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Newtown Kindness Announces Second Annual Therapy/Comfort Dog Walk-A-Thon

Published: Sep 13, 2014 12:00 AM

WEST HAVEN — Newtown Kindness will host its second annual Therapy/Comfort Dog Walk-a-thon, Saturday, October 18, from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm, at Sea Bluff Beach in West Haven. It will take place near the...

Open House At Little Red School House, September 28

Published: Sep 13, 2014 12:00 AM

Newtown Historical Society will host its Annual Children’s Day at the Little Red School House this month. The antique school building, located on the grounds of Middle Gate School, 7 Cold Spring Road...

Ives Concert Park Hosting Brewers, Fiddlin' This Weekend

By John Voket

Published: Sep 12, 2014 12:00 AM

DANBURY — Ives Concert Park has partnered with Townsquare Media to offer back-to-back events on Saturday and Sunday, September 13 and 14, at the outdoor venue located on the Western Connecticut State ...

Newtown Club To Host Lessons For Aspiring Bridge Players

Published: Sep 12, 2014 12:00 AM

Newtown Bridge Club will host four weeks of free lessons for aspiring bridge players on Mondays, 9:30 to noon, at Hawleyville Volunteer Fire Station, 34 Hawleyville Road (Route 25). Sessions will begi...

Shrimp Boil Fundraiser Planned

Published: Sep 11, 2014 12:00 AM

On Saturday, September 13, Newtown Congregational Church will conduct its second annual shrimp boil. The fundraiser for Back Bay Mission in Biloxi, Miss., is open to the public. Tickets are $15 for ad...

Fundraiser Planned For Breast Cancer Research

Published: Sep 11, 2014 12:00 AM

The Newtown office of William Raveis Real Estate invites the public to “Wine and Cheese In The Barn,” a fundraiser in support of breast cancer research. William Raveis Real Estate Senior Vice Presiden...

Interesting Moments In Baseball History, Monday With Historical Society

Published: Sep 11, 2014 12:00 AM

With just a few games left in the regular Major League Baseball season, Newtown Historical Society will head for the virtual ballpark for its first program of the 2014-15 season. Newtown resident Chri...

Friday Night Bingo Returning This Week To St Rose School

Published: Sep 09, 2014 12:00 AM

A new season of St Rose of Lima School Friday Bingo Nights will begin this weekend. The first event of the 2014-15 season will be offered on Friday, September 12, in the Monsignor Weiss Gathering Hall...

An In-Depth Exploration Of The Band, With Author Of New Book About The Musical Pioneers

Published: Sep 08, 2014 12:00 AM

On Wednesday, September 24, from 6:30 to 8 pm, Craig Harris will be at C.H. Booth Library to discuss his recent release, The Band: Pioneers of Americana Music. At a time when popular music was dominat...

Finding Military Records For Genealogy

Published: Sep 06, 2014 12:00 AM

The first meeting-program of the 2014-14 season for The Genealogy Club of Newtown will be on Wednesday, September 10, at C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street. The program will begin at 7, but the librar...

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Hi Yolanda, you clearly are a supporter of Michelle Ku. I see that our letters about the recent decision by the Democratic Town Committee regarding how they/we will choose a nominee have been published on the same day. Last week the DTC voted to have a Caucus (where all Newtown registered Dems in the 106 get to vote instead of a DTC meeting where only 55 dems get to vote) to help determine which Dem will run for the 106 seat against Mitch Bolinsky. Your letter indicates you prefer the DTC meeting (55 votes) while I prefer the Caucus where it is open to thousands of democrats in town. I prefer a Caucus vote for either Ku or Moore (by the way you’re limited to 300 words in a LTE so first names take up words so I don’t use them) for the reasons I stated in my letter above - more people get to vote, more people are engaged, more turnout in November. About the divisiveness, there are many comments on social media before and since this decision by DTC that claim there should be no such contest these have been made by Ku supporters on her pages and they have in fact written what I mentioned above. In politics “Surrogates” and “Camp”are commonly used shorthand for supporters of a particular candidate - I’ve never heard it used offensively so I never thought anyone would interpret using such terms as an attack. I have seen nothing from the other campaign neither posts from the Candidate or his supporters, “surrogates”, or camp that make such negative comments and that’s the truth. People can have their beliefs about the process - I believe primaries are good , you may not - but to try to say one candidate is “divisive” because they choose to run and provide us a choice and a chance to promote the party at the same time is not good for any of us - citizens should not just be allowed but should be encouraged to step up and run. I stand by what I said- for one candidate’s team to say that they are or their people are so mad that they’ll vote for the opposing party is divisive.

All Democrats Should Embrace The Democratic Process

All is going well! Thank you for advancing critical initiatives and making such quick progress where it matters for our community. We are honored to have you as our First Selectman!

How’s It Going?

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?

Traffic On Schoolhouse Hill Road

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

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Newtown Kindness Announces Second Annual Therapy/Comfort Dog Walk-A-Thon

Open House At Little Red School House, September 28

Ives Concert Park Hosting Brewers, Fiddlin' This Weekend

Newtown Club To Host Lessons For Aspiring Bridge Players

Shrimp Boil Fundraiser Planned

Fundraiser Planned For Breast Cancer Research

Interesting Moments In Baseball History, Monday With Historical Society

Friday Night Bingo Returning This Week To St Rose School

An In-Depth Exploration Of The Band, With Author Of New Book About The Musical Pioneers

Finding Military Records For Genealogy