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Resident Hoping To Return To Top Tier In Festival Of Lighthouses Contest

Published: Dec 04, 2014 12:00 AM

NORWALK — A Newtown woman and her delicious holiday lighthouse are vying for the $1,500 grand prize in The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk’s 13th annual Festival of Lighthouses Contest. Donna Kern Ball’s...

Sound Center Open House, Sunday Afternoon

Published: Dec 04, 2014 12:00 AM

The Sound Center for Music, Creative Arts and Mindfulness, in the historic renovated chapel at 31 Hawleyville Road, invites the public to usher in the holidays with a month of opportunities to relax,...

Genealogy Club To Host Christmas Party This Weekend

Published: Dec 04, 2014 12:00 AM

RIDGEFIELD — The December meeting of the Genealogy Club of Newtown will double as the club’s annual Christmas party. The meeting and party will be held on Sunday, December 7, at Ridgefield Recreation ...

Through Children's Eyes, 'It's A Beautiful World'

Published: Dec 04, 2014 12:00 AM

On October 19, Zoar Ridge Stables hosted 27 children who were participating in Embrace Hope’s “It’s a Beautiful World” photography workshop. They were met by four photographers — Debra Marafiote, Jens...

Newtown Students Invited To Create A New Comfort Quilt

Published: Dec 03, 2014 12:00 AM

One of many tangible signs of support sent to Newtown after 12/14 was a quilt made by students at St Hillary Catholic School in Fairlawn, Ohio, and sent to a school in New Jersey to show their support...

Pop-Up Art Show, Gentlemen's Night Out Planned

Published: Dec 03, 2014 12:00 AM

Local curator Rosemary Rau would like readers to know of two special events taking place within the next week. A pop-up show featuring works by five members of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown ...

Celebrities Come Together To Help Sandy Hook Promise

Published: Dec 02, 2014 12:00 AM

In advance of the second anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, musicians, celebrities and influential organizations are donating special items and experiences to benefit Sandy Hook...

Quiet Life To Headline Next 'Live At The Edmond Town Hall' Benefit

Published: Nov 29, 2014 12:00 AM

On Saturday, December 20, at 7 pm, Quiet Life will headline the ninth show in Newtown’s Live at the Edmond Town Hall series. Sparks flew when Quiet Life formed in New London, where New England meets t...

SCAN Program With Bruckman, December 3

Published: Nov 27, 2014 12:00 AM

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will welcome the internationally acclaimed artist Frank Bruckmann, who will demonstrate his process of painting a landscape in oil on Wednesday, December...

Arts Festival Committee Seeking 2015 Logo Art; Due Dec. 1-5

Published: Nov 25, 2014 12:00 AM

The Newtown Arts Festival Artwork Selection Committee invites regional artists to submit artwork for consideration for the 2015 Newtown Arts Festival. The winning artist will receive $750 and the winn...

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Congratulations on raising a wonderful Harvard grad who has served his country well. My son is a Harvard Law School graduate and that was not an easy accomplishment, as you know. He was Cornell before that. My brother was a paratrooper and my uncles served in the military, as well. In segregated troops, but they were also so proud to serve. I am so grateful to your beautiful and brilliant child. I am grateful to anyone that takes on the difficult task of representing an entire community. It is not at all an easy task. In my 64 years, I have worked with some incredible community leaders and elected officials, on so many levels. I was an administrative law judge, a judge's court attorney, a managing partner, a hospital administrator etc. Community record of service and loyalty and experience is so important at all levels. I know that with more years of experience in the Newtown community your Brandon hopes to represent, he will have enough experience under his belt that he will be a great advocate for Newtown. I also know that at this time, Michelle Ku has that experience, record and knowledge and she will be an incredible State Representative and any truly committed additional nominee will work with Michelle Ku to help her do what all need done. They would work very well together and many of us hope that is what happens. Congratulations again, on a job well done.

Brandon’s Story, From His Mom’s Perspective

This shocks me and I may be naïve to what can be done but I had a similar issue before moving to Newtown and I put it on the agenda for a town meeting and the Department of Transportation had to address the matter. Is this not an issue that Transportation can look into. Diverting traffic or slowing it down is not a way to address the fact that your enjoyment of your home is affected? Perhaps even the safety of your immediate community? If I were to drive through and witness what you have described, I would definitely not be interested in purchasing a home on your street. How is this not an assessment issue that you raise and they must investigate? Where is the accountability toward tax paying home owners?

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Thank you for your service Brandon Moore. Thank you for the events you have participated in during the months that you have lived in Newtown. However, I am too old and wise to not realize, there are so many unanswered questions about the newcomer. So many issues the Republican Party raised about Mr. Moore’s brief employment in government that I’ve inquired about, but people won’t discuss. The Republican Party statement that Michelle Ku deserves better. It leads me to support Michelle Ku, without reservation. However, if there can be transparency about the allegations against Brandon Moore, I might consider him a worthy democratic candidate. On another note… why did I receive an email from you with the wrong DTC meeting dates? I missed the meetings I could have attended. Hmmmm. Ah, but me not overthink. Hope to be at the next exciting DTC meeting.

Thank You For Stepping Up, Brandon

Why, you ask? Perhaps it is because Michelle Ku has been in the community for 16 years and advocating for everyone the entire time, and not merely a few months living in Newtown and playing politics. She has spent years actively seeking resolutions for shared problems, not merely living in Newtown. This election is clearly not a stepping stone in her life. Michelle Ku has established a record of advocacy for what works for the community, throughout her years in Newtown. I cannot speak about any alleged comment from some in her "camp" stating that they might vote for the ICE wardrobe admiring adversary to the democratic party, rather than vote for the newcomer, Brandon Moore. I will tell you that all Michelle Ku supporters have been told, by Michelle Ku and not gossip, including on posts on line, is that we should trust the process and not make this a distasteful caucus election. Anything, anyone says or does, that is anything less than dignified, is not from Michelle Ku. By the way, referring to them as "Ku" and "Moore" and the supporters as "camp", sounds a bit "aggressive" and "divisive" to me, as an admirer of boxing. Therefore, it is ironic to call her supporters divisive. However, I love a good fight. I have a son who is an attorney, a Saltzman Intellectual Property Scholar, and a boxer, and I find a good fight to be a bit more graceful, though. Finally, I would like to say that caucuses cost someone something and it is usually those that are forced to step out to vote between two same party candidates, when the party can simply vouch for the worthiest of the candidates, do what the party is meant to do, and endorse a candidate with a solid track record, so all work to defeat the true adversary. When the unsuccessful candidate of that party decides that "he" is going to run on the third ticket, "he" splits the vote and almost guarantees that the ICE wardrobe loving opponent to the Democratic ticket, succeeds. Newcomers tend to split the vote and this newcomer seems to have guaranteed that if Michelle Ku is the Democratic nominee, and "he" is not, "he" is running on a third ticket. I think calling "surrogates" and "camps" divisive is disingenuous, at best. I take great pride in the fact that the opposing party itself has stated that Michelle Ku deserves better and that there are some unanswered issues concerning the newcomer. While Michelle Ku would not allow those issues to be exploited, I welcome the opposing party substantiating its claims about the veracity of Ms. Ku's democratic party opponent. Maybe it is the lawyer in me. Maybe it is the fact that I have belonged to various parties during my 64 years of life. Maybe it is the community activist in me or the critic of political parties, due to my work behind the scenes of some great NYC elections, but I am paying close attention to who is really transparent in this race and so far, Michelle Ku, has restored my faith in a system that is pretty broken.

All Democrats Should Embrace The Democratic Process

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Resident Hoping To Return To Top Tier In Festival Of Lighthouses Contest

Sound Center Open House, Sunday Afternoon

Genealogy Club To Host Christmas Party This Weekend

Through Children's Eyes, 'It's A Beautiful World'

Newtown Students Invited To Create A New Comfort Quilt

Pop-Up Art Show, Gentlemen's Night Out Planned

Celebrities Come Together To Help Sandy Hook Promise

Quiet Life To Headline Next 'Live At The Edmond Town Hall' Benefit

SCAN Program With Bruckman, December 3

Arts Festival Committee Seeking 2015 Logo Art; Due Dec. 1-5