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To the Editor: I’m disappointed in The Newtown Bee’s moralizing. Aren’t there untold furies in all directions displayed at other public meetings on topics of strong engagement? The Board of Ed vote over book challenges should have been decided a mont...

To the Editor: Your editorial to “dial it down” on the Board of Education vote to ban books from Newtown High School completely misses the mark. You run a newspaper, and the vote of three board members was an assault on the first amendment. Their act...

To the Editor: The Supreme Court should allow the States to interpret the 1st and 2nd amendment. States should be allowed to ban or allow guns and books. States like New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts could allow all books and ban all guns and ...

To the Editor: The Board of Trustees of the Heritage Preservation Trust of Newtown, Inc — which administers the Newtown Meeting House — wishes to publicly thank local volunteers for their continued support in beautifying the Meeting House grounds. On...

To the Editor: The illogic of banning books for all students and parents that are neither pornographic, obscene, have won multiple book awards, and the Board of Education members have agreed are both of educational and literal value is puzzling. The ...

To the Editor: This is in response to the letter condemning the behavior of those opposed to censorship by the BOE at the meeting on May 16th. I now believe that service to the children of this town is secondary to service of the agenda of the Republ...

To the Editor: I’d like to thank the Republican Town Committee (RTC) leadership for their transparency. Their letter about the book banning Board of Education meeting makes it crystal clear that the issue isn’t about the teenagers, or books … it’s ab...

To the Editor: I attended the rally against book banning and the BOE meeting on Tuesday, May 16th. It was, in fact, a sad day for Newtown as expressed by the RTC, but not for the “reasons” they outlined. The fact that the “conversation about books” i...

To the Editor: It’s a shame to see that Washington partisanship has arrived in Newtown, especially on the Board of Education. Our elected officials on the Board of Education should be razor focused on our children, not some national political issue. ...

This obituary was written and submitted by Ronjit Basak-Smith. Madhumita Basak-Smith passed away at age 61 on May 4th, 2023 at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. There will be a celebration of life ceremony on July 22, 2023 at 71 Lakeview Terr., S...