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To The Editor: The public benefit charge on your electric bill is a hidden tax. It is a tax to reimburse Eversource for the people who did not pay their electric bills during the COVID emergency. It was not voted on. The Democratic-controlled assembl...

To The Editor: I urge you to vote NO on the ballot question “Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to permit the General Assembly to allow each voter to vote by absentee ballot?” Here’s why. A constitution is the overall law of the land, and...

To The Editor: It has been my honor to work with Representative Marty Foncello for the past two years in Hartford. Marty represents the 107th House District, in the northwest part of Newtown, along with a piece of Bethel, and all of Brookfield. We, i...

To The Editor: 1. Republicans are better on inflation and taxes — Trump left office with an inflation rate of 1.4%, peak inflation around 2% and cumulative inflation over his four years of about 9%. Presently, under Biden/Harris the inflation rate is...

To The Editor: I am writing to support the candidacy of Michelle Embree Ku to represent Newtown as the 106th district State Representative. With all the focus on the national candidates, it may be easy to lose sight of the importance of our local rep...

To The Editor: As I drive around town, I have seen Trump signs in front of some Newtown businesses. Donald Trump has made his disdain for BIPOC, immigrants, and transgender people clear. I do not want to knowingly be in the same spaces as people who ...

To The Editor: This past month a long-time marketing executive at NBC expressed his regrets for “creating a monster” when he sold the country on the narrative that the super-successful businessman on “The Apprentice” was letting the world in on his b...

To The Editor: In answer to the Ballotpedia question, “Is there a particular legislator, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?”, our 106th representative Mitch Bolinsky responded “Myself. I am me and voters like that.” The lack of a...

To The Editor: As we get closer to election day, I would like to remind everyone that voting for your local state representative is incredibly important…and one that shouldn’t just follow the “well they are a nice person”. With that said, I will stat...

To The Editor: This letter is in support of Rob Blanchard, who is running to be Newtown’s State Senator for the 28th District. Rob has a long history of working for the citizens of Connecticut. He comes from a strong middle-class hard-working family ...