The family of Frederick William "Bill" Zimmermann IV, 62, was recently notified of his death from brain cancer November 27. He was the son of the late Frederick Roller Zimmermann and Lois Pulfer Zimme...
Michael Scott Hensel, 47, of Florida, died July 6, following a battle with subcutaneous melanoma.
A native of Newtown and a 1990 graduate of Newtown High School, Mr Hensel had been living in recent ye...
Pasquale A. "Pat" Pepe, 94, of Shelton, former longtime resident of Ansonia, died July 4. He was born in Derby, January 27, 1924, son of Pasquale M. Pepe and Giovanna F. Savarese.
His six children and...
Constance L. (Howe) Jennings, 80, of Danbury, died July 5, in Danbury, of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. She was the widow of Richard D. Jennings III. Born May 23, 1938, in Jamaica, N...
Martha Wright, 78, of Newtown, died June 25, at Yale Hospital, following a decade-long fight with scleroderma induced pulmonary arterial hypertension. She was born in Knoxville, Tenn., and attended sc...
Ann Walsh Bove, 93, of Bridgeport, died July 2. She was born in Huntington, August 12, 1924, and was the daughter of John Walsh and Ann Crinock Walsh.
Her two sisters, Dorothy Pelletier of Newtown and...
Donald Richard "Don" Cole, 74, of Sandy Hook, died July 2, at his home, surrounded by loving family. He was born in Danbury, March 19, 1944, son of Reuben John Cole, Jr, and Ethel Emeline (Barrett) Co...
Belle Tolor, 88, of Danbury, died June 28, at the Regional Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Danbury. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 24, 1930, daughter of William and Gertrude Simon.
She wo...
Mary E. Kinzel, 95, of Newtown, died peacefully June 24, at her home. She was born on October 21, 1922, in Port Chester.
Mrs Kinzel was a nurse at Greenwich Hospital, retiring in 1977. She then moved ...
Joseph Napoleon, 92, of Wilton, husband of the late Sara Kouri Napoleon, died June 27, at Wilton Meadows. Born March 30, 1926, in Norwalk, he was the son of the late Joseph Napoleon and Theresa Bartek...
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
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.
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.
