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Published: Feb 20, 2025 at 03:39 PM
To the Editor:
For the bargain basement price of just under $300 million dollars, Elon Musk bought himself a president and he now appears to be running the US government. Republicans who control both houses of Congress have abdicated the power of the...
Published: Feb 20, 2025 at 03:37 PM
To the Editor:
I would like to praise & thank the wonderful, hard working crews who treat, sand, plow and maintain our roads in Newtown.
This past weekend of February 15th and 16th we had one of the most difficult types of storms to clean up. Between...
Published: Feb 20, 2025 at 03:37 PM
To the Editor:
The world has been alive with bling this week as I launch my second historic novel again written with twists of humor. Read Love of Mohawk Valley An Immigrant’s Journey 1760-1776 first, and then read A Tale of Two Nations 1776-1790.
P...
Published: Feb 20, 2025 at 03:28 PM
To the Editor:
l have been attending the open meetings of the P&Z Commission as they hear the plans for a Section 8-30g development of two four story apartment buildings on a narrow spit of land between Berkshire Road (Rt 34) and Oakview Road in Sand...
Published: Feb 20, 2025 at 03:27 PM
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I applaud the town’s ‘Save As You Throw’ initiative and the progressive efforts to encourage waste reduction through reuse and composting. My family has participated in the pilot since 2023, and we are pleased to see it becoming perman...
Published: Feb 20, 2025 at 02:04 PM
People outside of Newtown sometimes have misconceptions about this lovely place. Each staff member here has heard at least once, when discussing with a non-Newtown resident about working for a newspaper here in town, “Nothing happens in Newtown.” Tho...
Updated: Feb 20, 2025 at 03:34 PM
The Borough Zoning Commission approved, with seven stipulations, an application for a cluster subdivision at 20-60 Castle Hill Road at a meeting last night.
The commission voted 4-1 to approve the application, with members Douglas Nelson, David Franc...
Updated: Mar 01, 2025 at 03:25 PM
UPDATE (Saturday, March 1, 2025): This program is being postponed; new date TBA.
UPDATE (Tuesday, February 25, 2025): This press release has been updated to correctly reflect the date of the "Aging Powerfully" program.
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Updated: Feb 20, 2025 at 09:20 AM
On Thursday, February 13, the Planning & Zoning Commission held a special meeting after the February 6 meeting was snowed out. The commissioners discussed once more the proposed development at 22 Oakview Drive and 4 Berkshire Road.
The original plans...
Updated: Feb 20, 2025 at 09:01 AM
On Tuesday, February 18, the Economic Development Commission recognized commissioner Bruce Walczak for completing the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) certification. CCM is the state’s largest nonpartisan organization of municipal leade...
