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School Board Fills Vacant Seat With Former Member

By Eliza Hallabeck

Published: July 11, 2013 12:00 am

By Eliza Hallabeck The Board of Education unanimously appointed Kathy Hamilton, formerly Kathy Fetchick, to fill a vacant seat, left open by board Secretary Cody McCubbin, at a special meeting on Wedn...

New Director Takes The Reins At C.H. Booth Library

By Nancy K. Crevier

Published: July 11, 2013 12:00 am

Shawn Fields, the director of the C.H. Booth Library as of July 1, enthusiastically and thoroughly discussed the book he is currently reading, Guns, Germs, and Steel, by anthropologist Jared Diamond, ...

Blight And Firearms Ordinance Amendments Set For Public Hearing

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: July 11, 2013 12:00 am

Both the draft amendments to the town’s firearms ordinance and an anti-blight ordinance will be part of a public hearing on August 7, beginning at 7 pm in Newtown High School’s lecture hall, the Legis...

Former Sandy Hook Man Sentenced To Eight Years For Wire Fraud

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: July 11, 2013 12:00 am

NEW HAVEN — Garrett L. “Denny” Denniston, 63, formerly of Sandy Hook, this week received a sentence of more than eight years in federal prison for operating a multimillion-dollar investment fraud sche...

School Board Fills Vacant Seat With Former Member

By Eliza Hallabeck

Published: July 11, 2013 12:00 am

Town Releases Third Q&A In Review Of SHS Building Project

Published: July 10, 2013 12:00 am

The Town of Newtown has released another “Question & Answer” document to review the next steps in the Sandy Hook Elementary School building project. The document is the third of a series, and the town...

Big Time Rush Releasing 500 More Tickets

By John Voket

Published: July 10, 2013 12:00 am

Newtown and Sandy Hook residents who may have been away, or missed the chance to get free passes to the July 22 Big Time Rush concert being held for the community at Fairfield Hills have another chanc...

Big Time Rush Releasing 500 More Tickets

By John Voket

Published: July 10, 2013 12:00 am

Town Releases Third Q&A In Review Of SHS Building Project

Published: July 10, 2013 12:00 am

Arts Community Receives $137,000 From Cultural Alliance

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: July 09, 2013 12:00 am

Making “another special trip to Newtown,” the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut’s Executive Director Lisa Scails presented a check for roughly $137,000 to First Selectman Pat Llodra Monday afte...

Council Considers Short Term Rentals Ordinance

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Special Announcement Event On February 7

Having lived through the COVID era and high profile zoom bombings, describing this change to be "as easy as flipping a switch" far undersells the complexity of administering these meetings with a virtual component. Someone needs to run the actual meeting in accordance with Robert's Rules, take notes for minutes and now monitor the online portion, which adds another responsibility for the Chair. During COVID many people struggled with the technology, for example people did not know how to mute themselves, and it caused a lot of disruptions, both intentional, where members of the public would speak during the deliberations, and unintentional where someone would not know they were unmuted and had another conversation being picked up by everyone. Not every meeting space has the tech infrastructure for virtual meetings. On most boards the members are volunteers who may not be the most tech savvy themselves, and their first focus is on their duties rather than hosting virtual meetings. It can be done, but it is not a trivial exercise and puts a lot more on the members of the boards and commissions which already struggle to find people willing to serve.

Town Settles FOIA Complaint, Grants Greater Public Meeting Access

If you can’t follow “don’t stand in the crosswalk,” I’m not sure “save democracy” is going to be your strongest lane. Get out of the road — or at least don’t pose next to the sign that literally says you’re standing in the crosswalk. I’d love to see this finally enforced like it would be for anyone else, but based on what happened last time, I’m not holding my breath. Apparently it’s just their “right” to stand in the road and block traffic — and how dare anyone point it out.

Rock This Democracy Hosts ‘Free America Walkout’

Just a thought: "peacefully gather against the undemocratic abuses of our current government" "There's no real alternative. The alternative is to not speak out and give in to tyranny." These are pretty serious claims. Was there any follow up questioning if Mr Villamil could name one instance of "abuses of our current government or tyranny"? If these people are so serious about their cause you would think they would be able to name very specific examples.

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Well said, Anne. Thank you. Michelle Embree Ku is about as stand-up a person, let alone a state house rep, as one could possibly hope for. I definitely will be supporting her -- as an Independent! Who (sadly) must register as a Dem in order to vote in primaries. Ah... so many other things to fix about our system! :)

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School Board Fills Vacant Seat With Former Member

New Director Takes The Reins At C.H. Booth Library

Blight And Firearms Ordinance Amendments Set For Public Hearing

Former Sandy Hook Man Sentenced To Eight Years For Wire Fraud

School Board Fills Vacant Seat With Former Member

Town Releases Third Q&A In Review Of SHS Building Project

Big Time Rush Releasing 500 More Tickets

Big Time Rush Releasing 500 More Tickets

Town Releases Third Q&A In Review Of SHS Building Project

Arts Community Receives $137,000 From Cultural Alliance