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Hook & Ladder May Face $1 Million Shortfall For New Headquarters

By John Voket

Published: May 14, 2015 12:00 am

Newtown Hook & Ladder President Rick Camejo and Building Committee representative Rob Manna reported to the Board of Finance May 11 that the all-volunteer company could be facing as much as a $1 milli...

DOT Describes Exit 11 Interchange Improvements Plan

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: May 14, 2015 12:00 am

About 30 residents attended a May 7 informational session sponsored by the state Department of Transportation (DOT) for discussion on DOT’s plans to make a variety of improvements to the Exit 11 inter...

Botsford Man Arrested After Restaurant Incident

Published: May 13, 2015 12:00 am

Police report they arrested a Botsford man on multiple charges following an incident near King’s Breakfast & Lunch Restaurant at 265 South Main Street at about 4 pm on May 10, in which the man alleged...

Former Police Sergeant And Dispatcher Indicted On Drug Trafficking Charges

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: May 13, 2015 12:00 am

A federal grand jury has indicted a former Newtown police sergeant and a former emergency communications dispatcher on felony charges, which allege that they were part of an anabolic steroids drug tra...

Police Conclude NHS Bomb Threat Was A Hoax

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: May 13, 2015 12:00 am

Police said this week they investigated a bomb threat at Newtown High School on May 4 which they determined to lack credibility and to be a hoax. However, the student at the school who was found to ha...

Clothing Drive For Social Services, Saturday

Published: May 12, 2015 12:00 am

Newtown Country Club will host a clothing drive on Saturday, May 16, from 1 to 6 pm, to kick off its 100 Year Centennial Celebration. Donations received on Saturday will then be given to Newtown Socia...

Several Marina Slips Still Available At Eichler's

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: May 12, 2015 12:00 am

With a gentle breeze pushing back her hair and early spring sunlight throwing shadows across a picnic area at Eichler’s Cove Marina, Deborah Denzel walked to the railing. Down a short slope was a smal...

Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary Reaching Out Beyond Its Borders

By Nancy K. Crevier

Published: May 12, 2015 12:00 am

Since being deeded 34.4 acres of property nearby the Newtown Park and Bark dog park and The Brian J. Silverlieb Animal Control Center in September 2014, plans for The Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal S...

Charter Commission Supports Striking Language Tied To BOE Makeup

By John Voket

Published: May 11, 2015 12:00 am

Charter Revision Commission Chairman Jeff Capeci said after about 45 minutes of discussion April 30, commissioners narrowly voted down a proposal to clarify a 4-3 split designating specific political ...

Criminal Complaint Affidavit Describes Drug Trafficking Investigation

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: May 11, 2015 12:00 am

A 104-page court affidavit, which serves as the basis for the arrests of eight men who have been charged with federal drug offenses, provides information on the drug trafficking investigation know...

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Time to Change the Guard

Bruce, welcome to the conversation. Your recent statement after the storm — admitting that you should have communicated “faster, more completely, and more personally” — was fine as far as it went. But this is not just about one storm. It is about a pattern. You ran on openness, responsiveness, and transparency, even saying that “evasive answers or silence are unacceptable in government.” The problem is that Newtown residents have been dealing with exactly that silence from you since you were elected. Newtown’s Emergency Management page says the town, together with the Office of the First Selectman, provides “critical public information and warning” during emergencies. The town also rolled out CodeRED cellphone registration on March 24, 2022 so residents could receive emergency information directly. So where were you when police were searching for missing 23-year-old Kateri Doty in January? Where were you during the brush fires near the Newtown town line in April? Where were you on April 22, when state police and Newtown police were searching for two people who fled an I-84 crash and a canine search moved into the Church Hill Road area? Residents should not be hearing about a missing person, wildfire conditions, or police tracking dogs moving through backyards from Facebook, neighbors, or kids in town. They should be hearing from their town government. This is not really about whether you personally press the CodeRED button. Or how many task forces you have created. It is about leadership. You are the First Selectman. You are responsible for making sure the town communicates clearly, quickly, and visibly when public safety is involved. So yes, it is nice that you have finally acknowledged the problem. But the public did not need this storm to figure it out. We have been saying it for a long time. Bruce, you were missing when the town needed to hear from you. The question now is whether this storm finally woke you up, or whether this is just another late apology followed by more silence.

First Selectman Addresses Storm Response

The topic may be the same but the narratives every other week differ and I appreciate the installments. Rebuttals on factual content rather than focusing on form would improve the discourse.

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Who would think that we would start losing count? Maybe not so much a typo as a copy-and-paste error, easy to understand after this much repetition.

Congrats to all the 275 graduates. For context...class of 2005 had 360 students, the number of graduating seniors seemed to cap out in the late 2000's in the low 400's.

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Hook & Ladder May Face $1 Million Shortfall For New Headquarters

DOT Describes Exit 11 Interchange Improvements Plan

Botsford Man Arrested After Restaurant Incident

Former Police Sergeant And Dispatcher Indicted On Drug Trafficking Charges

Police Conclude NHS Bomb Threat Was A Hoax

Clothing Drive For Social Services, Saturday

Several Marina Slips Still Available At Eichler's

Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary Reaching Out Beyond Its Borders

Charter Commission Supports Striking Language Tied To BOE Makeup

Criminal Complaint Affidavit Describes Drug Trafficking Investigation