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$70,000 In 12/14 Charity Donations Missing, State AG, IRS Getting Involved

Published: January 11, 2014 12:00 am

This report was updated January 15 adding details from Senator Chris Murphy and state Attorney General Geaorge Jepsen. Senator Chris Murphy is calling for the Internal Revenue Service to open an ...

Finance Board Weighs Senior Tax Relief Options

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: January 11, 2014 12:00 am

Noting that a number of “bright, informed” residents are “looking for a gesture from the town,” regarding additional tax relief, Board of Finance Chairman John Kortze stressed that he wanted his “[boa...

School Board Approves Unexpended Education Funds Account

By Eliza Hallabeck

Published: January 10, 2014 12:00 am

After being presented by Business Director Ronald Bienkowski, the Board of Education unanimously approved during its meeting on Tuesday, January 7, a request for the Board of Finance to establish an u...

Change Of Venue For Library Board Meeting

Published: January 10, 2014 12:00 am

Due to ongoing water damage remediation at the C.H. Booth Library, the regular monthly meeting of the C.H. Booth Library Board of Trustees will take place in the Community Room of the Newtown Savings ...

Resident Guarantees $200,000 To Complete Main Street Sidewalk Connection

By John Voket

Published: January 10, 2014 12:00 am

Newtown resident Joseph Draper announced to a group of Newtown officials January 7 his plan to guarantee at least $200,000 to fortify a nominal memorial fund and serve as a challenge to others to dona...

Latest Offer On SHS Parcel Rejected; Access Options Weighed

By John Voket

Published: January 10, 2014 12:00 am

The Legislative Council was informed January 8 that the town’s last, best offer on two Riverside Road parcels officials hoped would provide an optimal and alternative entryway for the new Sandy Hook S...

School Board OKs New NHS Graduation Requirements

By Eliza Hallabeck

Published: January 10, 2014 12:00 am

After Assistant Superintendent of Schools Linda Gejda recommended a course of dealing with upcoming state high school graduation requirements, the Board of Education unanimously voted on Tuesday, Janu...

Clothing No Longer Needed, Ladies Auxiliary Still Collecting For Shelton Fire Victims

By Shannon Hicks

Published: January 10, 2014 12:00 am

The Ladies Auxiliary of Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Co., has for years been called upon to offer aid to the members of their host company during emergencies. This week the women have stepped fo...

School Board Communications Panel To Offer Budget Newsletters

By Eliza Hallabeck

Published: January 10, 2014 12:00 am

Following a report by Board of Education Vice Chair Laura Roche, the school board voted unanimously on Tuesday, January 7, to allow its Communications Committee to send budget newsletters on behalf of...

First Snow Of The New Year

Published: January 10, 2014 12:00 am

'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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