The Garden Club of Newtown will host “How To Make A DIY Bog in The Front Yard” during its next meeting. The local club is also celebrating the receipt of a grant that will benefit multiple projects.
The Horticulture Club of Newtown and The Fairfield County Agricultural Extension Council will co-host a plant and used gardening book sale on Saturday, May 31.
The next production for Town Players of Newtown will be "Double Vision," a brilliant, lively, and hilarious farce written and directed by veteran director, and farce and mystery expert, Gene Golaszewski.
On Thursday, June 5, at noon, at My Place Restaurant, 8 Queen Street, Friends of Newtown Seniors will host a planning session to help local residents whose spouses have Alzheimer’s/dementia go out for...
A new addition to the Timeless Newtown: Embracing Every Generation series, John Boccuzzi Jr will present “Silver Linings: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities” on Thursday, June 5.
All are invited to join American Legion Post 202 members when they present their annual Memorial Day Weekend observance at the Liberty and Peace Monument.
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.
