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Do It Yourself Santa Photos Are On The Menu For Hook & Ladder Fundraiser

By John Voket

Published: Dec 04, 2013 12:00 AM

Newtown residents are invited to visit and take pictures with Santa December 15 between 10 am and 2 pm at LeReine’s Cuisine, 31 Peck’s Lane. Owner LeReine Frampton decided to host the event, during wh...

Free Seminar On State Business Assistance Slated

Published: Nov 29, 2013 12:00 AM

Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development and Department of Labor have helped hundreds of small business people achieve their goals. Those agencies will participate in an outreach...

Free Seminar On State Business Assistance Slated

Published: Nov 29, 2013 12:00 AM

Frosty Bear Welcomes Winter Ice Cream Lovers With Cones, Crepes, Shakes & Cakes

By John Voket

Published: Nov 29, 2013 12:00 AM

Ice cream lovers don’t have to hibernate during the winter now that Frosty Bear is open just a mile or so south of the Newtown–Monroe border on Route 25. For five years, John Martin operated a very su...

Frosty Bear Welcomes Winter Ice Cream Lovers With Cones, Crepes, Shakes & Cakes

By John Voket

Published: Nov 29, 2013 12:00 AM

Praxair Names Newtown Resident CFO

Published: Nov 25, 2013 12:00 AM

DANBURY — Praxair, Inc has announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jim Sawyer will retire on December 31 after 28 years of service with Praxair and its predecessor co...

Praxair Names Newtown Resident CFO

Published: Nov 25, 2013 12:00 AM

EDC: Shop Local On Small Business Saturday, Nov. 30

Published: Nov 22, 2013 12:00 AM

The Newtown Economic Development Commission (EDC) is reminding Newtown community members that Small Business Saturday is November 30, Thanksgiving weekend. According to EDC assistant Betsy Paynter, wh...

Economic Development Officials Say Shop Local On Small Business Saturday

By John Voket

Published: Nov 18, 2013 12:00 AM

Southbury's Quiet Entrepreneur Homer Bennett Celebrates 60 Years

By John Voket

Published: Nov 08, 2013 12:00 AM

During his post-World War II military service, Homer Bennett sat in the precarious position of tail gunner in a fighter bomber flying from what was at the time the largest ocean-going craft on earth, ...

Congregation Adath Israel Announces Bold New Chapter For Newtown’s Jewish Community

Sandy Hook Resident Wins Big At Bridgewater Fair

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BOE Listens To Facilities Update

Dear Alyssa, Kelela, and Brandon, We send our sincere sympathy to you and your family. We will also keep you in our prayers asking our Lord to grant you comfort and peace. With love, Vince and Sandy Venitelli

Bruce, your advice that voters should “read, listen, and engage” would be much more persuasive if you practiced it yourself. You campaigned on openness and responsiveness. You declared that “evasive answers or silence are unacceptable in government” and promised to answer constituent inquiries within two days. Yet you never answered my straightforward public question about Main Street demonstrations, traffic disruption, pedestrian safety, and the effects on local businesses. After taking office, meaningful public engagement has largely been replaced by “Brews with Bruce” at the Senior Center—requiring reservations and, for some residents, a day pass. That is not accessible, townwide engagement. Previous first selectmen held open coffee hours and walk-and-talk sessions that any resident could attend. Then came the failed storm communications, your apology, and another promise to communicate better—followed shortly afterward by more silence while multiple police agencies conducted a significant search near Saw Mill Road. You now tell voters to examine what candidates say and “how they say it.” I would suggest going one step further: compare what politicians promise while seeking office with what they actually do after winning. Your record presents a stark contrast. You told voters exactly what they wanted to hear to get the job, then failed to live by those promises. Whether that is dishonesty or simply indifference, it is the same familiar, two-faced politics you once claimed you would replace.

Encourages Consideration Of State Candidates

Nothing says “I care about Newtown homeowners” quite like lining Main Street with plywood campaign billboards—apparently built just inches below the size at which officials say they can take action. At this rate, we’ll need property-tax relief just to offset the loss in curb appeal.

Newtown Deserves Property Tax Relief

Dear Colleen, Molly, and Reed, Our sincere condolences to all of you. Sandy & Vince Venitelli

Malcolm Andrew ‘Andy’ Bryant

Maybe it is time to research how strict CT gun laws are...some of the toughest in the country for us law abiding citizens.

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Do It Yourself Santa Photos Are On The Menu For Hook & Ladder Fundraiser

Free Seminar On State Business Assistance Slated

Free Seminar On State Business Assistance Slated

Frosty Bear Welcomes Winter Ice Cream Lovers With Cones, Crepes, Shakes & Cakes

Frosty Bear Welcomes Winter Ice Cream Lovers With Cones, Crepes, Shakes & Cakes

Praxair Names Newtown Resident CFO

Praxair Names Newtown Resident CFO

EDC: Shop Local On Small Business Saturday, Nov. 30

Economic Development Officials Say Shop Local On Small Business Saturday

Southbury's Quiet Entrepreneur Homer Bennett Celebrates 60 Years