Members of Newtown United Methodist Church Mission and Outreach have partnered with Soldiers Angels to conduct a Warm Feet for Warriors drive through the end of the month.
Members of The Garden Club of Newtown celebrated seven honors during the 41st Annual Connecticut Flower & Garden Show last month. Judges granted honors to seven entries from Newtown entered into “Gateway to Springtime.”
The RSO String Quartet, featuring the principal string players from Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra, will perform for the first time in Newtown on Saturday evening.
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has released its latest “The State of the Bears: A Briefing on Bears in Connecticut."
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
