Mark Francis Taylor, 65, of Summerville, South Carolina, passed away on May 18, 2022. Born March 6, 1957, in Newport, R.I., he was the son of the late Adelle Baker Taylor and the late Gerald Moran Taylor.
On Friday, May 13, Charlie Fadus (Charles E. Fadus), age 95 years, 10 months, 28 days, excitedly was reunited with the love of his life, Jean, in Heaven with our Lord.
David McCauley, age 93, of Newtown, the beloved husband of Ingrid Otten McCauley, entered into rest peacefully on Sunday, May 8, 2022, at Bethel Health Care Center in Bethel, Connecticut.
Ruby L. Ryles-Martin was born on April 4, 1947, in Eufaula, Alabama, and departed this life on Sunday, May 8, 2022, with her devoted husband, Jules Martin, lovingly and dutifully by her side.
Marie P. McLenithan (Royal), 82, of Nunnawauk Meadows in Newtown, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 22, 2022, at Regional Hospice in Danbury, Connecticut, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
While it's encouraging to see the town taking steps to put the sewer fund back on track, it's important to recognize how we got here. A significant factor contributing to the current financial strain was the $3.8 million expansion of the municipal sanitary sewer system in 2016—an expansion that was intended to support future development that continues to be blocked by persistent NIMBY opposition.
That investment was predicated on growth that has yet to materialize, leaving ratepayers footing the bill for infrastructure that's currently underutilized. Meanwhile, residents are now facing annual 9% rate increases just to stabilize the system—yet they’re not benefiting from the expansion that was supposed to help distribute those costs more broadly through new hookups.
Another overtly partisan pollical rally, betrayed by their apathy regarding the corruption and mismanagement under their state party leaders in Hartford.