The never-quit Newtown High School boys’ basketball team had a late-game surge before falling 66-55 to the host Immaculate Mustangs in the South-West Conference tournament quarterfinals, on March 18.
Although both Newtown Police Officer William Chapman and Newtown High School Athletic Director Matt Memoli only laced up ice skates for the first time this winter, these men suited up in hockey gear on March 12 and pushed themselves with a skills competition on the ice for a good cause at Danbury Ice Arena.
The Newtown-New Fairfield hockey team, coming off a win and tie this past week, will take on the Barlow co-op in the conference playoffs Saturday, March 20, for an afternoon tilt.
After missing out on a trio of games canceled due to coronavirus protocol, Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team returned just in time for a morning practice the day of a makeup game with Bunnell of Stratford on the last date of the regular season.
Newtown High School’s gymnastics team scored 124.950 points to defeat New Milford, which had 122.400, in a meet at Vasi’s International Gymnastics on March 10. The conference championships will be Saturday, March 20.
Spring sports in Connecticut are slated to roll on, full steam ahead. One year after the entire campaign got wiped out by decisions surrounding the unknowns of the coronavirus, the plan is for all of the state’s teams to play full seasons with conference and state playoffs.
After winning two of its first seven games, then having a scheduled tilt with Joel Barlow of Redding canceled due to coronavirus protocol, Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team was just happy (and hopeful, for that matter) to have four more regular season tilts.
The Newtown-New Fairfield high school hockey team edged Masuk of Monroe 3-2 on March 6, then fell 3-2 to Immaculate of Danbury on March 8 — both at Danbury Ice Arena.
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.
