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One Good Turn Deserves Another

By Nancy K. Crevier

Published: May 23, 2013 12:00 AM

Newtown resident Kim Calbo remembers how nice it was, after 12/14, to walk into a local restaurant or coffee shop and discover that a complete stranger — sometimes from across the country — was pickin...

Muddy Angels Make A Special Stop In Newtown

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: May 23, 2013 12:00 AM

Dana Sellner of Minnesota stood on the curb near Edmond Town Hall Wednesday afternoon, repeating: “The turn is here” to the many bicyclists coming off Main Street following their trip from Waterbury. ...

Lake-To-Lake Charity Bicycle Ride & Poker Run To Benefit Disabled Ski Group

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: May 23, 2013 12:00 AM

SOUTHBURY — The Leaps of Faith Disabled Skiers will take to the land for an inaugural Lake-to-Lake Charity Bicycle Ride and Poker Run on Sunday, May 26, rain or shine. “We have been thinking of differ...

Rocketry Jargon Explained

Published: May 23, 2013 12:00 AM

(This story is a sidebar to James Dietter’s feature about local model rocket enthusiasts, Newtown Residents Find Their Hobby Is More Than Rocket Science — It’s A Blast!) Like any specialized disciplin...

Newtown Residents Find Their Hobby Is More Than Rocket Science - It's A Blast!

By James Dietter

Published: May 23, 2013 12:00 AM

The usually placid Gill Corn Farm in Hurley, N.Y., an expansive cornfield in the southern foothills of the Catskill Mountains, was alive with the sights and sounds of rocket engines during Connecticut...

Flagpole Radio Café Returned With Music, Humor, And Christine Lavin For A Receptive Audience

By Janis Gibson

Published: May 22, 2013 12:00 AM

Toe-tapping and touching music, humor cornball and otherwise filled Edmond Town Hall Theatre Saturday evening, May 18, as The Flagpole Radio Café returned to the stage for the first time in a year to ...

Authors And Illustrators Bring A Fairy Tale Weekend To Newtown

By James Dietter

Published: May 21, 2013 12:00 AM

(Please note this article has been updated to reflect that Ridley Pearson did not participate in Saturday’s public presentation.) Acclaimed authors and illustrators gathered in Newtown over the w...

Theater Review: "Seascape" At TheatreWorks New Milford Offers Thurberesque Fable, Another Great Production

By Julie Stern

Published: May 21, 2013 12:00 AM

NEW MILFORD — In recent months we’ve been approached by attractive young (but not indecently young) women with earnest smiles and degrees in marketing, plying us with free lunches and ballpoint pens i...

Theater Review: Highly Enjoyable Mindless Fluff At Goodspeed, Just Like Musicals Used To Be

By Julie Stern

Published: May 21, 2013 12:00 AM

EAST HADDAM — The original Broadway production of Good News! ran for 557 performances back in the Gatsby era, starting in 1927, and closing months before the stock market bad news that initiated the G...

Nearly 200 Dogs Turn Out For Annual 'Mutt Strutt'

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: May 20, 2013 12:00 AM

All things canine were on display and celebrated Saturday, May 18, at Fairfield Hills as the town staged the 4th Annual Strutt Your Mutt event at the sprawling campus, providing dog owners with recrea...

Snapshot: Daniel Sorrentino

All Smiles At Real Food CT's 6th Annual 'An Evening At The Farm' Fundraiser

‘A Ghost Hunter’s Favorite Cases’

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

Halstead Elected President Of CT State Firefighters Association

I read Jim Gaston’s letter supporting Rob Blanchard and found the way Mr. Blanchard’s connection to Newtown was presented somewhat disingenuous. Mr. Gaston repeatedly describes Mr. Blanchard as a “neighbor” and emphasizes his connection to “our communities” and his decision to put down “permanent roots” in Newtown. But the relevant context is that Mr. Blanchard is a very recent Newtown resident. Frankly, I have food in my refrigerator that has been in Newtown longer than he has.

Rob Blanchard For State Senate

Also -- Joseph Gormley, a Republican from Newtown, was a state senator in the late 1940s/early 1950s. Rob Blanchard has lived in the 28th Senate District for five years -- longer than has your preferred candidate.

Newtown Hasn’t Held This Seat In 100 Years

Um. Saying she has "lived in Newtown for years," is an interesting attempt to make a longtime resident out of someone who has been in town two years. C'mon, Steve.

There has been plenty of vetted research conducted on the correlation between the states with strict gun laws and those same states having the lowest rates of gun violence, death and injury….including Connecticut. Strong gun laws work. And law abiding citizens still get to legally have their guns, with no more difficulty that it is to obtain a drivers license or register a car.

Look At The Record

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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One Good Turn Deserves Another

Muddy Angels Make A Special Stop In Newtown

Lake-To-Lake Charity Bicycle Ride & Poker Run To Benefit Disabled Ski Group

Rocketry Jargon Explained

Newtown Residents Find Their Hobby Is More Than Rocket Science - It's A Blast!

Flagpole Radio Café Returned With Music, Humor, And Christine Lavin For A Receptive Audience

Authors And Illustrators Bring A Fairy Tale Weekend To Newtown

Theater Review: "Seascape" At TheatreWorks New Milford Offers Thurberesque Fable, Another Great Production

Theater Review: Highly Enjoyable Mindless Fluff At Goodspeed, Just Like Musicals Used To Be

Nearly 200 Dogs Turn Out For Annual 'Mutt Strutt'