It may be that the only thing that prevented Newtown High School’s girls’ golf team from either winning a championship or finishing runner-up in the South-West Conference a year ago was the fact the season was canceled due to the coronavirus.
Shawn Tierney, an All-State golfer at New Milford High School and math teacher at Newtown High, succeeds Bobby Pattison as head coach of the Newtown High boys’ golf team.
With a goal of getting to the finish of the campaign, Newtown High School’s boys’ track and field team is striving to also have some success in meets this spring.
A trio of Nighthawks notched hat tricks to account for nine of the Newtown High School girls’ lacrosse team’s baker’s dozen goals in a season-opening win.
All nine Newtown High School baseball players to record at-bats had at least one run batted in or run scored in the team’s 13-6 season-opening triumph at New Milford on April 10.
Newtown High School’s softball team bounced back from a 4-0 season-opening defeat at New Milford on April 10 to earn a 20-2, five-inning, mercy-rule triumph at Bethel on April 13.
At least according to the scoreboard — a 23-0 triumph at Immaculate of Danbury in the season opener on April 13 — Newtown High School’s boys’ lacrosse team showed no signs of rust.
I fail to see the Newtown connection in this nonconstructive partisan letter which apparently seeks to scare local seniors. Mr. Epstein's letter does nothing to further the conversation around a legitimate policy issue in the future of Social Security which according to SSA.gov "if trust fund assets are exhausted without reform, benefits will necessarily be lowered," citing lower birth rates. This is an area where we need an open and objective, multi generational, national dialogue, not fear based political propaganda.
I agree, thank you Richard. The example given by Ms. Murray illustrates that this is a state issue, not a town issue. If the same case occurred in Connecticut the plaintiff would have sued the state of Connecticut, not the town of Newtown.
What fun to have stumbled across this write up. As a friend of one of the daughters I was fortunate to have visited with them many times in the early 80s in various locations. A wonderful, adventuresome family!
The state constitution permits the lawful carry of firearms after proof of training and background checks. Local ordinances do not preempt state statutes and passing an ordinance for a problem that is non-existent as per the Newtown Police Department will undoubtedly result in the town incurring legal fees unnecessarily. Please see attached link for numerous legal precedents where municipalities failed when their respective ordinances were passed. https://ballotpedia.org/Firearms_preemption_conflicts_between_state_and_local_governments
Law abiding citizens do not violate laws and infringement on the Second Amendment is not going to make any community safer. Enforcing existing laws is what should be the focus regarding gun violence along with addressing the mental health crisis.
Richard Fisher, DDS
Newtown, Connecticut
