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NYFS Receives Grant From Fairfield County's Community Foundation

Published: Jan 30, 2015 12:00 AM

Fairfield County’s Community Foundation has awarded a $40,000 competitive grant to Newtown Youth & Family Services Inc (NYFS). This grant will provide funding for a NYFS case manager to serve as a res...

Selectmen Review, Approve Police, Parks, Highway Dept. Budget Requests

By John Voket

Published: Jan 30, 2015 12:00 AM

In a special meeting Wednesday, January 29, the Board of Selectmen continued the process of reviewing and approving recommendations for a dozen department budget requests, including several of the lar...

Management Takes Steps To Address Growing Pains At Nunnawauk Meadows

By Nancy K. Crevier

Published: Jan 30, 2015 12:00 AM

Since opening in 1975 with 40 one-bedroom units, Nunnawauk Meadows has provided affordable housing for the elderly in Newtown. The community on Nunnawauk Road, off Mile Hill Road, has expanded more th...

Plowing Snow Onto Roadways Illegal, Dangerous

Updated: Dec 06, 2023 03:30 PM

Plowing snow from private driveways and walkways onto roadways is illegal and dangerous.

Fire Marshal Urges Snow Removal

Published: Jan 30, 2015 12:00 AM

The town fire marshal’s office is asking for help from the public in terms of snow removal. Fire Marshal Bill Halstead asks that people who have a conventional fire hydrant, a dry hydrant, or a fire s...

Newtown Dodges Juno's Worst, Residents Cooperate With Travel, Parking Bans

By John Voket, Kendra Bobowick and Andrew Gorosko

Published: Jan 30, 2015 12:00 AM

This summary of Winter Storm Juno also appears in The Newtown Bee print edition of January 30, 2015. Stories by Bee Editorial staff were also posted online as the storm approached, arrived and the...

Yoga Dimensions To Support Women's Center

By Nancy K. Crevier

Published: Jan 29, 2015 12:00 AM

Newtown resident Barbara Cottingham sits on the board of the Women’s Center, and is always trying to get the word out on the many services provided by the Danbury-based support service that assists mo...

Police Reports, January 15-24, 2015

Published: Jan 29, 2015 12:00 AM

Evading Responsibility Police report that while on patrol in Dodgingtown about 2:35 am on January 20, they spotted a utility pole near 3 Hattertown Road that had been struck by a vehicle and had ...

School Board Budget Decision Pending

By Eliza Hallabeck

Published: Jan 29, 2015 12:00 AM

The Board of Education is scheduled to conduct a public hearing on its 2015-16 operating budget on Tuesday, February 3, and its decision on the budget is expected during a meeting on Thursday, Februar...

Sandy Hook Advisory Commission Meeting Friday

Published: Jan 29, 2015 12:00 AM

HARTFORD – The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission is next scheduled to meet on Friday, January 30, at 9:30 am, in the hearing room 2B of the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. The group plans on hol...

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Seniors Discuss Housing, Parking, ALPRs, Budgets, And More Over Brews With Bruce

Halstead Elected President Of CT State Firefighters Association

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.

Vote For Michelle Embree Ku

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.

Driver Arrested After Fleeing Crash Scene

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.

Vote For Rob Blanchard For State Senate

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!

Dozens Enjoy Annual Panacea Labor Day Weekend Concert

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NYFS Receives Grant From Fairfield County's Community Foundation

Selectmen Review, Approve Police, Parks, Highway Dept. Budget Requests

Management Takes Steps To Address Growing Pains At Nunnawauk Meadows

Plowing Snow Onto Roadways Illegal, Dangerous

Fire Marshal Urges Snow Removal

Newtown Dodges Juno's Worst, Residents Cooperate With Travel, Parking Bans

Yoga Dimensions To Support Women's Center

Police Reports, January 15-24, 2015

School Board Budget Decision Pending

Sandy Hook Advisory Commission Meeting Friday