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Residents Sought For Commission Posts

Published: October 07, 2015 12:00 am

First Selectman Pat Llodra is seeking residents to fill several opening on local appointed boards and commissions. In some cases the appointments are required to be affiliated with a specific politica...

Defendant Pleads Guilty In Drug Trafficking Case

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: October 07, 2015 12:00 am

HARTFORD — A Sherman man pleaded guilty on October 6 to one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids in a drug trafficking case which has 11 defendants, including a former Newtown police se...

Energy Challenge Program Bringing Solar To Newtown Rooftops; Meeting/Info Session, October 8

Published: October 07, 2015 12:00 am

The Newtown Sustainable Energy Commission has launched a new initiative, beginning in October, to bring solar panel systems to residents and businesses. The first community meeting will be Thursday, O...

Small Businesses Targeted In Eversource Billing Scam

Published: October 06, 2015 12:00 am

BERLIN — For popular eateries, like the Popover Bakery and Café in Simsbury, weekend business is their bread and butter. So when one of the owners at Popover recently received a phone call from someon...

Traffic Issues Top P&Z Review Of Hawleyville Mixed-Use Complex

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: October 06, 2015 12:00 am

Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members on October 1 held a fourth set of dual public hearings on a mixed-use development proposed for Hawleyville, which includes a 180-unit rental apartment comp...

$35,000 Awarded Locally For Arts & Culture Through New State Regional Initiative Grant Program

Published: October 06, 2015 12:00 am

DANBURY — The Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut (CAWC) has announced that $35,000 from the state’s new Regional Initiative Grant program has been awarded to eight recipients throughout CAWC’s t...

Flags To Be Lowered For Oregon Shooting Victims

Published: October 03, 2015 12:00 am

In response to the shootings at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., on October 1, which took the lives of ten people including the shooter, President Barack Obama on October 2 ordered United S...

Community Invited To Trauma Stewardship Workshop

Published: October 02, 2015 12:00 am

Are you grappling with how to keep on keeping on? Struggling with your own reactions and stress? Or maybe you are noticing a collective fatigue, sense of hopelessness or helplessness, feeling like you...

Charter Revision Panel Makes Final Tweaks, Sends Draft To LC

By John Voket

Published: October 02, 2015 12:00 am

Following a 40-minute public hearing September 30 dominated by two local officials suggesting several late adjustments to Newtown’s constitutional document, the Charter Revision Commission initiated s...

Community Center Forums Continue, Online Survey Deadline Approaching

By John Voket

Published: October 02, 2015 12:00 am

While a public survey gauging community opinions on developing a new community center will be available until midnight on October 10, a series of public question and answer sessions providing members ...

Sebastian Velez: Land Use Agency’s Newest CAZEO Certified Zoning Officer

David M. Marchetti

Robert ‘Kim’ Mitchell, Jr

HRRA Hosts Community Recycling Talk

Snapshot: AnnaMarie Drummond

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.

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

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.

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Residents Sought For Commission Posts

Defendant Pleads Guilty In Drug Trafficking Case

Energy Challenge Program Bringing Solar To Newtown Rooftops; Meeting/Info Session, October 8

Small Businesses Targeted In Eversource Billing Scam

Traffic Issues Top P&Z Review Of Hawleyville Mixed-Use Complex

$35,000 Awarded Locally For Arts & Culture Through New State Regional Initiative Grant Program

Flags To Be Lowered For Oregon Shooting Victims

Community Invited To Trauma Stewardship Workshop

Charter Revision Panel Makes Final Tweaks, Sends Draft To LC

Community Center Forums Continue, Online Survey Deadline Approaching