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Nighttime Milling And Resurfacing Slated On Route 25

Published: August 26, 2015 12:00 am

The Connecticut Department of Transportation has announced that nighttime milling and resurfacing will be done on Route 25 in Newtown for three and a half weeks, starting Thursday, August 27. The proj...

Orchard Hill Road Incident Results In Five Criminal Charges

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: August 25, 2015 12:00 am

Police said they charged a 24-year-old man August 15 with five offenses following their investigation into a burglary/larceny incident at a home on the northern section of Orchard Hill Road. Police re...

Newtown Foundation Slates Breakfast Fundraiser

Published: August 25, 2015 12:00 am

The Newtown Foundation invites residents from Newtown and beyond to a breakfast fundraiser, Saturday, September 12, from 9 to 11 am, at Rock Ridge Country Club, 214 Sugar Street in Newtown. The event ...

NVAC To Offer EMT Course

Published: August 24, 2015 12:00 am

Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps (NVAC) will host an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) course this fall. Students must be at least age 16 by the completion of the course. Classes will run Tuesday an...

Police Commission Plans 'Open Dialogue' With Public

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: August 23, 2015 12:00 am

The Police Commission chairman has recommended that the five-member elective agency hold special meetings three or four times a year whose sole purpose would be to improve communications between the p...

Police Reports, August 11 - 19, 2015

Published: August 21, 2015 12:00 am

Evading Responsibility Police report a two-vehicle accident in which the driver who caused the crash on Botsford Hill Road fled the scene at about 3:42 pm on August 12. Police said that the unkno...

School Board Postpones CIP Decision

By Eliza Hallabeck

Published: August 21, 2015 12:00 am

The Board of Education postponed a decision on its five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) during its meeting Tuesday, August 18, and discussed looking at a proposed Hawley Elementary School heating...

P&Z Approves River Walk Condo Complex In Sandy Hook Center

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: August 21, 2015 12:00 am

Following discussion at an August 20 meeting, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members unanimously approved the construction of the River Walk at Sandy Hook Village, a 65-unit condominium complex ...

Dylan's Wings Of Change To Launch 'Wingman' Program Pilots

Published: August 21, 2015 12:00 am

After the tragic death of their 6-year-old son Dylan in the Sandy Hook School shooting, Nicole and Ian Hockley established Dylan’s Wings of Change, a foundation dedicated to the memory of Dylan that i...

Town Meeting Approves Funds To Demolish Canaan House

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: August 21, 2015 12:00 am

A years-long wish has come true for officials hoping to raze old buildings at Fairfield Hills. Residents at a town meeting Monday, August 17, approved $5 million in funding, an estimated $4.3 to $4.5 ...

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Newtown Senior Alliance Hosted Its First Roundtable Regarding Housing

Juvenile At The Wheel Of Vehicle That Crashed Into Utility Pole

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The ‘Me’ Generation

Tom, I appreciate you sharing your perspective. My advocacy isn't about a personal 'vested interest' in a single field; it is about the Standard of Newtown. While you categorize the salt shed and library parking as 'essential' and the turf as an 'upgrade,' I would argue they all fall under the same umbrella of maintaining town assets. The Turf Field ($1.4M): This was a replacement project for a facility used by thousands of youth athletes, not a new 'luxury' add-on. The Salt Shed ($1.2M) & Library Parking ($1.4M): These were passed at almost identical price points. The point isn't to say these items aren't important; it’s to ask why we find the money for infrastructure that serves one demographic while claiming we are too 'fiscally strained' to fund infrastructure for another. When we categorize things we use as 'essential' and things our neighbors' children use as 'extras,' we aren't having an honest discussion about priorities, we are picking winners and losers. The goal of my letter wasn't to be 'unproductive,' but to sound the alarm for the 82% of residents who didn't show up to the polls. We cannot be a community that only thrives in parts. If we want Newtown to remain a place where people want to move and raise families, we have to invest in the next generation with the same urgency we use to fix our parking lots.

The ‘Me’ Generation

Michelle, I am sorry to see that you are also a victim of fabrications. All those rumors that go round that seem so convincing. All so often, those rumors are little more than convenient lies. This has been happening for several years and hopefully we can come together to stop them. Until then, I ask that those of you who have heard disparaging remarks about the candidates take the time to meet with them to ask them directly what you are concerned about. Get to know them better rather than assume. We all will have better representation both locally and state-wide if you do so.

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He is just another politician, you could see it when he got Bruce Walcz'zzz'k elected. Say whatever it takes to get into office...

This is disappointing because it frames voters who rejected the Treadwell turf replacement as selfish or anti-youth. When I suspect that Katherine's motives were likely because she has some vested interest in those turf fields, which makes it exceptionally selfish. There is a clear difference between maintaining basic town infrastructure and approving an athletic facility upgrade. Library sidewalks, parking access, and a salt storage facility support safety and essential town operations. The turf field may be worthwhile, but it is still a different type of request. Residents can support youth sports and still question the cost, timing, or priority of a specific project. Calling that selfish, or turning it into a generational argument is unfair and unproductive. Newtown is better served by honest discussion about priorities, not by accusing voters of lacking community spirit because they disagreed on one ballot item.

The ‘Me’ Generation

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