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'Newtown & Beyond' Photo Exhibit Opens At Municipal Center

Published: November 16, 2015 12:00 am

Flagpole Photographers Camera Club formally opened their 6th Annual “Newtown and Beyond” Photography Exhibit on Sunday, November 8, at Newtown Municipal Center. The exhibit, which went up November 2, ...

2016 Relay For Life Kickoff At NYA November 19

By John Voket

Published: November 14, 2015 12:00 am

A very enthusiastic core committee of volunteers and a new event partner are getting off to an early start promoting the excitement of Newtown’s annual Relay For Life, a noncompetitive gathering of su...

With 'The Great Danbury State Fair,' Newtown Author Resurrects Fair Memories

By Nancy K. Crevier

Updated: August 04, 2022 3:34 pm

“The history of the Great Danbury State Fair is so long and takes so many unexpected turns that writing about it was like tracking a lightning bug at dusk,” writes Newtown author Andrea Zimmermann in the introduction to her recently published book,

The Way We Were

Published: November 13, 2015 12:00 am

November 16, 1990 Winds of up to 70 miles per hour ripped through Newtown during the night of November 11, tearing the tarp from the roof of the Newtown Meeting House, and wrapping it around a tr...

The Top of the Mountain

Published: November 13, 2015 12:00 am

There were many fine Veterans Day celebrations at the local schools this past Wednesday, as well as one for the general public at the VFW Post 308. I hope you had the opportunity, one way or the other...

Hiss Golden Messenger Wrapping Up ETH Concert Series

By John Voket

Published: November 13, 2015 12:00 am

Since June 2011 Newtown resident Hayden Bates has almost single-handedly produced a series of boutique concerts in the Edmond Town Hall Theatre, bringing some of the more eclectic gems sparkling on th...

Growing A Shrinking Life: Now That You've Grown Up, What Do You Want To Be?

By Nancy K. Crevier

Published: November 13, 2015 12:00 am

Where do we go from here? It is a question that arises when middle age takes a turn toward “maturity.” It could be a death, a change of residence, a joining of two homes, or the flight of the last chi...

Members Of 1965 NHS Football Team Honored

By Andy Hutchison

Published: November 13, 2015 12:00 am

Players who got it all started a half century ago were back on the Newtown High School football field on November 6. Members of the 1965 Newtown High team, the first to play organized football to begi...

Snapshot: Matt Taylor

Published: November 13, 2015 12:00 am

Occupation: I’m a physical therapist assistant at Church Hill Physical Therapy. I graduated from Norwalk Community College for the two-year PTA degree, and from Franciscan University in Ohio, with...

Theater Review: A Once-In-A-Lifetime Production Of 'Glengarry Glen Ross'

By Elizabeth Young

Published: November 12, 2015 12:00 am

RIDGEFIELD — In the eat-or-be-eaten world of 1970s Chicago real estate, fast talking brokers would sell their mother worthless swamp land just to score a closing. Nowhere is this pressurized environm...

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Says ‘There Is A Better Way’

The endorsement letter isn’t the problem — the branding is. A group calling itself the “Democratic Women’s Caucus” strongly implies a party-connected, representative body. Yet one of the co-founders wrote here in the comments that it’s “not affiliated with any political party.” If that’s true, the name is misleading to readers. We’ve seen this movie before. The Bee described the Newtown Conservation Coalition as “a public group based on the social media platform,” and noted that its name has confused residents because it closely resembles the Newtown Conservation Commission. Words matter, especially when they borrow the credibility of established civic institutions. If the Democratic Women’s Caucus is simply two founders speaking for themselves, that’s fine — just be transparent and wait for it ... honest...

Democratic Women’s Caucus Endorses Moore

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

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