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Volunteers Needed At Sandy Hook Promise

By Nancy K. Crevier

Published: June 10, 2014 12:00 am

June 10: This story has been updated to reflect that volunteers may do research on mental wellness, according to Sandy Hook Promise. As Sandy Hook Promise reaches out beyond the borders of Newtow...

Volunteers Needed At Sandy Hook Promise

By Nancy K. Crevier

Published: June 10, 2014 12:00 am

June 10: This story has been updated to reflect that volunteers may do research on mental wellness, according to Sandy Hook Promise. As Sandy Hook Promise reaches out beyond the borders of Newtow...

Volunteers Refresh Gardens At Holcombe Hill During Annual Day Of Action

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: June 07, 2014 12:00 am

Sparse, cottony clouds and a gentle breeze kept volunteers company Wednesday, June 4, at the Holcombe Hill Wildlife Preserve. Members from various departments at The Taunton Press gave their time and ...

Volunteers Refresh Gardens At Holcombe Hill During Annual Day Of Action

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: June 07, 2014 12:00 am

Sparse, cottony clouds and a gentle breeze kept volunteers company Wednesday, June 4, at the Holcombe Hill Wildlife Preserve. Members from various departments at The Taunton Press gave their time and ...

Svigals: Sandy Hook School Design Reflects Community's Spirit

By John Voket

Published: June 06, 2014 12:00 am

“There was never one ah-ha moment.” That observation from architect Barry Svigals of Svigals + Partners came during an interview ahead of a community information meeting revealing the latest Sandy Hoo...

I-84 Traffic Shift Slated For Riverside Bridge Project

Published: June 06, 2014 12:00 am

The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing that traffic will be shifted on Interstate 84 to rehabilitate the bridges over Center Street in Newtown. The shifts on Interstate 84 are sc...

Svigals: Sandy Hook School Design Reflects Community's Spirit

By John Voket

Published: June 06, 2014 12:00 am

“There was never one ah-ha moment.” That observation from architect Barry Svigals of Svigals + Partners came during an interview ahead of a community information meeting revealing the latest Sandy Hoo...

Former NFL Player Arrested On Drug Charges

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: June 06, 2014 12:00 am

In connection with the execution of a search-and-seizure warrant at his 10 White Oak Farm Road home on the morning of Friday, May 30, federal drug agents charged former National Football League player...

Selectmen Begin Exploring Municipal Facilities Analysis

By John Voket

Published: June 06, 2014 12:00 am

Top elected officials began what is expected to be a slow, deliberate, and complex process to produce the most comprehensive analysis of town-owned buildings and facilities ever mounted in Newtown. Af...

Relay 2014 Celebrates Life, Remembers Those Lost To Cancer

By Kendra Bobowick and John Voket

Published: June 06, 2014 12:00 am

Those lost to cancer were remembered: “To my lovely sister who I miss so much, I love you,” said one handwritten message on the Wall of Remembrance displayed during this year’s 2014 Relay for Life on ...

'Newtown: An American Town' One Of Three Local Semiquincentennial Exhibits

‘Jeff Hiller Is Basic’ Heading To Edmond Town Hall In November

Dick And Marie Sturdevant Honored During Successful Newtown-Bethel Salvation Army 'Christmas In July'

Local Semiquincentennial Events Continue

Entries Sought For Sandy Hook Village Mural Project

CT primaries are closed to voters not registered with the party's designation. Dems can't vote in Rep. primaries and, vice versa. Unaffiliated and Independent voters cannot vote in them. Keep primaries closed!

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.

Elections Have Consequences XXVI

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.

Elections Have Consequences XXVI

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.

Onwards And Upwards — NHS Class Of 2026 Graduates

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