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To The Editor: A California congressman has a bill in Congress to rename planet earth to planet Trump. What about renaming the Washington football team the Washington Epsteins? Richard Eigen Sandy Hook

To The Editor: To all of our volunteers, donors and managers and owners of the local stores — you did it — and we couldn’t be more grateful! On behalf of everyone at The Salvation Army, thank you for lending your time, heart, and energy during our Ju...

To The Editor: I disagree with Ryan Knapp and his letter last week. The Legislative Council actually did its Due Diligence by listening to the voters, not pursuing an answer without a problem or an ordinance that would apply to no Main Street town pr...

To The Editor: Running for First Selectman is an extraordinary honor, and I’m grateful for the trust the Democratic Town Committee has placed in me. I pledge to serve the residents of Newtown with every resource and ounce of energy I have. As I consi...

To The Editor: Last week, while in earshot of a six year old, I used the word “stupid” — not to describe a person, but to describe an object. The child quickly admonished me by telling me that “stupid” was a bad word that we shouldn’t say. I responde...

To The Editor: There are two principal reasons why we have a town wide and Town paid recycling program in Newtown. First, it was created to meet the mandates of the State of Connecticut for towns to meet standards aimed at reducing the proportion of ...

To The Editor: Republican Senator Joni Ernst, of Iowa, recently reminded us that we are all going to die someday. To that end, Trump, along with his Cabinet full of conspiracy theorists and corporate toadies and the Eunuch Caucus in congress (formerl...

To The Editor: As former Chair of the Newtown Legislative Council’s Ordinance Subcommittee, I was disappointed by the Council’s refusal to even consider a town-wide policy for permitting large events. During my tenure, our subcommittee thoroughly rev...

To The Editor: About a previous week’s Letter to the Editor “Pisani to Sue Newtown — Part 1” I could not disagree more. In utter disregard for the sentiment of about 200 people that showed up to speak against the proposed ordinance, Mr Pisani missed ...

To The Editor: The recent 49th annual book sale sponsored by the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library was the epitome of a successful community event: Volunteers of every age chipping in to raise money for the local library by offering more than 100,000...