After former Commission on Aging (COA) Chair Anna Wiedemann announced in July that she would be moving out of Newtown and therefore stepping down from the board, the group appointed Anne Rothstein as its new chair.
Holly Kocet and Mary Wilson, of Protect Our Pollinators (POP), gave a special presentation to roughly 30 members of the Town and Country Garden Club at the Newtown Senior Center on September 8.
Real Food Share is inviting the public to come out and dig in to locally grown fare at its first Seed to Plate Local Harvest Celebration and fundraiser at Castle Hill Farm on Saturday, October 2, from 6 to 9 pm.
Organizers estimate 800 people visited the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue main station last weekend when the company hosted its 2021 Food Truck Frenzy & Craft Fair fundraiser.
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
