The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown has a pair of events planned in approaching weeks, both open to the public and each featuring a different artist and medium.
Directed by Mark Ferguson, Town Players of Newtown have planned three weekends of performances of the Tony and Pulitzer Award-winning "The Shadow Box."
Newtown High School senior Claire DiNoto is coordinating a silent art auction to raise funds for a pair of scholarships to be awarded to students with non-academic responsibilities.
UPDATE: This event has been postponed to May 22. || The second of two planned "Meet the Democratic Candidates for the 106th District" events will be presented at Newtown Community Center next week.
A collaborative effort is underway to strengthen advocacy and engagement opportunities for senior residents in the community. Newtown Senior Alliance's first public program is a roundtable planned for Tuesday afternoon.
The Fairfield Hills Music Festival returns in just a few weeks and organizers shared some big news this week about a special addition to the 2026 event.
Seems like for all his education, Jim must slept through civics class when they were covering Federalism. Mitch holds state office, Michelle Ku serves in our municipal government, and the President, who is not on the ballot this cycle, heads the Executive Branch in Washington DC.
Also, Mitch was cross endorsed by the Independent Party in recognition of his bipartisan legislative success. Jim Gaston endorsed Ku’s opponent in the primary because “Newtown’s Democratic leaders trust Brandon Moore” (clever double entendre with his last name.)
Just the facts.
Jeff, look no further than our own first selectman. “Brews with Bruce” at the Senior Center is included with membership, but according to the Bee’s own reporting, everyone else must purchase a day pass to attend.
Apparently, paying taxes gets you a town government, but having a conversation with its leader requires an admission upgrade.
Unless, of course, the intent is to hear only from a preferred audience. A room full of agreeable voices may be comfortable, but a first selectman represents the entire town—including residents who might ask inconvenient questions. Public access should not come with a cover charge.
