The Holiday Basket program is a community-wide effort organized by The Newtown Fund each year, in conjunction with the Town of Newtown Department of Human Services. The Fund is hoping to hear from additional residents willing to adopt a family or make a financial or material donation for this year's effort.
WSHU Public Radio with media partner The Newtown Bee will launch an 11-part podcast series on Monday called “Still Newtown,” chronicling the life of the Newtown community a decade after the fatal shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The Legislative Council chose to delay a decision on restoring money to the Lake Zoar Authority and Lake Lillinonah Authority cut during the 2022-23 budget season.
The Newtown Police Dept played an important role of helping keep four dozen firearms off the street or out of the hands of someone who might be inclined to harm themselves during the the 2nd Annual #KeepKidsSafe Connecticut Statewide Gun Buyback and Gun Safe Giveaway Day.
Well said, Anne. Thank you. Michelle Embree Ku is about as stand-up a person, let alone a state house rep, as one could possibly hope for. I definitely will be supporting her -- as an Independent! Who (sadly) must register as a Dem in order to vote in primaries. Ah... so many other things to fix about our system! :)
The endorsement letter isn’t the problem — the branding is.
A group calling itself the “Democratic Women’s Caucus” strongly implies a party-connected, representative body. Yet one of the co-founders wrote here in the comments that it’s “not affiliated with any political party.” If that’s true, the name is misleading to readers.
We’ve seen this movie before. The Bee described the Newtown Conservation Coalition as “a public group based on the social media platform,” and noted that its name has confused residents because it closely resembles the Newtown Conservation Commission. Words matter, especially when they borrow the credibility of established civic institutions.
If the Democratic Women’s Caucus is simply two founders speaking for themselves, that’s fine — just be transparent and wait for it ... honest...
I agree with Ms Renner. The name is misleading. If you are NOT affiliated with a political party, why have it in your title? Both Miller and Bloom are both Democrats and I am also dismayed that Michelle Ku isn't getting your endorsement. A clear case of "With friends like this, who needs enemies?" I am an independent voter, and although I haven't voted for a Democrat since Obama, I have always found Ms Ku polite and not only willing to listen to both sides of a discussion with an open mind, she is extremely helpful with a follow-up contact to see if an issue is resolved.
