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Lake-To-Lake Charity Bicycle Ride & Poker Run To Benefit Disabled Ski Group

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: May 23, 2013 12:00 am

SOUTHBURY — The Leaps of Faith Disabled Skiers will take to the land for an inaugural Lake-to-Lake Charity Bicycle Ride and Poker Run on Sunday, May 26, rain or shine. “We have been thinking of differ...

Rocketry Jargon Explained

Published: May 23, 2013 12:00 am

(This story is a sidebar to James Dietter’s feature about local model rocket enthusiasts, Newtown Residents Find Their Hobby Is More Than Rocket Science — It’s A Blast!) Like any specialized disciplin...

Newtown Residents Find Their Hobby Is More Than Rocket Science - It's A Blast!

By James Dietter

Published: May 23, 2013 12:00 am

The usually placid Gill Corn Farm in Hurley, N.Y., an expansive cornfield in the southern foothills of the Catskill Mountains, was alive with the sights and sounds of rocket engines during Connecticut...

Flagpole Radio Café Returned With Music, Humor, And Christine Lavin For A Receptive Audience

By Janis Gibson

Published: May 22, 2013 12:00 am

Toe-tapping and touching music, humor cornball and otherwise filled Edmond Town Hall Theatre Saturday evening, May 18, as The Flagpole Radio Café returned to the stage for the first time in a year to ...

Authors And Illustrators Bring A Fairy Tale Weekend To Newtown

By James Dietter

Published: May 21, 2013 12:00 am

(Please note this article has been updated to reflect that Ridley Pearson did not participate in Saturday’s public presentation.) Acclaimed authors and illustrators gathered in Newtown over the w...

Theater Review: "Seascape" At TheatreWorks New Milford Offers Thurberesque Fable, Another Great Production

By Julie Stern

Published: May 21, 2013 12:00 am

NEW MILFORD — In recent months we’ve been approached by attractive young (but not indecently young) women with earnest smiles and degrees in marketing, plying us with free lunches and ballpoint pens i...

Theater Review: Highly Enjoyable Mindless Fluff At Goodspeed, Just Like Musicals Used To Be

By Julie Stern

Published: May 21, 2013 12:00 am

EAST HADDAM — The original Broadway production of Good News! ran for 557 performances back in the Gatsby era, starting in 1927, and closing months before the stock market bad news that initiated the G...

Nearly 200 Dogs Turn Out For Annual 'Mutt Strutt'

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: May 20, 2013 12:00 am

All things canine were on display and celebrated Saturday, May 18, at Fairfield Hills as the town staged the 4th Annual Strutt Your Mutt event at the sprawling campus, providing dog owners with recrea...

Nearly 200 Dogs Turn Out For Annual 'Mutt Strutt'

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: May 20, 2013 12:00 am

With Painted Ceramic Hearts, Newtown Has An Opportunity To Pay It Forward

By Shannon Hicks

Published: May 18, 2013 12:00 am

Judy Pederson returned to Newtown early last week, and again at the beginning of this week. This time Ms Pederson was packaging and then transporting painted ceramic hearts from Newtown to Boston. The...

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Michelle Embree Ku raises valid concerns about local property taxes, but ignores a basic political reality: Representative Mitch Bolinsky serves in the minority in a legislature dominated by a single-party supermajority where minority-party proposals are routinely sidelined. Suggesting that a single minority representative could rewrite the state's ECS formula is politically unrealistic and disingenuous to Newtown voters. Despite those odds, Mitch’s CGA track record speaks for itself. He led the charge to protect special education funding, preserve Drug-Free School Zones, safeguard school safety drills, advance science-based structured literacy, and defend homeschooling choices for families. If Ms. Ku knows how to fix the ECS formula, what has she done to convince her own party—the same party that controls the House, Senate, and Governor’s office? If the supermajority has the votes to fix ECS today, why hasn’t it happened during the 13 years she cites? Adding another seat to a supermajority that made Connecticut one of the highest-taxed states won't help Newtown taxpayers. If the current majority hasn't delivered relief with absolute power, expanding that majority won't change the outcome. Newtown’s interests are best served by keeping Mitch in the House and increasing Republican margins to provide real checks and balances. When one party holds every lever of power, accountability disappears. Strengthening the minority ensures our town’s voice is heard, not drowned out.

ECS Funding Debate Should Focus On Results

The idea that a freshman Democrat would be able to stand up to the special interests and prioritization of urban districts that are the base of that caucus to deliver results for Newtown is laughable - especially someone who could not even build the "relationships, coalitions, and the support necessary" to garner the endorsements of her fellow Democrat Council members ahead of Newtown's local caucus this spring. More likely Newtown would see something akin to Leeper in Fairfield, performative actions after vote counting, while privately advancing their party's interests over their community's.

Dear Alyssa, Kelela, and Brandon, We send our sincere sympathy to you and your family. We will also keep you in our prayers asking our Lord to grant you comfort and peace. With love, Vince and Sandy Venitelli

Cheryl Ghent

Bruce, your advice that voters should “read, listen, and engage” would be much more persuasive if you practiced it yourself. You campaigned on openness and responsiveness. You declared that “evasive answers or silence are unacceptable in government” and promised to answer constituent inquiries within two days. Yet you never answered my straightforward public question about Main Street demonstrations, traffic disruption, pedestrian safety, and the effects on local businesses. After taking office, meaningful public engagement has largely been replaced by “Brews with Bruce” at the Senior Center—requiring reservations and, for some residents, a day pass. That is not accessible, townwide engagement. Previous first selectmen held open coffee hours and walk-and-talk sessions that any resident could attend. Then came the failed storm communications, your apology, and another promise to communicate better—followed shortly afterward by more silence while multiple police agencies conducted a significant search near Saw Mill Road. You now tell voters to examine what candidates say and “how they say it.” I would suggest going one step further: compare what politicians promise while seeking office with what they actually do after winning. Your record presents a stark contrast. You told voters exactly what they wanted to hear to get the job, then failed to live by those promises. Whether that is dishonesty or simply indifference, it is the same familiar, two-faced politics you once claimed you would replace.

Encourages Consideration Of State Candidates

Nothing says “I care about Newtown homeowners” quite like lining Main Street with plywood campaign billboards—apparently built just inches below the size at which officials say they can take action. At this rate, we’ll need property-tax relief just to offset the loss in curb appeal.

Newtown Deserves Property Tax Relief

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Lake-To-Lake Charity Bicycle Ride & Poker Run To Benefit Disabled Ski Group

Rocketry Jargon Explained

Newtown Residents Find Their Hobby Is More Than Rocket Science - It's A Blast!

Flagpole Radio Café Returned With Music, Humor, And Christine Lavin For A Receptive Audience

Authors And Illustrators Bring A Fairy Tale Weekend To Newtown

Theater Review: "Seascape" At TheatreWorks New Milford Offers Thurberesque Fable, Another Great Production

Theater Review: Highly Enjoyable Mindless Fluff At Goodspeed, Just Like Musicals Used To Be

Nearly 200 Dogs Turn Out For Annual 'Mutt Strutt'

Nearly 200 Dogs Turn Out For Annual 'Mutt Strutt'

With Painted Ceramic Hearts, Newtown Has An Opportunity To Pay It Forward