According to the schedule, Newtown High School’s boys’ soccer team had two of its tougher tests just after the calendar turned to October. Based on the results, a pair of 1-0 wins over tough South-Wes...
Newtown High School’s field hockey team bounced back from its first loss of the season with perhaps its biggest win of the campaign. It did so in convincing fashion, with a 3-0 triumph over visiting N...
Newtown High School's boys' soccer team upset visiting Joel Barlow of Redding 1-0, at Blue & Gold Stadium, on October 1. With the win, Newtown cut its losing streak off at just two games. The team los...
With some of the injured regulars back in the fold, and with help of the emergence of up-and-coming players, Newtown High School’s girls’ soccer team handed visiting Notre Dame-Fairfield its first los...
In a rematch of the last two South-West Conference championship clashes, visiting Joel Barlow of Redding erased a two games to none deficit to defeat Newtown High School’s girls’ volleyball team 3-2 (...
Newtown High School’s football team cruises into its bye week with a 4-0 record and nothing but dominant showings thus far.
The Nighthawks got a solid overall effort from its starters and reserves ali...
After mostly dominating the competition, outscoring its first four opponents a combined 19-3, Newtown High School’s field hockey team found itself in its closest contest of the season on September 24....
Newtown High School’s girls’ volleyball team took the minimum three sets to defeat both visiting Bunnell of Stratford on September 21 and host Bethel on September 24.
The Nighthawks improved to 4-2 ov...
Newtown High School boys’ soccer team followed up a scoreless draw with visiting Masuk of Monroe on October 20 with a 2-0 win over visiting New Milford two days later; both games were held at Blue & G...
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.
