Following two months without substantial rain and four-plus weeks of an outdoor burn ban due to increasingly dry ground conditions and a growing number of brush fires, First Selectman Jeff Capeci has rescinded the latter.
Spending two days reviewing both the Board of Education and the Town Capital Improvement Plans, the Board of Finance made a number of cuts and additions to year one of the Town side of the CIP.
The Board of Education finished the district development presentation series, and discussed finances and policies during its Tuesday, November 19 meeting.
Newtown Police Department is working with the State of CT Department of Emergency Services and Homeland Security to educate the community on swatting and the current climate of swatting faith-based organizations.
A reminder that operating hours for most locations will be affected by the Thanksgiving holiday next week. Deadlines for the November 29, 2024 print edition of The Newtown Bee will be 24 hours earlier than usual.
I’m glad we can finally put this chapter behind us and move forward.
Ultimately, I’m pleased that the Borough Zoning Board chose to follow the zoning regulations and the law rather than give in to the pressure surrounding this project. The settlement also appears to address one of the more legitimate concerns by moving the homes substantially farther from the Rochambeau Trail while preserving additional open space.
I’m glad the Borough ultimately chose to follow its zoning regulations rather than allow the loudest voices in the room to dictate what a private property owner can legally do with their land. That’s how zoning is supposed to work — by the regulations, not by whoever can generate the most outrage with the most amount of clickbait.
How about for your 30th edition you lay out all the reasons to vote Democrat?
What specific policies are the Democrats about that people should be excited about?
Remember, "Trump bad" is not a policy.
