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Llodra Recommends Delay On Community Center Project Vote

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: Mar 31, 2015 12:00 AM

First Selectman Pat Llodra is recommending to the Board of Selectman that action on the community center project “not go forward as planned” on April 28, in a statement released Tuesday, March 31. “It...

River Walk Sewer Hearing Rescheduled To April 9

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: Mar 30, 2015 12:00 AM

The Water & Sewer Authority (WSA) has postponed a public hearing on a 74-unit multifamily housing complex proposed for Washington Avenue in Sandy Hook Center, which initially had been scheduled for We...

Borough Warden Suggests Townwide Traffic Study

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: Mar 30, 2015 12:00 AM

Police Commission members conducted a special meeting last week to discuss the traffic problems posed by the flagpole intersection of Main Street, Church Hill Road, and West Street. They invited the c...

New Location For Next Community Center Info Session

By Shannon Hicks

Published: Mar 28, 2015 12:00 AM

Organizers announced that the next Newtown Community Center Phase I Information Session will be held at an alternate venue on Tuesday, March 31. Originally scheduled to take place at Newtown Senior Ce...

Cold, Snow Doesn't Deter Team 26 Departure To Washington, DC

By John Voket

Published: Mar 28, 2015 12:00 AM

With their 400 mile route displayed on a huge banner, a Ben's Bell dangling from the podium, spiritual blessings, encouragement from political leaders, nonprofit founders, a 12/14 victim's parent and ...

Halstead Honored By Board Of Fire Commissioners

By Shannon Hicks

Published: Mar 28, 2015 12:00 AM

Bill Halstead was honored by the Board of Fire Commissioners at the conclusion of the board’s meeting on March 23. Mr Halstead, who serves as chief of Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company and is...

Four-Minute Budget Hearing Calls For School Support

By John Voket

Published: Mar 27, 2015 12:00 AM

Karyn Holden and Kinga Walsh, co-chairs of the Newtown Education Advocacy Group (NEAG), were the sole representatives of more than 6,000 Newtown taxpaying households at this week’s annual Legislative ...

Fire Reports | March 19-25, 2015

Published: Mar 27, 2015 12:00 AM

The radio dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Thursday, March 19: 10:09 am, investigat...

Police Reports | March 13-25, 2015

Published: Mar 27, 2015 12:00 AM

Multiple Charges After learning that police held three warrants for his arrest, John Dosky, 22, of 15 Jeremiah Road went to the police station on the morning of March 19 to surrender, police said...

Residents Prompt Q&A On Community Center Planning

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: Mar 27, 2015 12:00 AM

After nearly three hours of responding to a room full of raised hands inquiring and commenting about a community center project, March 24, First Selectman Pat Llodra shared a few quiet words with resi...

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Head O'Meadow Students Cast Votes For Books

Newtown Senior Alliance Hosted Its First Roundtable Regarding Housing

Juvenile At The Wheel Of Vehicle That Crashed Into Utility Pole

BOE Holds Celebration Of Excellence, Listens To NEASC Overview

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The ‘Me’ Generation

Tom, I appreciate you sharing your perspective. My advocacy isn't about a personal 'vested interest' in a single field; it is about the Standard of Newtown. While you categorize the salt shed and library parking as 'essential' and the turf as an 'upgrade,' I would argue they all fall under the same umbrella of maintaining town assets. The Turf Field ($1.4M): This was a replacement project for a facility used by thousands of youth athletes, not a new 'luxury' add-on. The Salt Shed ($1.2M) & Library Parking ($1.4M): These were passed at almost identical price points. The point isn't to say these items aren't important; it’s to ask why we find the money for infrastructure that serves one demographic while claiming we are too 'fiscally strained' to fund infrastructure for another. When we categorize things we use as 'essential' and things our neighbors' children use as 'extras,' we aren't having an honest discussion about priorities, we are picking winners and losers. The goal of my letter wasn't to be 'unproductive,' but to sound the alarm for the 82% of residents who didn't show up to the polls. We cannot be a community that only thrives in parts. If we want Newtown to remain a place where people want to move and raise families, we have to invest in the next generation with the same urgency we use to fix our parking lots.

Michelle, I am sorry to see that you are also a victim of fabrications. All those rumors that go round that seem so convincing. All so often, those rumors are little more than convenient lies. This has been happening for several years and hopefully we can come together to stop them. Until then, I ask that those of you who have heard disparaging remarks about the candidates take the time to meet with them to ask them directly what you are concerned about. Get to know them better rather than assume. We all will have better representation both locally and state-wide if you do so.

Support For Brandon Moore

He is just another politician, you could see it when he got Bruce Walcz'zzz'k elected. Say whatever it takes to get into office...

Two Questions

This is disappointing because it frames voters who rejected the Treadwell turf replacement as selfish or anti-youth. When I suspect that Katherine's motives were likely because she has some vested interest in those turf fields, which makes it exceptionally selfish. There is a clear difference between maintaining basic town infrastructure and approving an athletic facility upgrade. Library sidewalks, parking access, and a salt storage facility support safety and essential town operations. The turf field may be worthwhile, but it is still a different type of request. Residents can support youth sports and still question the cost, timing, or priority of a specific project. Calling that selfish, or turning it into a generational argument is unfair and unproductive. Newtown is better served by honest discussion about priorities, not by accusing voters of lacking community spirit because they disagreed on one ballot item.

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Llodra Recommends Delay On Community Center Project Vote

River Walk Sewer Hearing Rescheduled To April 9

Borough Warden Suggests Townwide Traffic Study

New Location For Next Community Center Info Session

Cold, Snow Doesn't Deter Team 26 Departure To Washington, DC

Halstead Honored By Board Of Fire Commissioners

Four-Minute Budget Hearing Calls For School Support

Fire Reports | March 19-25, 2015

Police Reports | March 13-25, 2015

Residents Prompt Q&A On Community Center Planning