James Eugene Bucur, known as “Jim” to friends and family, passed away on November 27, 2024, in Danbury, after an arduous battle with stage 4 renal cell carcinoma, having been diagnosed in March of this year.
John “Jack” Hickey-Williams, formerly of Newtown, passed away unexpectedly on November 15, 2024, at his residence at Heron Cove Assisted Living in Vero Beach, Fla.
Beth Ellen Burroughs, 70, of Newtown passed away peacefully on November 15, 2024 at Yale New Haven Hospital after a hard fought four-year-long battle with aplastic anemia (bone marrow failure).
The Honorable William (Bill) J. Lavery, a distinguished jurist, respected senior judge, and pillar of the Newtown community, passed away peacefully at his home on November 14, 2024, surrounded by his family.
By your own definition, wouldn't a boycott fall under the "protest" form of conflict resolution? Boycotts are peaceful protests that embody the freedom of expression codified in the First Amendment. Was Gandhi a bully when he instituted boycotts of British cloth and salt? The Republican victim mentality is getting exhausting.
I was there and silent in my position because of the mob mentality. The undertones and bullying group of the Facebook mob, even without their "leader," were sad and disappointing. I have silently voiced my support to individual members of the committee in the days following the meeting. I am just grateful that I didn't do it before the meeting, or the Facebook mob would have taken my photo and publicly shamed me for meeting out of caucus.
LOL! You are neither silent or the majority! 80-120 taxpaying residents attended every public hearing on this over the course of a year, in person, as well as hundreds of emails and letters to the boards, commissions and to the media.....with 95%+ of them in opposition. Facts matter.
