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Police Reports, December 9-22, 2015

Published: December 23, 2015 12:00 am

Bicycle Hit & Run Police said bicyclist Michael Roberto, 53, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., who was riding a yellow Cannondale downhill eastward on the right side of Church Hill Road, while wearing a he...

Construction Continues At The Village At Lexington Gardens

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: December 23, 2015 12:00 am

Amid unseasonably mild weather, work is progressing on The Village at Lexington Gardens, a multibuilding commercial complex under construction in the borough at 30 Church Hill Road. The project, which...

Holiday Closings

Published: December 23, 2015 12:00 am

All town offices and agencies will be closed from noon on Thursday, December 24, until 8 am on Monday, December 28, for the Christmas holiday. The following week, offices will close at noon on Thursda...

Mulholland Reelected P&Z Chairman

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: December 23, 2015 12:00 am

The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) conducted its annual election officers at its December 17 session, reelecting Republican Robert Mulholland to a third one-year term as the chairman of the land...

Draft Charter Published For Community Review, Outreach Campaign Planned

By John Voket

Published: December 21, 2015 12:00 am

Legislative Council Chair Mary Ann Jacob is encouraging townspeople to read, discuss, and save the printed Charter Revision draft in this week’s edition of The Newtown Bee that will be the focus of a ...

December 18-19 Sobriety Checkpoint Planned

Published: December 18, 2015 12:00 am

Town police have scheduled a sobriety checkpoint for the evening of Friday, December 18, and early morning hours of Saturday, December 19. Police will set up the checkpoint on a road where they will b...

Nunnawauk Residents May Be Eligible For Additional Support Services

By John Voket

Published: December 18, 2015 12:00 am

Residents of Newtown’s Nunnawauk Meadows senior housing community may be eligible for assistance covering a number of supplemental services designed to help them live more independently and stay in th...

Nunnawauk Residents May Be Eligible For Additional Support Services

By John Voket

Published: December 18, 2015 12:00 am

Residents of Newtown’s Nunnawauk Meadows senior housing community may be eligible for assistance covering a number of supplemental services designed to help them live more independently and stay in th...

Hawleyville Mixed-Use Complex Gains Final Approval

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: December 18, 2015 12:00 am

A major mixed-use development planned for a 42-acre site off Hawleyville Road (Route 25), near the Exit 9 interchange of Interstate 84, has gained final approval from the Planning and Zoning Commissio...

Gaston Chairing Finance Board After Godin Breaks Stalemate

By John Voket

Published: December 18, 2015 12:00 am

This report was updated December 19 at 9 am with details on the election of the Vice-Chair and a commission secretary. John Godin, the only remaining Republican incumbent reelected to Newtown’s B...

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Let's Keep Local Politics Honest

I guess the rule of law does not include legal immigration.

Says ‘There Is A Better Way’

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...

Democratic Women’s Caucus Endorses Moore

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.

Democratic Women’s Caucus Endorses Moore

The Democratic Women’s Caucus is not affiliated with any political party.

Democratic Women’s Caucus Endorses Moore

This is a bizarre and misleading letter to our Newtown Bee. There has not been a Democratic Women's Caucus in Newtown. If there is one now, it was recently (and quietly) formed. I had expressed interest. I wasn't invited. And it was apparently formed without the official knowledge of the Democratic Town Committee. Who are its members? And why is it endorsing Brandon Moore, especially at this stage of the election process? Is this the endorsement of an established body of active women democrats or is it the preference of the two letter signers? Nothing against Brandon Moore, but Michelle Ku is also running for Connecticut State Assembly District 106. Michelle Ku, who is well-known in Newtown for her years of dedicated public service, Michelle Ku who has been a long-time advocate for women's issues, Michelle Ku who should have been invited to be a founding member of this so-called Democratic Women's Caucus. This Women's Caucus may only speak for the two people who signed this letter. It certainly doesn't speak for me, a democratic woman in Newtown.

Democratic Women’s Caucus Endorses Moore

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