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To the Editor: My name is William DeRosa, and I am running for Legislative Council D1. Since 2011, I have lived on Taunton Hill with my wife and son. Professionally, I am a classical musician, and since graduating Juilliard, I have enjoyed a successf...

To the Editor: I am writing this letter in strong support of Joan Plouffe for reelection to the Newtown Police Commission. As a Newtown resident for the past 24 years, I feel that Joan is the right choice for this position in our community. I have pe...

To the Editor: Dan Rosenthal did a very nice job of covering the history of [Fairfield Hills] and the status of the campus at Monday night’s forum. It looked like about 130 people attended, although much lower than the 1,800 residents who were intere...

To the Editor: As a candidate for the Newtown Board of Education, I’d like to introduce myself. I am a 17-year resident of Newtown who is a passionate advocate for public education and am a longtime school/town volunteer. My husband and I both gradua...

To the Editor: For as long he has lived in Newtown, Ned Simpson has busied himself with an extraordinary number of volunteer activities to the benefit of the people of his new town. Beginning with the Friends of Newtown Seniors’ enrollment in the AAR...

To the Editor: Usually I write to the editor after a P&Z meeting complaining that they did not listen to the public and approved whatever was being requested. I thought this time I would write prior to the October 3 meeting where a second gas station...

To the Editor: I watched the new PSA released by Sandy Hook Promise in shock and disbelief. What in the world were they thinking? And I wondered, am I the only one feeling outraged? I received an e-mail from the Superintendent on September 17 warning...

To the Editor: I welcome the news that Rance Thompson has acquiesced to the pressure from his friends and family and is throwing his hat into the ring this election season for Legislative Council. Rance has deep roots in here; he has lived in Newtown...

Newtown Health District Director Donna Culbert is echoing two key points she took from a September 24 press conference in Hartford announcing a second state resident has died after contracting Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) from an infected mosqui...

“In through the nose,” said Elaina Wiesen of Blue Lotus Yoga in Monroe. “Inhale,” she said. Seated in the center of a field at Fairfield Hills, surrounded by vendors’ tents at the weekly Newtown Farmer’s Market, yoga instructor Ms Wiesen offered soot...