things” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia "A Minecraft Movie" free screening ETH Drive-In: "The Big Lebowski"
10 "A Minecraft Movie" screening	11 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Second Monday Book Club Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Shortt’s Night on the Farm Board of Education CFF/CIP Subcommittee meeting (agenda posted) Board of Finance hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	12 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” American Red Cross Blood Drive Antique Miser Purse Collection Java With Jeff Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “A Holistic Approach To Chronic Pain Syndromes,” Computer Tutoring Newtown Farmers Market Northern Fairfield Professionals meeting C.H. Booth Library Development Committee meeting Parks & Recreation Commission meeting (agenda posted) CANCELLED Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers meeting Police Commission meeting (agenda posted) “From Fingerprints to Facial Recognition” with Toni McKeen CANCELLED C.H. Booth Library Board of Trustees meeting Board of Education hybrid meeting (agenda posted) CANCELLED Newtown Volunteer Ambulance meeting Borough Board of Burgesses meeting (agenda posted)	13 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia CANCELED Mother Goose on the Loose Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean Fitzpatrick Lunch & Learn: A New Perspective: Lunch with the Democrats Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Town Building & Infrastructure Committee meeting (agenda posted) Hearts of Hope-Newtown Paint With A Purpose event Inland Wetlands Commission meeting (agenda posted)	14 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia American Mah Jong Open Play Mother Goose II CANCELED Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “Keeping Kids and Teens Safe and Happy” Summer Time is Story Time with Miss Nora CANCELED CANCELLED Free Write Weekly at the Library "Ageism Unmasked" Book Discussion Series: Chapter 4, "Retirement as Life Stage & Aging" — A Timeless Newtown event LOCATION UPDATED Maplewood Summer Concert Seres: The Piano Man Water & Sewer Authority meeting (agenda posted)	15 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Back-to-School Family Day CLOSED EARLY Lily Mac Hugh “Small Things” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia CANCELLED Music Dynamics with Brad Peterson Lunch & Learn: Time Matters: A Woman’s Retirement Outlook ETH Drive-In: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"	16 CLOSED EARLY Lily Mac Hugh “Small Things” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event CANCELLED Exploring Science with Charbel: DNA Extraction & Isolation from Strawberries ETH Drive-In: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
17	18 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Bellwether Wellness with Christine Updegraff Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games CANCELED Commission on Aging meeting Legislative Council Ordinance Committee special meeting (agenda posted) Board of Selectmen hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	19 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “Music and Brain Health” CANCELED Computer Tutoring Ageless Grace Brain Health Fitness Newtown Farmers Market CANCELED C.H. Booth Library Finance Committee meeting The Derek Piotr Fieldwork Archive Therapy Dogs Visit CANCELED Community Center Commission meeting CANCELED Board of Education meeting CANCELED Economic Development Commission meeting	20 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean Fitzpatrick Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games C.H. Booth Library Ice Cream Social Recycling Ad Hoc Committee meeting (agenda posted) Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers special meeting (agenda posted) CANCELED Borough Zoning Commission meeting Bike & Trail Committee meeting (agenda posted) Legislative Council hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	21 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia American Mah Jong Open Play Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games CANCELED Free Write Weekly at the Library Cultural District Informational Meeting “Ageism Unmasked” Book Discussion Series: Chapter 5, “Era of Manipulation” — A Timeless Newtown event LOCATION UPDATED Planning & Zoning Commission meeting (agenda posted) Sustainable Energy Commission meeting Taylorville Pension Committee meeting (agenda posted)	22 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” CLOSED EARLY Lily Mac Hugh “Small Things” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia "Transformers One" screening "Transformers One" screening	23 Candlewood Valley Trout Unlimited Conservation Project Day CANCELED Newtown Conservation Commission Work Day CLOSED EARLY Lily Mac Hugh “Small Things” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event "Transformers One" screening Botsford Bash "Transformers One" screening
24 Ukrainian Festival Mahjong and Mimosas "Transformers One" screening	25 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “Ageism Unmasked” Book Discussion Series: Chapter 6, “The (Mis)Information Age” — A Timeless Newtown event LOCATION UPDATED Nature’s Book Club virtual meeting CANCELED Fairfield Hills Authority meeting Board of Fire Commissioners meeting (agenda posted)	26 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games CANCELED Computer Tutoring Newtown Farmers Market Board of Selectmen special meeting (agenda posted) Conservation Commission meeting (agenda posted) Public Building & Site Commission meeting (agenda posted)	27 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean Fitzpatrick Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games SCAN Artist Demo: Cathy Copeland FONS August Social Community Center Commission special meeting (agenda posted) Borough Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Inland Wetlands Commission meeting	28 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia CANCELED American Mah Jong Open Play Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Virtual Author Talk: “How to Thrive in a World of Constant Chaos” CANCELED C.H. Booth Library Board of Trustees Executive Committee meeting CANCELED Free Write Weekly at the Library Borough Historic District meeting (agenda posted) Borough Historic District public hearing (agenda posted) Board of Finance hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	29 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” CLOSED EARLY Lily Mac Hugh “Small Things” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia ETH Drive-In: "Dirty Dancing"	30 CLOSED EARLY Lily Mac Hugh “Small Things” Antique Miser Purse Collection Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event ETH Drive-In: "Dirty Dancing"
31 2025 Panacea Newtown Reunion Concert	1 Labor Day Pancake Breakfast & Parking 2025 Newtown Labor Day Parade: “Pets on Parade” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games CANCELED	2 Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Newtown Farmers Market Public Safety Committee meeting Police Commission meeting C.H. Booth Library Governance Committee meeting Board of Selectman meeting Lake Lillinonah Authority meeting	3 Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Board of Assessment Appeals meeting Board of Education Policy Committee meeting Recycling Ad Hoc Committee meeting “Ageism Unmasked” Book Discussion Series: Chapter 7, “The Era of a Global Pandemic” — A Timeless Newtown event LOCATION UPDATED* Maplewood Summer Concert Seres: Bosco Board of Education meeting Library Speakers Consortium: “On Writing Darkly Charming, Villainous Love” webinar Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Legislative Council meeting	4 American Mah Jong Open Play Tea @ 3 Par-Tea Cub Scout Pack 270 Recruitment Night Cultural Arts Commission meeting Flagpole Photographers Camera Club meeting Planning & Zoning Commission meeting Josh Wolf: The Campfire Tour	5 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Mary Hawley Public Service Award Ceremony honoring Lee Paulsen	6 Protect Our Pollinators Native Plant Sale Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event 2nd Company Governor’s Horse Guard Annual Fall Festival Mutts Gone Nuts: Unleashed

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It seems a lot of the discussion around the flagpole focuses on vilifying drivers who pass on the right, but the real issue is being overlooked. If Chapter 248 Section 14-251 were enforced, we wouldn’t see this problem to begin with. That statute prohibits stopping in the middle of a roadway to yield to cross traffic—as so often happens with cars waiting to turn from Church Hill. When vehicles stop illegally in the travel lane, they effectively create a blockage. Other drivers then either sit through unnecessary delays or carefully pass around them on the right, which is fully permitted when the vehicle ahead is “illegally parked” in the roadway. Instead of punishing drivers reacting to the obstruction, enforcement should focus on the cause: vehicles unlawfully stopping and backing up traffic in the first place. If that behavior were addressed, the need to “go around” would largely disappear.

Borough Board of Burgesses Continues Traffic Safety Discussion

John, you raise an important point — these situations are tragic, complicated, and often far less clear-cut than the headlines make them seem. In the Fredericksburg case, the full facts still aren’t publicly known, and like so many of these stories, there’s conflicting information. It was apparently the back door at 3 a.m. — was it justified to use deadly force? We don’t know yet. What we do know is that the homeowner has been charged, and as you rightly noted, that is very serious. But this is also where perspective matters. These cases are quickly sensationalized in the news and on social media, yet when the dust settles, the outcomes are rarely publicized. People forget that in our system, you are innocent until proven guilty. Try to find much coverage of the convication in the case of the Fairfield Realtor vehicle homicide, or updates on the woman who shot her husband a couple of Christmases ago, or even the pedestrian death in Sandy Hook a year or so back. The follow-through simply isn’t there, and public opinion is often shaped only by the first round of headlines. At the end of the day, these situations remind us how split-second decisions in the middle of the night can change lives forever — which is exactly why the right to protect one’s property, home and family is so fiercely debated, and lucky constitutionally protected.

Late Night Prank Gone Wrong

First the low hanging fruit. Dave; it was a joke, please get over it. You are the only person in Newtown that thought I really wanted to build a stadium on 6 Commence Rd. Now on to Alex. You might not appreciate my writing style or my selection of words, but let's not loose sight of the fact that by responding to my letter in the manner that you did, you have removed any doubt whatsoever that you have no idea of the quantifiable benefits you are dismissing not only for the town, but also for protesters. Either you stopped listening at the word "ordinance" or you never started.. Your constitutional rights to assemble were never in question and would actually be strengthened and there would be literally no impediments. We could even title it "The Alex Villamil Ordinance" if you want. It could be your legacy and actually show Newtown your willingness to work in a bipartisan way for the betterment of the town. Businesses would be protected. Traffic wouldn't be interrupted. The town would save hundreds of thousands of dollars in police overtime. And maybe most importantly, the town could prevent another tragedy while mitigating legal risk in the event something terrible happens at a protest. Nothing bad could never happen in Newtown right? All that could be accomplished by a simple, non-intrusive ordinance unless all the detriments to our town are intentional in order to bring more attention to your cause. Alex, this was not me throwing a temper tantrum. Believe me, you will know it if that happens. I am just putting Newtown first. From that perspective, if you think critically, the regulation is necessary. It makes sense logically, rationally, and is reasonable. There is absolutely no down side. None. I would be willing to sit down with you to see if we could come to some type of compromise if you want. Let me know. You would be amazed how much you can accomplish when there is dialogue amongst neighbors.

It’s About Dialogue Amongst Neighbors — Not Regulation

A popular prank circulating on TikTok is “ding-dong-ditch” where a group of young people violently bang or kick someone’s door late at night and then “ditch” or run. On May 3 three high schoolers here in Fredericksburg Va. were participating in such a prank. One homeowner assumed, as in this case, an attempted break in and also took measures to defend his family and property. As the youths were running away he fired, striking an 18 year old graduating senior in the back killing him and seriously injuring a second youth. A wasted life, a family shattered, and the homeowner charged with murder.

You’re absolutely right — no one should ever feel unsafe in their own home. Being startled awake by violent banging at your door late at night is no joke, and it’s a stark reminder that danger can come without warning. That’s why I’m thankful for the right to protect ourselves, our families, and our property. In a moment like that, you don’t get a second chance to call for help before you act — you have to be prepared. Our homes should be a place of peace, not fear, and the ability to defend them is a right worth safeguarding.

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