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No Need To Be Afraid Of DEI

Published: Feb 10, 2022 at 04:10 PM
To the Editor: Newtown is scared. Parents are scared, and so are public officials and community leaders. Change can be scary, so I empathize to a certain degree. But what if that fear results in children being harmed or our neighbors being harmed? Wh...

What’s In A Name?

Published: Feb 10, 2022 at 04:05 PM
To The Editor: Ever since I was three years old, I have believed that prejudice and discrimination are ridiculous and absurd. An example of this is that you can be prejudiced against and discriminated against for being something and someone who you a...

The Way We Were

Published: Feb 10, 2022 at 04:00 PM
February 7, 1997 The library asbestos clean-up, which is about 90 percent complete, has taken much longer and cost more than expected due to a combination of things — newly discovered areas of exposed asbestos, the weather, and the “sensitivity”...

Missing ‘An Extremely Nice Person’

Published: Feb 10, 2022 at 04:00 PM
To the Editor: I have been a trustee on the board of the Newtown Historical Society for over 30 years, and I have been putting on antique shows for a couple of antique organizations for years. So in 2011, I put one on for the Historical Society at th...

Enhancing Newtown’s DEI Starts With More Than A Conversation

Updated: Feb 10, 2022 at 02:13 PM
While select initiatives toward enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have been happening for years across Newtown, local energy and participation to that end has taken on more urgency of late. Unfortunately, something that should be so si...

Everybody Does His Job As Nighthawk Swimmers Defeat Panthers

Published: Feb 10, 2022 at 02:00 PM
Coach Adam Fielding said his talk to the Newtown High School boys’ swimmers before a February 8 home meet against Masuk of Monroe was that if everybody did what they needed to do they would come out on top. “Everybody did their job and we won by a go...

John Paul Gehrett

Updated: Feb 10, 2022 at 08:54 AM
Paul Gehrett, of Newtown, passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2022, at Danbury Hospital. He was 93 years old. Paul was the loving husband of Ellyn (Buehl) Gehrett, who passed away July 18, 2021. The couple had celebrated 71 years of marriage. Born in ...

Dance Team Captures Jazz And Hip Hop Titles At SWC Competition

Published: Feb 10, 2022 at 07:00 AM
Newtown High School’s dance team competed in the South-West Conference championships, at New Milford High, on February 8, and won both the Jazz and Hip Hop categories. Coached by Cheryl Stenz, the NHS squad is led by senior captains Audrey Botta, Emi...