Becoming an influencer is never easy and LeahJoy Pearson gives people an opportunity to begin. She is part of a growing population who have turned to the Public Access Studio available through Spectrum to create original programming.
Often maligned, bats have long been the subject of Halloween horror stories. Yet their critical role in pollination, pest control, reforestation, and conservation of species must not be overlooked.
Dozens of friends and colleagues joined local artist Bill Glass for the opening reception of his new exhibition "The World Through the Eyes of an Artist," on view until August 29.
A production of "Circle Mirror Transformation," the second of Annie Baker's Vermont Plays trilogy, is now running under the direction of Gale Alexander at TheatreWorks New Milford.
The Newtown Bee welcomes the letters from all letter writers regardless of their political stance or how much paper and ink printing their letters uses (and by the way, your math is off). It seems to me that if the concern is a liberal writer taking space in our letters page every other week, the better way to deal with that is to write letters from a conservative mindset rather than attacking and attempting to discourage others from writing. Responses should address the points raised by the writer, not the fact that they chose to write.
24,619 printed pages have been devoted to this diatribe — more than an acre of paper. Beyond the cost to The Bee, with this installment #22 (XXII for the elites), the series has consumed roughly 400 pounds of newsprint (about 2–3 trees), a few thousand gallons of process water, and on the order of a couple hundred kilograms of CO₂e — all to keep re-litigating the same point. I guess I would have expected more out of the chair from the Sustainable Energy Commission chair.
I remember when the spirit of 'Nicer in Newtown' meant keeping national politics out of our local discourse. It’s a surprise to see someone I’ve known as long as Peter start putting party affiliation ahead of the initiatives that matter to us here at home. Let’s get back to focusing on local solutions, not partisan politics.
A town administrator/operations manager will facilitate a more efficient management of town reseoruces and will result in cost avodiance in all departments. The position will payback much more than it costs.
