Business name: Cruise Planners
Address: Based out of her home office in Sandy Hook
Owner: Liz Davies
Business background: Cruise Planners celebrated its officially ribbon-cutting cerem...
RIDGEFIELD - The idea for David Kaye's Nod Hill Brewery was fermenting for years before he and his fiance Sarah Zitnay met up with head brewer Kyle Acenowr and found their ultimately cool taproom spac...
The Chamber of Commerce of Newtown and The Rotary Club of Newtown announce the 2018 Business of the Year Award program.
This communitywide program includes an initial nomination cycle that runs from 8...
The best way to avoid cold feet during winter's worst weather is to find the right footwear, and The Athlete's Source in Bethel is helping customers start the year off on the right foot.
The Athlete's...
Based on his keynote comments at the Newtown Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting January 9, recently elected First Selectman Dan Rosenthal is ready to begin delivering on campaign commitments he made t...
Golf is sometimes not so jokingly referred to as a game that can drive relationships apart.
But on the occasion of his retirement as president and chief executive officer of Newtown Savings Bank, John...
Northern Fairfield Professionals, a networking group focusing on members of the local workforce in transition, will host a program by Laura Powers, an executive career transition coach, during its next meeting.
Update: The story has been updated on January 2 with information provided by the business.
Business name: Lucas Local Oyster Bar and Woodfire Cookery
Address: 48 South Main Street, Newtow...
Business name: Cleaner Tails
Address: 32 Stony Hill Road (lower level), Bethel
Owners: Stephen Kaponyas and Tamara Cabrero
Business background: If dogs could talk, chances are they wou...
Anyone holding valid Newtown Bucks gift certificate checks has a limited time to either redeem them at a valid Newtown Chamber member business, or cash them in at any Newtown Savings Bank branch.newto...
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.
