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Police Reports | October 8-October 22, 2023

Published: October 30, 2023 7:00 am

Police reports for October 8 through October 22, 2023.

Fire Reports | October 19-October 24, 2023

Published: October 30, 2023 7:00 am

Fire reports for October 19 through October 24, 2023.

Newtown Fund Preparing For 2023 Holiday Basket Program With Public Appeal

Published: October 30, 2023 7:00 am

The Newtown Fund is asking community members to help make the holidays special for local residents in need by donating to the annual Holiday Basket Program.

Library Fund Balance Spent, Potentially Funding Cliff Ahead

By Jim Taylor

Updated: October 30, 2023 7:53 am

The CH Booth Library has followed a directive from the Legislative Council to spend down its fund balance, but this may mean the library will face a funding cliff next year.

Big Changes At Transfer Station: What Users Need To Know

By Owen Tanzer

Published: October 28, 2023 7:00 am

The Newtown Transfer Station on Ethan Allen Road is undergoing a series of significant changes this week, aimed at streamlining the waste disposal and recycling process. Behind these alterations is a ...

Newtown Health Fair Enticing Visitors With Freebies, Services, Shots

By John Voket

Updated: October 27, 2023 2:19 pm

Newtown’s free 2023 Health Fair will be more than an opportunity to fill complimentary shopping bags full of freebies from its dozens of vendors and exhibitors.

Pleasance Bunny House Temporarily Closed

Updated: October 27, 2023 12:41 pm

Per notice of the Scudder Smith Family Association, the Bunny House located at The Pleasance is closed until further notice.

14 Cows Die Following Transport Truck Crash, Driver Uninjured

By Shannon Hicks

Published: October 27, 2023 9:00 am

A 35-year-old man from Marion, Ohio, walked away without injury but 14 cows died after the cattle transport vehicle they were in rolled onto its side and crashed in the westbound Exit 10 median last week.

Selectmen Candidate Debate Informative, Well Attended

By Jim Taylor

Published: October 27, 2023 7:00 am

The First Selectman and Board of Selectmen candidates had a chance to air their views in a debate recently.

Flags To Be Lowered Following Shootings In Maine

By Shannon Hicks

Updated: October 26, 2023 1:24 pm

President Joseph Biden has ordered flags across the country to be lowered “as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on October 25, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine.”

Ronald George Benson, Ph.D.

Cheryl Ghent

BOE Listens To Facilities Update

BOE Hires New Reed Intermediate Principal

Financial Foundations: A Back-To-School Lesson In Financial Literacy

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.

Encourages Consideration Of State Candidates

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.

Newtown Deserves Property Tax Relief

Dear Colleen, Molly, and Reed, Our sincere condolences to all of you. Sandy & Vince Venitelli

Malcolm Andrew ‘Andy’ Bryant

Maybe it is time to research how strict CT gun laws are...some of the toughest in the country for us law abiding citizens.

Look At The Record

Go back to Hartford. Leave our town alone!

Lamont Tours Newtown Community Center, Meets With Town Officials