The 47th Friends of the C.H. Booth Library Book Sale will be held at Reed Intermediate School July 7-11.
Book Sale Chair Denise Kaiser says there will be “approximately 120,000 books, jigsaw puzzles, ...
On Sunday, July 16 from 11 am to 3 pm, the community is invited to the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance headquarters at Fairfield Hills for a combination open house and celebration.
A Choose Love Movement fundraiser hosted by Newtown resident Maureen W. Lewis will take place at the Blue Heron in Milford on Friday, June 30 and Saturday, July 1 from 10 am to 5 pm.
Jeff, look no further than our own first selectman. “Brews with Bruce” at the Senior Center is included with membership, but according to the Bee’s own reporting, everyone else must purchase a day pass to attend.
Apparently, paying taxes gets you a town government, but having a conversation with its leader requires an admission upgrade.
Unless, of course, the intent is to hear only from a preferred audience. A room full of agreeable voices may be comfortable, but a first selectman represents the entire town—including residents who might ask inconvenient questions. Public access should not come with a cover charge.
What I will always remember about Mitch is he is the only politician in Newtown that I saw coming to and standing up against the proposed Truck Depot at Exit 9. As bad as traffic is in Newtown now and with the constant push for housing development in Newtown, traffic has become a point a real negative for Newtown. Now imagine a Truck Depot in town on top of it. Thanks Mitch for standing with the Newtown residents to stop that insanity
