Ingrid Meier, 94, passed away peacefully at home on March 30, with her family by her side. Born in Neuendorf, Pomerania, Germany, on October 2, 1924, to Dr Max and Marie (Toetzke) Dullin, she came to ...
Theresa Casey Flanagan, age 88, of Newtown, formerly a longtime resident of Bellmore, N.Y., passed away peacefully at her home on March 30, 2019, surrounded by her family, after a courageous battle wi...
Craig Jeffrey Hensel, of Southbury, passed on March 31. He was 53 years old. Craig was a lifelong resident of Newtown and moved to Southbury just two years ago.
Craig was born on April 15, 1965, to Ru...
Donations for FAITH Food Pantry were collected at Carpino Funeral Home last week during the calling hours and celebration of life for the late Judi Richardson.
Barbara Valinaggi, of Sandy Hook, peacefully went to heaven at the age of 93 on March 26, 2019, in her home, surrounded by her loving family.
Barbara was born on November 20, 1925, in Laskowa, Poland....
Ann Cole Halbert, beloved daughter of Evelyn Shepard Cole and Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Albert Cole, passed peacefully from her family and friends on January 22, 2019. She was 71.
Born in Norwich on...
Mary Kathleen Smythe Grady, age 94, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 24, 2019, at her home in Redding with her daughter, Siobhan Grady, by her side. She was a Redding resident for more than 46 ...
Cheryl Ann Avery Kellogg, age 68, of Newtown, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2019, in her home, surrounded by family.
Cheryl was born August 26, 1950, in Bridgeport, to the late Raymond J. and Fr...
Georgette Marie Sgammato, 94, of Newtown, died peacefully, with her family at her side on March 15. Georgette was born on April 21, 1924, in New York City, and she has lived in the Bronx, in Mount Ver...
Kenneth H. Johnson, age 93, loving father and husband, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 17. Ken was born on February 28, 1926, in Bridgeport, son of the late Lawrence and Tina Johnson from Stra...
CT primaries are closed to voters not registered with the party's designation. Dems can't vote in Rep. primaries and, vice versa. Unaffiliated and Independent voters cannot vote in them. Keep primaries closed!
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.
