Auditions have begun for the 35th season of Musicals at Richter. High school, college and adult performers are sought for two main station productions. Fairy Tale Theatrer, offering a theater experience for young people by young people, will also conduct auditions this weekend.
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will present its 49th Annual Juried Spring Art Show and Sale at a new location this year: Art & Frame, May 4-18. Regional artists are invited to submit works for consideration on Thursday, May 2.
AIR Gallery/Art With A Heart is planning its next exhibition to double as a benefit for Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps. “The Art of Living” will be on view at Avance Day Spa May 1-July 31. All are invited to a benefit champagne brunch reception planned for Sunday, May 5, from 11 am until 2 pm.
The Newtown High School classes of 1961, 1962, 1963, and 1964 have scheduled a multi-class reunion for June 28, from 6 to 10 pm, at Michael’s At The Grove, 42 Vail Road, Bethel.
The Garden Club of Newtown will host “Climate Change and Hope” on Tuesday, April 23.
The public is invited to this free presentation by Jack Kozuchowski. The program will begin at 1 pm and will be hel...
Coinciding with Earth Day weekend, the Newtown Environmental Action Team is holding its next litter pickup on Saturday, April 20, from 9 to 11 am, at the Exit 9 commuter parking lot. The location is one of several litter “hot spots” it has identified following a town-wide survey.
Newtown Congregational Church will host a sew-a-thon to support Dress A Girl Around the World on Saturday, April 27, from 10 am until 3 pm. The event will be presented by Liz Skarzynski, coordinator of the Monroe Dress A Girl Around the World group.
Barnum Museum Director Kathleen Maher and her team eagerly awaited the March 29 release of Disney’s motion picture Dumbo, excited that another Hollywood blockbuster has a PT Barnum connection.
The next Hearts of Hope-Newtown Paint With A Purpose event is scheduled for Wednesday, April 10. HOH-Newtown organizers had announced months ago that the April gathering would have suicide prevention awareness as its focus. They have since announced that this week’s event will be in memory of Jeremy Richman.
Thank you for enlightening us. This is truly alarming and it says a great deal about any candidate that is endorsed by a group that misleads. My family and I stand behind Michelle Ku and her transparency and commitment. We moved into Newtown five years ago. We were complete strangers but saw her at rallies against gun violence and educational needs and other important matters. We attended several Democratic Town Committee meetings and heard her speak with knowledge, dignity and respect. We were able to ask her questions about the process and receive honest responses. She invested so much time in us and has educated us. I will restate “ it says a great deal about any candidate that is endorsed by a group that misleads”. Thank you for this information and perhaps the candidate that has been endorsed by that group should also address this troubling information because who you stand with, says a great deal about you and silence does as well.
CORRECTION: I misrepresented the Senior Services decrease from 2023-24 to 2026-27. Between 2024-24 budget and 2024-25 budget there was an accounting practice change. Certain employee benefits that had been in department budgets were centralized. Comparing to anything prior to 2024-25 is apples to oranges. My mistake
Considering 2025-26 vs 2026-27, combining the reductions to Senior Services and Social Services page (166 and 170) there is a $36,628 reduction. The majority of that is the cut in Newtown funding to HART Transit ($26,845), which the BoF increased to the level requested by HART Transit
Jim, Thank you for reinforcing the decision to continue printing these installments. I also look forward to continuing to quantify the environmental impact associated with each one. I will continue to work on the math.
First, I would like to say thank you to Jim as the editor of the Bee for refuting your math and defending my right to free speech.
Second, the NFL uses roman numerals to identify the Super Bowl game - does that mean the NFL is only reaching out to the elites?
Third, I am currently the Vice-Chair of the SEC. It was time for a change in leadership, and I wanted to make sure the committee could continue to grow and to help make Newtown a better place.
