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The following letter has been received for publication in The Newtown Bee: Good morning BOE Members, First, I wanted to thank you for your service to the Town. It is a tough position and I have the utmost respect for you taking on the enormous respon...

To the Editor: Yesterday, I walked through our lovely trails at Fairfield Hills, across the river and to the Catherine Violet Hubbard Sanctuary. We have been blessed as a community to have access to such beautiful lands. As I took in the possibility ...

To the Editor: The latest shooting in Atlanta at a medical center, which resulted in the death of one woman and the critical injury of four other women, is a continuing outrage of WEEKLY mass murder/injury events we are suffering in the USA. I charge...

To the Editor: A recently published survey by the American Library Association has found that 74 percent of parents of public-school children “express a high degree of confidence in school librarians to make good decisions about which books to make a...

To the Editor: I support freedom of expression, verbally and written. I support public education, which is free and mandated to provide appropriate resources to all students. I support literature that promotes empathy, critical thinking, and a right ...

To the Editor: The Newtown Lions Club held a month-long food drive at the Newtown Community Center from April 2nd thru April 30th for FAITH and local food pantries. We would like to thank the residents of Newtown for the generous amount of food that ...

To the Editor: This letter urges the Board of Education to let the existing book review processes work, and not ban or remove any books from the high school library. *The process for determining appropriate material for the school libraries is run by...

To the Editor: May 2nd I attended our local BOE meeting where the Special Committee delivered their unanimous (yes, unanimous!) recommendation that the two books currently under challenge at our high school should remain available on the shelf. The B...

To the Editor: At the May 2nd BOE meeting teachers and library media specialists alike spoke to the board, urging them to listen to the expert advice of the panel whom (after reviewing the requests to remove the books Flamer and Blankets from the NHS...

To the Editor: It continues to sadden me that our Board of Education is considering ignoring the recommendation of the expert subcommittee and taking steps to ban certain books in our town. Though I would expect this behavior in places like Texas and...