The Newtown Youth Football & Cheer (NYFC) program's recipient of the Chris Stenz Volunteer Award for 2018 is Ali Cordova.newtownyouthfootball.org or
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Throughout the March 11 game between the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Springfield Thunderbirds, at Webster Bank Arena, there were chants of "let's go Tigers" and ... an occasional bark.soundtigers.comT...
It remains to be seen which teams are the strongest in the state when the football season unfolds next fall, but Newtown High School's lineup proved to be the strongest off the field, in the weight ro...
Down ten points with about a half-minute to play in the Division II state tournament semifinals, Newtown High School's boys' basketball team nearly put together a seemingly impossible comeback to cont...
Newtown High School's 200 yard medley relay team broke the school record with a time of 1:39.59, good for a fifth-place finish, in the Class LL state championship meet, which culminated with the swimm...
Newtown Youth Basketball Association's Senior League's night full of competition and fundraising efforts for the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, has been moved to Thursday, March 15. It will t...
What a state playoff run for the underdogs from Newtown High School. The No. 21 seed in the Division II boys' basketball bracket, the Nighthawks have gone on the road and upset No. 12 Ledyard 66-61, N...
The Newtown Bee to see if readers supported or opposed a plan for a skating rink in town after reading
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Update: The semifinal-round game between Newtown and Amity has been scheduled to be played at neutral site Shelton High on Wednesday, March 14, beginning at 7 pm. This update was made by the ciac ...
Youth Football and Cheer will hold an open house
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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.
