Theresa “Terry” B. Curry peacefully passed away surrounded by family in her beloved Newtown home of 61 years at the age of 89 on March 5, 2020, at 11:11 am. She was born on February 25, 1931, in Shena...
Beloved daughter, sister, and friend, Janet Lee Myers passed away Saturday, March 14. Janet was born August 5, 1952, in Danbury, to Norris Harlan and Dorothy Russell Myers.
She attended DATAHR and the...
Ruth B. Warner, 89, beloved wife of the late Wilfred V. Warner, died March 12 at her home in Southbury. She was born January 5, 1931, in Holyoke, Mass., daughter of the late David F. Babson, Sr, and E...
Beloved mother, sister, and friend, Cindi Gilbert, passed away on Friday, March 6, 2020, just a few weeks shy of her 66th birthday. Her fun and playful spirit now lives with us in the form of pure lov...
Maryann Cosgrove Healey, a longtime resident of Newtown, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2020. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, James Richardson Healey. Born on May 27, 1941, to James an...
Lydia Maria Cuadro Orabona, 93 years old, died on January 26, 2020, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Born on August 3, 1926, in Utuado, Puerto Rico, she was married to Winslow Orabona on August 29, 1952.
Wi...
Margaret H. Yeomans, 89, widow of Richard Yeomans, died peacefully on February 26, 2020, at The Summit at Plantsville.
Margaret was born July 1, 1930, in Philadelphia, Penn., a daughter of the late Al...
Dorothy M. Reilly, age 95, of Ansonia, a loving mother and grandmother and wife of the late Raymond A. Reilly, entered into eternal rest on March 2, 2020, at Crosby Commons in Shelton.
Mrs Reilly was ...
Rebecca “Becca” Katherine DiDomizio was born on August 24, 1999, in Bridgeport, Conn. She passed away unexpectedly on March 1, 2020, in Newtown, Conn, at the age of 20. She was the beloved daughter of...
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Bruce, welcome to the conversation.
Your recent statement after the storm — admitting that you should have communicated “faster, more completely, and more personally” — was fine as far as it went. But this is not just about one storm. It is about a pattern. You ran on openness, responsiveness, and transparency, even saying that “evasive answers or silence are unacceptable in government.”
The problem is that Newtown residents have been dealing with exactly that silence from you since you were elected.
Newtown’s Emergency Management page says the town, together with the Office of the First Selectman, provides “critical public information and warning” during emergencies. The town also rolled out CodeRED cellphone registration on March 24, 2022 so residents could receive emergency information directly.
So where were you when police were searching for missing 23-year-old Kateri Doty in January? Where were you during the brush fires near the Newtown town line in April? Where were you on April 22, when state police and Newtown police were searching for two people who fled an I-84 crash and a canine search moved into the Church Hill Road area?
Residents should not be hearing about a missing person, wildfire conditions, or police tracking dogs moving through backyards from Facebook, neighbors, or kids in town. They should be hearing from their town government.
This is not really about whether you personally press the CodeRED button. Or how many task forces you have created. It is about leadership. You are the First Selectman. You are responsible for making sure the town communicates clearly, quickly, and visibly when public safety is involved.
So yes, it is nice that you have finally acknowledged the problem. But the public did not need this storm to figure it out. We have been saying it for a long time.
Bruce, you were missing when the town needed to hear from you. The question now is whether this storm finally woke you up, or whether this is just another late apology followed by more silence.
The topic may be the same but the narratives every other week differ and I appreciate the installments. Rebuttals on factual content rather than focusing on form would improve the discourse.
Congrats to all the 275 graduates.
For context...class of 2005 had 360 students, the number of graduating seniors seemed to cap out in the late 2000's in the low 400's.
