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Published: Apr 01, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
I am writing to ask for the community’s support related to an important issue under review right now by the hard working Charter Revision Committee.
As some of you may recall, during the 2013 elections for Board of Education seats, co...
Published: Apr 01, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
On behalf of the entire Sandy Hook 5k Organizing Committee, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who came together for the Sandy Hook 5k and Kids Run on March 28, 2015! We had roughly 1,200 runners and 200 kids run...
Published: Apr 01, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The Newtown Police Department has received reaccreditation from the state’s Police Officer Standards and Training Council (POSTC), signifying the department’s continuing compliance with a broad range of law enforcement standards.
The recognition prov...
Published: Apr 01, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
A couple of questions we should consider about assisted suicide:
Suicide: Let’s call the law what it is – assisted suicide. A good rule of thumb - if the name of a law has to conceal its real purpose – beware! So how do we explain t...
Published: Apr 01, 2015 at 12:00 AM
HARTFORD — Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman and Access Health CT CEO Jim Wadleigh have announced a special enrollment for residents who did not have health care coverage in 2014 and are subject to a tax penalty on their 2014 federal taxes. Special enr...
Published: Apr 01, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
I totally disagree with the editorial last week [Editorial Ink Drops, “Death and Dignity,” 3/27/15] glorifying physician assisted suicide.
The American Medical Association (AMA) code of ethics rejects physician-assisted suicide. The AM...
Published: Apr 01, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
A person who commits suicide deprives himself of the ability to follow the example of Christ by uniting his sufferings to Christ’s. The people around the person are also deprived of the chance to follow Christ by caring for this person...
Published: Mar 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Jonathan Lambo, 30, of Sandy Hook died peacefully March 29. Born October 31, 1984, in Staten Island, N.Y., he was the son of Pat and John Lambo of Sandy Hook.
Mr Lambo went to Newtown High School and graduated from Porter and Chester Technical School...
Published: Mar 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The Máirtín O’Connor Trio have toured the world with legendary Irish singer Christy Moore, with Australian guitar master Tony Emmanuel, and with the beloved fiddler Martin Hayes’ Masters of Tradition ensemble. They have played to full capacity audien...
Published: Mar 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM
A free mattress and book recycling point will be part of this year’s Earth Day Festival. The festival will return to the front lawn of Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, on Saturday, May 2, from 10 am to 4 pm.
The new addition is being by the Ne...
