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To The Editor: As we head into the final days of the campaign, we want to thank everyone we’ve met while knocking on doors, attending events, and simply going about the day. Those conversations, whether on front porches, at ball fields, or in the ais...

To The Editor, Having served on the Newtown Board of Police Commissioners for over fifteen years, I want to encourage my fellow Newtown residents to re-elect Scott Cicciari for the Police Commission. I have had the privilege of working with Mr Ciccia...

To The Editor: “What does it mean?” oddly enough that’s what a leading candidate in this year’s election asked! Here’s what it means, let’s use the current Town budget for example. When the Board of Selectmen proposed their budget, it included a mill...

To The Editor: There’s a debate happening about whether blocking housing saves or costs money. I’ve heard a former elected official arguing that growth always costs more than it generates — more teachers, more services, more infrastructure. Some have...

Newtown’s Planning and Zoning Commission needs impartial commissioners truly invested in our community. We must move past the conflicts of interest inherent with professionals like realtors, architects, or lawyers whose judgment may be compromised by...

To The Editor: Our community deserves leaders who are approachable, thoughtful, and genuinely invested in our town’s future — qualities that describe my friend, Will Drew, perfectly. He is currently running to be an alternate on the Planning and Zoni...

To The Editor: As both Ben Ruben’s wife and a District 3 resident, I feel compelled to speak out again in support of his re-election to the Legislative Council. Recent claims that he does not support our local schools could not be further from the tr...

To The Editor: The change to the title of my previous letter, from “Will Drew, P&Z Candidate asking for the Democrat vote” to “Will Drew Running for Planning and Zoning”, was a telling moment. My initial title was carefully chosen to initiate a speci...

To The Editor: It is with pleasure that I write to endorse Ben Ruben for re-election to the Newtown Legislative Council, District 3. I first met Ben several years ago when he applied for a vacancy on the Community Center Commission. What struck me wa...

To The Editor: When we elect the Town Clerk and the First Selectman we are really hiring them. These are paid positions. They answer to the voters, they cannot be fired. If they are not doing their job, the only action available to us, the people tha...