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Newest Development On Hawleyville's 'Medical Mile' Seeks Tax Break

By John Voket

Published: Feb 26, 2015 12:00 AM

There are so many medical and health care-related projects planned for, or already operating, along Mt Pleasant Road just east of the Bethel town line that Newtown’s Economic Development Coordinator B...

Police Reports, February 14-23, 2015

Published: Feb 26, 2015 12:00 AM

Interstate DUI State police said they received a report regarding a motorist who was driving erratically on eastbound Interstate 84 in the vicinity of the Exit 9 interchange at about 11:23 pm on ...

Ann Mazur Leaving Town Service After Long Career

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: Feb 25, 2015 12:00 AM

People navigating the twists and turns of the land use review process often found answers to their questions when they found Ann Mazur, who, as the town Land Use Agency’s administrative assistant, kep...

Authority Peers Into The Future Of Fairfield Hills

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: Feb 25, 2015 12:00 AM

Earlier this winter several Fairfield Authority members and town Grants Coordinator Christal Preszler took a trip to Preston, where a former state facility similar to Fairfield Hills is now in that to...

P&Z Rejects Rule Change For Scrap Tire Recycling

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: Feb 23, 2015 12:00 AM

Following lengthy review, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members on February 5 unanimously rejected a proposed change to the zoning regulations, which would have allowed privately-owned solid wa...

NHS 'Lock-In Open' Status Prompted By 'Suspicious Note'

By Eliza Hallabeck

Published: Feb 23, 2015 12:00 AM

A “lock-in open” status at Newtown High School has been lifted, according to emails sent to district parents, following an investigation this morning, Monday, February 23. According to an email sent b...

Youth Charged With Two Felonies In NHS Incident

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: Feb 23, 2015 12:00 AM

Police said that on Monday, February 23, that they arrested a youth under age 18 on charges of first-degree threatening and first-degree falsely reporting an incident at Newtown High School. Police al...

Prescription Drug Drop Box In Use Again At Police Station

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: Feb 23, 2015 12:00 AM

Residents again have access to a local receptacle designed for the proper disposal of unused, expired, and unwanted prescription drugs at the police station lobby at 3 Main Street. A large gray steel ...

Swift Remediation Aims For A Swift Reopening Of Children's Department At CHB

By Nancy K. Crevier

Published: Feb 23, 2015 12:00 AM

Although the C.H. Booth Library Children’s Department remained closed to the public, as of Monday, February 23, Library Director Brenda McKinley had a positive outlook on the imminent reopening of tha...

Finance Board Hears Refined Details On School Closing Options

By John Voket

Published: Feb 21, 2015 12:00 AM

After a preliminary, exploratory report trying to quantify costs and potential savings if the Board of Education decided to close a local school, Board of Finance member John Godin reviewed the issue ...

Financial Foundations: Expanding Access To Homeownership: Innovative Mortgage Programs

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.

The ‘Me’ Generation

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...

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.

The ‘Me’ Generation

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