Newtown High School’s girls’ soccer team reached the South-West Conference Tournament championship game for the second year in a row with a win over the team that last year defeated the Nighthawks in the pinnacle game.
To the casual fan, or even a more educated soccer eye for that matter, Newtown High School’s boys’ soccer team may appear to be outplayed and over-matched — win or lose — in some games. But the Nighth...
Newtown High School’s girls’ volleyball team outlasted host Joel Barlow of Redding in a hard-fought five-game match on October 24, handing the six-time South-West Conference champion Falcons their first loss of the campaign in the process.
The third-seeded Newtown High School field hockey team dropped a hard-fought 2-1 decision to second-seeded and host Immaculate of Danbury in the South-West Conference Tournament semifinals, on October...
The top-seeded Newtown High School's girls' soccer team defeated No. 8 Joel Barlow of Redding 3-0 in the South-West Conference Tournament quarterfinals, at Blue and Gold Stadium — proving its ability ...
Beginning with the opening kickoff, Newtown High School’s football team showed Bunnell that it was turning the tables on the Bulldogs following last year’s Bunnell blowout victory between the South-West Conference rivals.
Newtown High School’s girls’ and boys’ soccer teams both won their South-West Conference tournament quarterfinal-round games, at Blue & Gold Stadium, on October 26.
Bruce’s letter paints a picture of runaway development, but the real story is the collapse of local cooperation — not the rise of §8-30g. That law has been on the books since 1990. For decades, towns and developers worked together to shape projects that made sense: added sidewalks, deeper setbacks, fewer units — genuine compromise.
What’s changed isn’t the law, it’s the politics. A loud social media mob has made any compromise politically toxic. The “no growth” crowd demands nothing be built anywhere, ever, and bullies anyone who suggests otherwise. Planning and zoning boards no longer negotiate; they hunker down, hoping to appease the Facebook comment section.
But here’s the irony — when compromise dies, developers stop compromising too. Once a project triggers §8-30g, the town can fight it, but state law ensures the developer will eventually win. So instead of working out a reasonable design, everyone heads to court. The developer doubles the unit count to pay for the lawyers, and the town burns taxpayer money trying to lose more slowly.
That’s how we end up with the very projects the NIMBY mob fears — because they made reasonable development impossible.
If people truly care about Newtown’s character, they need to stop the performative outrage and start engaging in real planning again. Screaming “no” to everything isn’t preservation — it’s self-sabotage.
I’m honestly surprised Bruce had to look up what an “agreement in principle” means. After years of business experience and managing 200 people, I would have expected that term to be familiar by now. Hard to believe it’s a new concept at this stage in his career. Although rest assured Newtown, vote row A and when times get tough, we have Google to help the selectman.
I asked AI what does agreement in principle mean
An "agreement in principle" is a preliminary, non-binding understanding reached between two or more parties that outlines the fundamental terms of a future contract. It is considered a stepping stone toward a formal, legally enforceable agreement.
This type of agreement is used to establish mutual intent and a basic framework for negotiations before the parties commit to a detailed, final contract.
