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Energy Challenge Program Bringing Solar To Newtown Rooftops; Meeting/Info Session, October 8

Published: Oct 07, 2015 12:00 AM

The Newtown Sustainable Energy Commission has launched a new initiative, beginning in October, to bring solar panel systems to residents and businesses. The first community meeting will be Thursday, O...

Small Businesses Targeted In Eversource Billing Scam

Published: Oct 06, 2015 12:00 AM

BERLIN — For popular eateries, like the Popover Bakery and Café in Simsbury, weekend business is their bread and butter. So when one of the owners at Popover recently received a phone call from someon...

Traffic Issues Top P&Z Review Of Hawleyville Mixed-Use Complex

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: Oct 06, 2015 12:00 AM

Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members on October 1 held a fourth set of dual public hearings on a mixed-use development proposed for Hawleyville, which includes a 180-unit rental apartment comp...

$35,000 Awarded Locally For Arts & Culture Through New State Regional Initiative Grant Program

Published: Oct 06, 2015 12:00 AM

DANBURY — The Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut (CAWC) has announced that $35,000 from the state’s new Regional Initiative Grant program has been awarded to eight recipients throughout CAWC’s t...

Flags To Be Lowered For Oregon Shooting Victims

Published: Oct 03, 2015 12:00 AM

In response to the shootings at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., on October 1, which took the lives of ten people including the shooter, President Barack Obama on October 2 ordered United S...

Community Invited To Trauma Stewardship Workshop

Published: Oct 02, 2015 12:00 AM

Are you grappling with how to keep on keeping on? Struggling with your own reactions and stress? Or maybe you are noticing a collective fatigue, sense of hopelessness or helplessness, feeling like you...

Charter Revision Panel Makes Final Tweaks, Sends Draft To LC

By John Voket

Published: Oct 02, 2015 12:00 AM

Following a 40-minute public hearing September 30 dominated by two local officials suggesting several late adjustments to Newtown’s constitutional document, the Charter Revision Commission initiated s...

Community Center Forums Continue, Online Survey Deadline Approaching

By John Voket

Published: Oct 02, 2015 12:00 AM

While a public survey gauging community opinions on developing a new community center will be available until midnight on October 10, a series of public question and answer sessions providing members ...

President Challenges Media To Compare Numbers: Terrorism vs Gun Violence In America

By Nancy K. Crevier

Published: Oct 02, 2015 12:00 AM

In expressing his grief and frustration over yet another mass gun shooting, President Barack Obama, in a speech Thursday evening, challenged news media to compare the number of US citizens killed by t...

Local Republicans Tout All Volunteers Coming Forward To Serve

By John Voket

Published: Oct 01, 2015 12:00 AM

In their latest pre-election position paper, local Republicans recognize the “special kind of person” who steps up to volunteer and serve Newtown on a board or commission. The local GOP also takes the...

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The author's comment "And last, Michele understands that our state needs to control what is built and where." says everything voters need to know. Land use decisions belong to Newtown residents through our local elected and appointed land use commissions who actually live here—not bureaucrats in Hartford. Local control matters, and we shouldn't elect a representative who will cede our town's future to state mandates. Just one more reason to support Mitch.

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A quick fact check easily debunks the claims in this letter. Rep Bolinsky was instrumental in getting Exit 11 fixed which has greatly alleviated traffic at our most previously most dangerous intersection. He worked to get the light put on 34 at Bennetts Bridge which has prevented many accidents. He has pushed DOT for many of the bridge widening and onramp improvements we have seen on the highway, along with advancing legislation for 84 traffic studies, rear-seat seat belts laws, DUI legislation, wrong way signaling, distracted driving and more - working with Vision Zero, CTDOT, NTSB and AAA. He also opposed tolls on 84 which would have shifted even more congestion from the interstate onto local roads. He has been a champion of public transportation efforts for our seniors. Mitch was instrumental in passing the 2017 bipartisan budget with fiscal reforms that protected Newtown's funding, the loss of which would have been passed onto property tax payers. He has proudly never supported a tax increase and opposed and killed many "bad bills" that would have worsened the issues the author is focused on. We can and should hold our representatives to account, but lets be factual when making such claims.

Another police search in a Newtown neighborhood. Did I miss the notification from the First Selectman’s office, or are we still using the “read about it afterward” emergency communication system? I raised this same concern after the April police search. How many times do residents have to ask for timely information? At this point, perhaps it’s the First Selectman’s office that needs a welfare check. Anybody home, Bruce? Thank you to Newtown Police for doing their job. Wake up, Bruce. Keeping residents informed is part of yours.

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This strikes me as a pretty one-sided assessment. Let me add some context. You highlight that his opponent has lived in Newtown for only two and a half years, yet leave out that Rob Blanchard moved here in July—roughly two and a half months ago. If residency matters, apply the same standard to both candidates. Isn't there a name for someone who moves to a town to run for election? Something like a rug or carpet, something? I also question the mortgage-struggle framing in advertisements he approved and appears in. The public payroll figures put his household gross earnings at roughly $300,000—nearly twice Newtown’s median household income of $155,110. That doesn’t mean they have no financial pressures, but it is fair to question how closely that portrayal reflects the circumstances of a typical Newtown household. Both candidates deserve scrutiny. Highlighting one candidate’s short residency while overlooking the other’s much more recent arrival is a double standard.

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An incredible event... again. Thanks so much to Leslie and the entire gang who make this gathering of friends, family and classmates happen every year! And thanks to Devery Stickles for his generous support. This event is truly the Heart & Spirit of Newtown!

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Energy Challenge Program Bringing Solar To Newtown Rooftops; Meeting/Info Session, October 8

Small Businesses Targeted In Eversource Billing Scam

Traffic Issues Top P&Z Review Of Hawleyville Mixed-Use Complex

$35,000 Awarded Locally For Arts & Culture Through New State Regional Initiative Grant Program

Flags To Be Lowered For Oregon Shooting Victims

Community Invited To Trauma Stewardship Workshop

Charter Revision Panel Makes Final Tweaks, Sends Draft To LC

Community Center Forums Continue, Online Survey Deadline Approaching

President Challenges Media To Compare Numbers: Terrorism vs Gun Violence In America

Local Republicans Tout All Volunteers Coming Forward To Serve