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To the Editor: Labor Day is a fun time for friends, families and communities to come together to raise a glass and celebrate the unofficial end of summer and the hard work we all achieved throughout the year. Whether you celebrate the holiday weekend...

To the Editor: Thank you for your article dated August 22. My interest in this situation stems from a Master Gardener’s perspective, so yes, I may be biased. To my mind, so much of what happens in that office and on the property benefits so many. Per...

To the Editor: I am hopeful that many people have read The Newtown Bee article last week regarding the eviction of Fairfield County UConn Extension in Stony Hill, Bethel. I can imagine that you may also share our dismay and bewilderment over this evi...

To the Editor: A short note just to say how grateful I am to Scudder Smith who made our world, and our little corner of Newtown, a bit more beautiful. I knew him only to share a neighborly wave as he drove by our house in that cool car, and I think w...

To the Editor: Sadly, Fairfield County is in the midst of losing a valuable community research resource with the “wrongful” eviction pending at the Bethel Agricultural Extension Center. I have been fortunate enough personally to have participated in ...

To the Editor: I just read the article related to the eviction of the UCONN Extension service from the location on Stony Hill in Bethel. What a sad day when this community service becomes the victim of a landlord/tenant dispute. The lack of explanati...

To the Editor: I am absolutely outraged by the pending eviction of the UConn Extension operation in Bethel. I could see if there was an understandable reason for taking such action. But to date, nothing has been shared with the public, yet it is the ...

To the Editor: I disagree with several of Madeline Bunt’s statements in The Newtown Bee article regarding UConn Extension. I have been a Master Gardener since 2017 and have taken classes and volunteered on the Stony Hill Property since that time. I d...

To the Editor: I was tearful and saddened to hear that Scudder Smith passed away August 14. To me, he was a wonderful role model and friend. Like my father, he had an irrepressible independence, an artistic side, an intellectual curiosity, traditiona...