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Free Screenings Of 'The BFG' To Include Sensory Friendly Show

By Shannon Hicks

Published: August 10, 2016 12:00 am

Edmond Town Hall Theatre, at 45 Main Street, will be offering two free screenings of the recent family friendly film The BFG on Saturday, August 13. Both screenings - at 10 am and 7 pm - are being spo...

Lisa Unleashed: Coach Dog vs Carriage Dog ... Do You Know The Difference?

By Lisa Peterson

Published: August 07, 2016 12:00 am

Telling the difference may be confusing as the word "coach" and "carriage" are interchangeable when describing that wooden structure - not to be confused with a chariot - pulled by horses to carry peo...

Quidditch For Muggles At Booth Library

By Alissa Silber

Published: August 07, 2016 12:00 am

Harry Potter enthusiasts united to participate in C.H. Booth Library's action-packed Quidditch game on Tuesday, August 2, in the library's meeting room. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts 1 & 2. ...

The Interfaith Partnership For Refugee Resettlement: Offering Hope To Strangers

By Shannon Hicks

Updated: January 24, 2020 5:29 pm

A small but growing group of people in Newtown are still watching the humanitarian crisis that has been unfolding overseas in recent years. In particular, these people have been touched enough by the Syrian refugee crisis that they have decided to do something about it.

Concert Preview: Gina Schock Bringing 'The Beat' To The Go-Go's Farewell Tour

By John Voket

Published: August 05, 2016 12:00 am

RIDGEFIELD - When The Go-Go's drummer Gina Schock and her plucky posse - Charlotte Caffey, Jane Wiedlin and Belinda Carlisle - bring their Farewell Tour to The Ridgefield Playhouse on August 10, it ma...

Snapshot: Pete Barresi

Published: August 05, 2016 12:00 am

Occupation: I am an aircraft maintenance manager and crew chief. I work on private jets out of Oxford. I have been doing that for 20 years. I love it. It's a very interesting career. I've traveled...

Halfway River Open Space Welcomes The Public

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: August 05, 2016 12:00 am

Walking up a wooded slope heading away from Berkshire Road and into the woods, Deputy Director of Planning, Land Use and Emergency Management Rob Sibley soon came to a clearing. Toeing aside dry leave...

The Way We Were, for the week ending August 5, 2016

Published: August 05, 2016 12:00 am

August 16, 1991 It could have been a disaster. Reportedly construction workers were replacing the drainage system on Currituck Road when they struck a residential gas line and allegedly failed to...

NewArts 'School Of Rock' Is Ready To Make Audiences Stand Up And Cheer

By John Voket

Published: August 05, 2016 12:00 am

BETHEL - Despite a grueling week of technical rehearsals and run-throughs, by late Wednesday night with just 48 hours until opening, the cast of NewArts first of two summer musicals - a youth version ...

The Top of the Mountain

Published: August 05, 2016 12:00 am

Monroe First Selectman Stephen J. Vavrek posted this on the Town of Monroe Facebook page on July 28: "While Monroe has been thanked countless times for being a great neighbor to our Sandy Hook friends...

Newtown Legislators To Hold Pre-Session Discussion, Sunday Afternoon

Snapshot: Reverend Allison Brown

In Memoriam: Erica Alterio

Town & Country Garden Club Launches Membership Drive

I agree with Ms Renner. The name is misleading. If you are NOT affiliated with a political party, why have it in your title? Both Miller and Bloom are both Democrats and I am also dismayed that Michelle Ku isn't getting your endorsement. A clear case of "With friends like this, who needs enemies?" I am an independent voter, and although I haven't voted for a Democrat since Obama, I have always found Ms Ku polite and not only willing to listen to both sides of a discussion with an open mind, she is extremely helpful with a follow-up contact to see if an issue is resolved.

Democratic Women’s Caucus Endorses Moore

The Democratic Women’s Caucus is not affiliated with any political party.

Democratic Women’s Caucus Endorses Moore

This is a bizarre and misleading letter to our Newtown Bee. There has not been a Democratic Women's Caucus in Newtown. If there is one now, it was recently (and quietly) formed. I had expressed interest. I wasn't invited. And it was apparently formed without the official knowledge of the Democratic Town Committee. Who are its members? And why is it endorsing Brandon Moore, especially at this stage of the election process? Is this the endorsement of an established body of active women democrats or is it the preference of the two letter signers? Nothing against Brandon Moore, but Michelle Ku is also running for Connecticut State Assembly District 106. Michelle Ku, who is well-known in Newtown for her years of dedicated public service, Michelle Ku who has been a long-time advocate for women's issues, Michelle Ku who should have been invited to be a founding member of this so-called Democratic Women's Caucus. This Women's Caucus may only speak for the two people who signed this letter. It certainly doesn't speak for me, a democratic woman in Newtown.

Democratic Women’s Caucus Endorses Moore

Mrs. Schull was an amazing teacher. She taught my son and daughter. For my son Ross she created a friendship bench for students to sit on while waiting at the front entrance. I will always remember her for that kindness.

Julie Maxwell Shull

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