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To The Editor: My name is Will Drew, and I am asking for your support as I campaign for the Alternate position on the Planning and Zoning Commission. My wife, Stacey, our 5-year-old son, and I have called Newtown home since 2021, and we are deeply co...

To The Editor: I am voting for Peter Schwarz to have a regular seat on the Planning and Zoning Commission. He has served as an Alternate, and Newtown needs him as a full voting member. Peter is a long-term Newtown resident who has consistently given ...

To The Editor: Recent proposals for 367 housing units on Mt Pleasant Road have sparked the same predictable responses: traffic concerns, stormwater objections, and demands for endless studies and more bureaucracy. I’ve heard their leadership talk abo...

To The Editor: Jim Gaston has got our vote for the Newtown Board of Finance. We’ve known Jim personally for many years, and he is a true family man. He’s also a highly respected attorney in our state. Most importantly, he has served for many years as...

To The Editor: My name is Brian Leonardi and I am excited to be running as a candidate for Legislative Council, 1st District. As a resident of Newtown since 2016, a husband, and a father of two daughters attending Newtown Public Schools, I am deeply ...

To The Editor: I am a fiscal conservative who is concerned with how to best allocate taxpayer’s dollars. During the budget process, I have argued that, statistically, many residents in Newtown are struggling to pay their current taxes and there are h...

To The Editor: Please re-elect Debbie Aurelia Halstead. She grew up in Newtown, knows its history and people, and has served as Town Clerk for more than a dozen years. She hires great staff, simplifies processes and continually upgrades the technolog...

To the Editor, I propose that the building of 67 additional apartments in the Hawleyville area at the intersection of Routes 6 & 25, does pose a health and a safety issue to the public. Roads here are already overburdened. They are not wide enough an...

To The Editor: I currently serve on the Newtown Board of Education and am seeking election to a full four-year term starting December 1. By way of introduction, my husband and I moved to Newtown in 2007. We have two children, both attending Newtown P...

To The Editor: I am writing to proudly endorse my husband, Charlie Gardner, who is running for the Board of Selectmen. For the past nine years, our family has called Sandy Hook home, and it has been such a gift to raise our children in this community...