“The ABCs of Newtown” is a series tying each letter of the alphabet to something in Newtown. This week we begin looking at the man considered Newtown’s first town historian.
Hope On Main Street will return next month after being forced to cancel the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will take place at C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, on Saturday, September 10, rain or shine from 5:30 to 7 pm.
54 Below, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present a concert of The Runaround, an electronic musical about the journey of Abel, an Amish misfit, written by former Newtown resident Stewart Alden Tabler.
Following two delays — but never losing focus or their commitment — nearly four dozen residents finally made their way to Puerto Rico in late June, representing the current members of Newtown Ecumenical Workcamp Servants.
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
