Hawleyville Post Office Postmaster/Transfer Coordinator Mark Favale is retiring on January 21 after working 43 years for the United States Postal Service (USPS), 23 of which were in Hawleyville.
The Newtown Nonprofit Council conducted a special virtual meeting, on January 10, to discuss the guidelines for its 1,000 Acts of Kindness initiative for 2022.
A mother’s work is never done. The new book by Scarlett Lewis, From Sandy Hook To The World: How The Choose Love Movement Transforms Lives, proves that she is a true example of that adage.
Newtown Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) continued its public hearing for three applications pertaining to a three-story apartment building at 35 South Main Street, on January 6.
The Newtown Fire Marshal’s Office is in full alignment with the National Fire Protection Association following recent deadly back-to-back residential fires in Philadelphia and New York.
The entries received from local fourth and fifth grade students for the 2021 Connecticut Fire Prevention Poster Recognition Program are on view at Newtown Community Center.
I’m glad we can finally put this chapter behind us and move forward.
Ultimately, I’m pleased that the Borough Zoning Board chose to follow the zoning regulations and the law rather than give in to the pressure surrounding this project. The settlement also appears to address one of the more legitimate concerns by moving the homes substantially farther from the Rochambeau Trail while preserving additional open space.
I’m glad the Borough ultimately chose to follow its zoning regulations rather than allow the loudest voices in the room to dictate what a private property owner can legally do with their land. That’s how zoning is supposed to work — by the regulations, not by whoever can generate the most outrage with the most amount of clickbait.
How about for your 30th edition you lay out all the reasons to vote Democrat?
What specific policies are the Democrats about that people should be excited about?
Remember, "Trump bad" is not a policy.
