Newtown Savings Bank is pleased to announce that two of the Bank’s Mortgage Bankers, William R. Hart, Jr, and Steven J. Greenberg, have been recognized as top Connecticut loan originators for 2017.
Members of the Newtown Chamber of Commerce, First Selectmen Dan Rosenthal, and many local residents came out to be part of the BD Provisions specialty grocery store’s official launch November 10.
Friends and fellow business professionals gathered and mingled at Dr Della M. Schmid’s chiropractic office, 19 Church Hill Road, for “Chianti & Chiropractic” on the evening of November 1.
Business name: Villarina’s Pasta Shop of Newtown
Address: 20 Church Hill Road, Newtown
Owner: Ingrid Schneider
Background: Ms Schneider, a Danbury resident and longtime friend of the V...
Business name: Patricia’s Presents
Address: 164 Greenwood Avenue, Bethel
Owner: Patricia “Patti” Polk
Business background: I am a graduate of FIT — Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC...
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage moves from South Main Street to The Village At Lexington Gardens, 32 Church Hill Road, and hosts a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Newtown Chamber of Commerce on the evening of October 4 to celebrate its new location.
A growing number of chefs and restaurant operators are getting as excited about creating specials for the 2018 Newtown/Sandy Hook Restaurant Week as foodies and hungry patrons are to sample them.
Berkshire Motors in Sandy Hook is now selling and servicing a line of Wolf Brand Scooters, long with American-made motorcycles from Ohio’s Cleveland CycleWerks, and Janus Motocycles of Goshen, Ind.
Newtown Parks & Recreation is partnering with the Chamber of Commerce of Newtown to present the first Newtown Day community event on Saturday, October 6, from 11 am to 5 pm.
Kathy if you are labelled a "domestic terrorist" for submitting this letter, then I am happy to be labelled the same right besides you. And that's coming from someone who has literally fought terrorists abroad. You are on the right side of the Constitution and the right side of history! Thank you for standing up unapologetically against violence by ICE!
I'm thrilled to see that young people are getting more civically engaged!! This is so critical if we are going to overcome the political divisiveness in our country. Thank you so much, Aidan!!
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.
