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May 4, 2001 EDITORIAL INK DROPS — CHARTER REVISION: EVOLUTION OR UPHEAVAL? From its inception last fall, Newtown’s Charter Revision Commission has shown a high degree of independence — particularly from the Legislative Council, which created the...

April 27, 2001 EDITORIAL INK DROPS: FAIRFIELD HILLS — TRADING FACTS FOR CONCEPTS: Newtown’s leaders have a problem: How do you argue persuasively for something about which you know very little? Newtown’s selectmen and Legislative Council have de...

April 20, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Richard “Fuzzy” Simon. * * * * * A 12-member jury in Danbury Superior Court this week convicted the gunman in the July 1999 Sandy Hook shooting death of 15-year-old Jason Gowdy, finding the shooter guilty of...

April 13, 2001 EDITORIAL INK DROPS — DON’T DELAY THE VOTE ON THE 5/6 SCHOOL: It started as a hypothetical question late in the April 4 meeting of the Legislative Council. “What if we can’t go to a town meeting until November or December,” asked...

April 6, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Leah Lentocha. * * * * * Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal high-speed accident on South Main Street early on the morning of Saturday, March 31, in which a 29-year-old man died afte...

March 30, 2001 EDITORIAL INK DROPS — A TEST WITH NO USEFUL PURPOSE: For the second year in a row, state lawmakers are considering a proposal to require high school seniors to take an exit exam before graduating from high school. The exam, which ...

March 23, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Jim Shpunt. * * * * * While driving a police patrol car up Main Street toward the flagpole mid-afternoon Thursday, March 15, police patrol officer Chris Vadas looked to the left and saw plumes of dark smoke b...

March 16, 2001 EDITORIAL INK DROPS — A GOOD PLAN TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACE: The recent decision by the Board of Selectmen to cut $150,000 from its current budget proposal requested by the Conservation Commission for the purchase of open space was a...

March 9, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Joe Rahtelli. * * * * * EDITORIAL INK DROPS — THE ROAD CREW: Talk about road trips! The plow truck drivers for Newtown’s Highway Department hit the road at 3 pm last Sunday as the sleet and snow began to fly i...

March 2, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Sean LaPak. * * * * * For nearly 50 years the Grand Union has been something of a landmark in Newtown. For some, the Queen Street supermarket was considered one of the enduring symbols of Newtown’s center. But...