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1 RAMADAN "Shadow Box" auditions (Town Players of Newtown)	2 RAMADAN SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Music Monday with Principal Al Legislative Charter Revision Charge Committee special meeting (agenda posted) Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Board of Assessment Appeals meeting (agenda posted) Cookbook Club "Shadow Box" auditions (Town Players of Newtown) Board of Selectmen meeting (agenda posted)	3 RAMADAN SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Mother Goose on the Loose Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Nonfiction Book Club Indoor Winter Market Public Safety Committee meeting CANCELED Board of Education Policy Committee meeting (agenda posted) Mahjong Open Play: Evening Edition Police Commission meeting CANCELED “The Story of Ferragamo” CANCELED C.H. Booth Library Governance meeting Board of Education hybrid meeting (agenda posted) Lake Zoar Authority meeting (agenda posted, location added) Lake Lillinonah Authority virtual meeting (agenda posted)	4 RAMADAN SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Job Seeker Strategies for the Digital Age (Intro to AI) Mother Goose on the Loose 30 Minutes Flex & Balance with Sean Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Drop-In Art with Miss Nora Virtual Author Talk: “Humor, Heart, and Reflective Rural Stories” Board of Assessment Appeals meeting (agenda posted) Fairfield Hills Authority special meeting (agenda posted) The Princeton Review SAT Strategy Session Board of Finance special hybrid public hearing (agenda posted) CANCELED Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Legislative Council hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	5 RAMADAN SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh American Mahjong Open Play Free Income Tax Help at C.H. Booth Library Mother Goose II Drop-In Free Build C.H. Booth Library Buildings & Grounds Subcommittee meeting CANCELED Cultural Arts Commission meeting (agenda posted) Planning & Zoning Commission meeting CANCELED Board of Finance special hybrid meeting (agenda posted) Legislative Council Ordinance Committee special meeting (agenda posted)	6 RAMADAN SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Music Dynamics with Brad Peterson Friday Knight Fish Fry Cherish the Ladies	7 RAMADAN “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Board of Assessment Appeals meeting (agenda posted) Rory Scovel: Know Your Enemy Tour
8 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS RAMADAN Imagination Movers	9 RAMADAN SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Second Monday Book Club Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “Medicare Fraud and Preventing Medicare Fraud” Board of Assessment Appeals meeting (agenda posted) Superintendent Budget Information Session POSTPONED From Start to Finish: A Guide to Seeds Board of Finance hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	10 RAMADAN SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Mother Goose on the Loose Western Council of Government Technical Advisory Group meeting Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games CANCELED Legislative Council Traffic Workgroup meeting Northern Fairfield Professionals meeting: “Relationship Building to Advance Your Career” C.H. Booth Library Development Committee meeting (agenda posted) Parks & Recreation Commission meeting (agenda posted) Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers meeting (agenda posted) Police Commission special meeting (agenda posted) “Navigating Mental Health Care: A Community Conversation” C.H. Booth Library Board of Trustees meeting (agenda posted) Borough Board of Burgesses meeting (agenda posted) Legislative Council Charter Revision Charge Committee meeting (agenda posted) Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Board of Trustees meeting	11 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Mother Goose on the Loose 30 Minutes Flex & Balance with Sean “Fall and Fall Prevention” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Drop-In Art with Miss Nora CANCELED Board of Assessment Appeals meeting (agenda posted) Instant Insight with Numerology Legislative Council Education Committee special meeting (agenda posted) Medicare 101 (virtual program) Safe Streets 4 All public forum “Fearless Pruning” “Secrets of the Asylum, Norwich State Hospital and My Family” virtual presentation (Genealogy Club of Newtown program) Inland Wetlands Commission meeting (agenda posted) Newtown Earth Day 2026 Film Festival Legislative Council special hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	12 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh American Mahjong Open Play Free Income Tax Help at C.H. Booth Library Mother Goose II Bingo with Jockey Hollow Middle School Students “Sleep and Its Importance” Drop-In Free Build Safe Streets 4 All presentation Free Write at the Library “Portraits Noir” photography workshop (Flagpole Photographers Camera Club event) Virtual Author Talk: “Book Portals and Journeys of Literary Magic” Water & Sewer Authority meeting (agenda posted)	13 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Music Dynamics with Brad Peterson Origami Project with Sofi Friday Knight Fish Fry St Patrick’s Day Party for Grades 5 & 6 "The Shark Is Broken" performance (TheatreWorks New Milford)	14 “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Curiosity Indoor Flea Market Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Invasive Species ID Walk at Holcombe Hill Exploring Science with Charbel: The Science of Slime Flagpole Radio Band Benefit Show for Ben’s Lighthouse "The Shark Is Broken" final performance (TheatreWorks New Milford) Best of the Eagles
15 "Bad Guys 2" screening Rock This Democracy One Year Anniversary Symposium “Icons of American Music” by Danbury Community Band	16 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “The History of Irish-Americans with Arthur Gottlieb” Commission on Aging meeting Board of Education CFF/CIP Subcommittee meeting Superintendent Budget Information Session new date Legislative Council Finance & Admin Committee special meeting (agenda posted) Social Security Planning: Do You Know What Strategy is Best For You? (virtual) Board of Selectmen meeting	17 ST PATRICK’S DAY SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale American Red Cross Blood Drive Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Mother Goose on the Loose Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Indoor Winter Market C.H. Booth Library Finance Committee meeting Board of Education Curriculum & Instruction Subcommittee meeting Therapy Dogs Visit Community Center Commission meeting Board of Education meeting Economic Development Commission meeting Legislative Council Charter Revision Charge Committee meeting	18 EID AL-FITR SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Mother Goose on the Loose 30 Minutes Flex & Balance with Sean Sip & Paint Animal Care & Control Advisory Board meeting Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Drop-In Art with Miss Nora Usui Reiki I “Protect Your Assets As You Age” Waste Management Committee meeting Bike & Trail Committee meeting Borough Zoning Commission meeting Legislative Council public hybrid hearing (agenda posted) Legislative Council meeting	19 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh American Mahjong Open Play Free Income Tax Help at C.H. Booth Library Mother Goose II Western Council of Government, Housatonic Valley and South Western Region Metropolitan Planning Organizations meeting Drop-In Free Build Silent Book Club St Rose School Designer Purse Bingo Sustainable Energy Commission meeting Pension Committee meeting	20 SPRING BEGINS SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale (final day) Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Lunch & Learn: Pizza and Finance with Maria Xavier Friday Knight Fish Fry St Rose Bingo POSTPONED "Swan Lake" by Grand Kyiv Ballet	21 Donation Drive-Thru “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Easter Egg Hunt Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Winter Wonderland Children’s Program “Jordan Freeman: The Fight to Set People Free”
22 NFA Volunteer Outing: Nettleton Preserve Celtic Angels Ireland	23 Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Music Monday with Principal Al Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games NYFS Open House Houseplants 101 Board of Fire Commissioners meeting Fairfield Hills Authority meeting	24 Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh “Security and Awareness Ahead of Spring” Lunch & Learn: Panel Discussion with Kay Schriber/Synergy Health Care Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Virtual Author Talk: “America’s Failed Response to the Opioid Crisis” Legislative Council Traffic Workgroup meeting Language Exchange at the Library Conservation Commission meeting Legislative Council Charter Revision Charge Committee meeting	25 Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event 30 Minutes Flex & Balance with Sean Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “Shoulder Pain and Joint Replacement” SCAN Artist Demo: Frank Bruckmann (note location) FONS March Social Borough Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Inland Wetlands Commission meeting Legislative Council meeting	26 Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh American Mahjong Open Play Free Income Tax Help at C.H. Booth Library Bunny Sock Craft Read with Thor “An Introduction To Genealogy” Lit Fic Book Club Staying Calm Within the Chaos: Navigating Turbulent Times Borough Historic District meeting Flagpole Photographers Camera Club hybrid meeting SOLD OUT: Garrison Keillor Tonight Board of Finance meeting	27 Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Sips & Tips with Newtown Special Ed PTA Flashlight Egg Hunt St Rose Bingo Dionne Warwick	28 Sensory Egg Hunt “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Egg Hunt Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Kristin Key: Ca-Caw Tour
29 PALM SUNDAY Bunny Breakfast **(one-hour time slots)	30 Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Soccer Skills and Drills with Coach Tony (ages 3-4) Nature’s Book Club	31 Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh March Birthdays Celebration and Trivia Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Public Building & Site Commission meeting Legislative Council Charter Revision Charge Committee meeting	1 Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event 30 Minutes Flex & Balance with Sean Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Usui Reiki I Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Legislative Council meeting	2 MAUNDY THURSDAY PASSOVER begins at sundown Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh American Mahjong Open Play Free Income Tax Help at C.H. Booth Library Soccer Skills and Drills with Coach Tony (ages 4-6) Board of Ethics meeting Cultural Arts Commission meeting Planning & Zoning Commission meeting	3 GOOD FRIDAY Linda Parsloe’s “Fused Glass” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Castle Hill Farm Egg Hunt *(timed starts)	4 2GHG Garden Compost Drive Easter Egg Hunt (timed starts) “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Castle Hill Farm Egg Hunt (timed starts) “Think Outside the Bait Box”

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War — What Is It Good For?

Moore Serves Newtown With Heart

BSA Troop 270 Celebrates Its 124th Eagle Scout

Snapshot: Carly Timpson

CORRECTION: I misrepresented the Senior Services decrease from 2023-24 to 2026-27. Between 2024-24 budget and 2024-25 budget there was an accounting practice change. Certain employee benefits that had been in department budgets were centralized. Comparing to anything prior to 2024-25 is apples to oranges. My mistake Considering 2025-26 vs 2026-27, combining the reductions to Senior Services and Social Services page (166 and 170) there is a $36,628 reduction. The majority of that is the cut in Newtown funding to HART Transit ($26,845), which the BoF increased to the level requested by HART Transit

Don’t Cut Services To Seniors

Jim, Thank you for reinforcing the decision to continue printing these installments. I also look forward to continuing to quantify the environmental impact associated with each one. I will continue to work on the math.

Elections Have Consequences XXII

First, I would like to say thank you to Jim as the editor of the Bee for refuting your math and defending my right to free speech. Second, the NFL uses roman numerals to identify the Super Bowl game - does that mean the NFL is only reaching out to the elites? Third, I am currently the Vice-Chair of the SEC. It was time for a change in leadership, and I wanted to make sure the committee could continue to grow and to help make Newtown a better place.

The Newtown Bee welcomes the letters from all letter writers regardless of their political stance or how much paper and ink printing their letters uses (and by the way, your math is off). It seems to me that if the concern is a liberal writer taking space in our letters page every other week, the better way to deal with that is to write letters from a conservative mindset rather than attacking and attempting to discourage others from writing. Responses should address the points raised by the writer, not the fact that they chose to write.

24,619 printed pages have been devoted to this diatribe — more than an acre of paper. Beyond the cost to The Bee, with this installment #22 (XXII for the elites), the series has consumed roughly 400 pounds of newsprint (about 2–3 trees), a few thousand gallons of process water, and on the order of a couple hundred kilograms of CO₂e — all to keep re-litigating the same point. I guess I would have expected more out of the chair from the Sustainable Energy Commission chair.

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