Update: Highlights from the girls' soccer team's win over Watertown on September 9 have been added.
A pair of first-year Newtown High School head coaches got wins in their first games as part of ...
Newtown High School's girls' swimming and diving team is striving to be among the best squads in the South-West Conference championships this fall.The Bee.
"I would love to see a top-three finish at S...
Newtown Pride FC, a member of the Connecticut Soccer League whose club is recognized for winning three straight CSL titles, announces a three-game home schedule this fall at Blue & Gold Stadium in San...
Take last year's outcome and combine it with Coach Tom Czaplinski's aspirations for his Newtown High School girls' volleyball team, and the goal ends up being winning the South-West Conference champio...
Year in and year out, Coach Marc Kenny's girls' soccer team is in the mix among the top South-West Conference teams. Coming off an 11-2-3 record a year ago, Kenney's Newtown High School squad will aga...
Nick Booth takes over as head coach of the Newtown High School boys' soccer team, succeeding longtime fixture Brian Neumeyer. Booth inherits a lineup that comprises participants with no choice but to ...
Correction: This article has been updated to reflect all of the 2017 graduates now playing college football.
For the first time in a decade, Newtown High School's football team has a new coach, b...
Jim St Pierre has long been a standout on the golf course. St Pierre played at the University of Hartford, where he studied business - more on the relevance of that later - and has put together quite ...
The 12th Annual Newtown Road Race, held September 2, was a family event loaded with impressive personal success stories for young children and seniors in high school on up to senior citizens - includi...
Brendan O'Hara may owe a great deal of his soccer skills to his father. In addition to inheriting the genes, Newtown High School's senior team captain was coached by his dad, Kevin O'Hara, for this fi...
The idea that a freshman Democrat would be able to stand up to the special interests and prioritization of urban districts that are the base of that caucus to deliver results for Newtown is laughable - especially someone who could not even build the "relationships, coalitions, and the support necessary" to garner the endorsements of her fellow Democrat Council members ahead of Newtown's local caucus this spring.
More likely Newtown would see something akin to Leeper in Fairfield, performative actions after vote counting, while privately advancing their party's interests over their community's.
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.
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.
