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To The Editor: How do we decide who to vote for? Talk is cheap, research takes time. Not all incumbents should be returned to office. We are public servants. You choose us to do a job with laws and guidelines that we are required to follow. You expec...

To The Editor: The Newtown Planning and Zoning Board is again facing some big challenges. Mandated to support development of the town as well as support its welfare and property, it is now facing two proposals which might be viewed as no-win situatio...

To The Editor: Dear fellow unaffiliated voters of Newtown. We’re the majority. 28% of voters belong to the Republican party. 31% belong to the Democratic party. We represent 42% of Newtown’s electorate! Whether we turn out to vote, and who we vote fo...

To The Editor: I am proud to endorse Arnie Berman for Newtown’s Legislative Council. I know Arnie both as a friend and as a fellow member of the Newtown Lions Club. After spending much of his adult life in Stamford, Darien, Westport, and Fairfield, A...

To The Editor: Does it seem as if our national politicians have forgotten that they were elected to serve us? Nationally, there’s no such thing as compromise right now; there’s only political posturing. We don’t have to have that locally, though; our...

To The Editor: I’m proud to write in support of my longtime friend Steve Stolfi, as he runs for a seat on the Newtown Legislative Council. I’ve known Steve for over a decade, through St Rose, baseball, and the shared experience of raising our familie...

To The Editor: Of the eight candidates running for Board of Finance this year, there is no one more experienced than Jim Gaston, and it is my pleasure to write in support of him. Jim has long been a household name in Newtown. He has been involved in ...

To The Editor: I am writing to offer my strong endorsement of Paul Lundquist for Newtown’s Board of Selectmen. We live in an increasingly polarized and divided time in our country. On the national level, political discussions can often feel overwhelm...

To The Editor: Thriving schools. Those words are atop the Newtown Bee’s homepage now in a campaign ad by Newtown Republicans. Thriving schools. That got me to thinking. How could Newtown Republicans say they support “thriving schools” when their five...

To The Editor: The Town Clerk’s Office should be a non-partisan public office, focused on service — not politics. In fact, I believe this position should be appointed based on qualifications, not elected through campaigns. Since it remains an elected...